Wētā Workshop Creative Workshop: Intro to Scars and Scrapes
Overview
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to create a gruesome wound and use prosthetic effects to apply it to your arm? Learn the art of crafting convincing special effects by mixing blood and sculpting your own scars and scrapes at our Intro to SFX workshop.
What's Included
- Small group sizes with one-on-one guidance
- Suitable for beginners, no experience needed
- Wear your movie-worthy makeup home
- Expert instruction from Wētā Workshop's crew
- All materials and professional tools provided
- Entrance fee to the Wētā Workshop Tour (purchase separately)
- Transport
Meeting Location
1 Weka Street
Miramar, Wellington 6022, New Zealand
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
Create chilling movie makeup
Experience what it is like to be a practical effects artist working on the movies and make your friends and family cringe in terror and gasp with horrified delight.
Ever wondered how movie makeup artists create a monstrous wound, complete with bruises, scrapes and a touch of horror? Our crew have been slipping and sliding on faux blood and loose limbs since the days of Braindead.
In our Intro to Scars and Scrapes workshop learn to craft lifelike prosthetic effects, from eerie scrapes to ghostly scars—guaranteed to make anyone look twice! In this hands-on experience, explore the thrilling world of special effects, stepping into the role of a movie makeup artist. With expert guidance, learn the essential tricks of the trade to bring ghastly scenes to reality using silicone gels, special effects makeup and movie blood.
Our creative workshops cater to small groups to allow for one-on-one learning with our crew and ensuring a spine-chilling good time for everyone. No creative experience is necessary.
Additional Info
- Wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Minimum age: 12 years
- Location and meeting point: 1 Weka Street, Miramar, Wellington 6022, about a 20-minute drive from the city centre. Please arrive 15 minutes early
- Duration: 60 minutes
- What to wear: comfortable clothes you don't mind getting messy
- All materials provided
- Allergies and sensitivities: please notify the team of any sensitive skin or known allergies.
- Photography is permitted in some areas but not others due to production requirements; your guide will advise
- Please note luggage storage is not available on site
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travelers
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from Cool Shore Excursions customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (NZDT).
- Small group sizes with one-on-one guidance.
- Suitable for beginners, no experience needed.
- Wear your movie-worthy makeup home.
- Expert instruction from Wētā Workshop's crew.
- All materials and professional tools provided.
- Entrance fee to the Wētā Workshop Tour (purchase separately).
- Transport.
The minimum age to participate is 12. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Wētā Workshop Creative Workshop: Intro to Scars and Scrapes is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Wētā Workshop Creative Workshop: Intro to Scars and Scrapes will be included in your confirmation email from Cool Shore Excursions. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Small group sizes with one-on-one guidance
- Suitable for beginners, no experience needed
- Wear your movie-worthy makeup home
- Expert instruction from Wētā Workshop's crew
- All materials and professional tools provided
- Entrance fee to the Wētā Workshop Tour (purchase separately)
- Transport
Additional Info
- Wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Minimum age: 12 years
- Location and meeting point: 1 Weka Street, Miramar, Wellington 6022, about a 20-minute drive from the city centre. Please arrive 15 minutes early
- Duration: 60 minutes
- What to wear: comfortable clothes you don't mind getting messy
- All materials provided
- Allergies and sensitivities: please notify the team of any sensitive skin or known allergies.
- Photography is permitted in some areas but not others due to production requirements; your guide will advise
- Please note luggage storage is not available on site
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travelers
