Arkham Knights Mask

The Arkham knight build was a challenge that kept the workshop busy most evenings for several weeks in a row as the various team members worked on the costume. This was one of the teams’ second Pepakura masks and we all quickly learnt that the dust generated from the vigorous …

Batman’s Cowl

Working with foam can be quite challenging, especially if you’re trying to Cosplay a Superhero with Abs and a tight cowl. Batman, one of our earliest workshop Cosplay builds didn’t turn out to be too bad at all. The most challenging parts wasn’t the flowing cape, although this was quite authentic looking. Nor was …

Magneto Helmet 3D Print

A friend of mine talked me into 3D printing a Magneto helmet he had 3D modelled. He did a fantastic job so we set about printing a miniture the size of a small apple just to prove that it would work. When that was done we scaled up the print and …

Gambit – A Player with ABS!

One of our earliest projects in Wayne’s Workshop was the card throwing Marvel Comics character Gambit. The body suit was made by hot gluing mock ‘muscles’ to our trusty mannequin Fred. We then layered a thinner sheet of foam over the top of Fred’s now muscular torso and used a …

Motherboard Paint Job

Justin, one of the team from Niflheim Productions, called around with a PC build that needed some final tweaking. A nice touch of red on the Corsair power supply and the Sapphire graphics card. A couple of hours in the workshop well spent!Under the white light Under the blue light… …

The Doctor’s Tardis PC Mod

Almost pulled an all nighter creating a special present for my Dr Who mad daughter. Below is a collection of images from the build. Lots of disciplines involved including planning, 3.D. modelling, printing and reprinting, re-purposing and recycling parts of the chair that broke under me while I was air-brushing for the …

Click go the shears for CanTeen

Reposted from the Whangarei Leader A sponsored head-shave has become an increasingly common way for lads – and some ladies – to cool off, and raise money for CanTeen. Excellere College teacher Wayne Carroll likes to make learning memorable for his students. Having shearer Mark Gillgren shear off his curly …