Workbook · 40 pages · PDF, yours to keep
A printable workbook on making a first prosthetic piece. Sketch pages, a sculpt-to-cast checklist, a paint planner and room for your own notes, written at the bench and laid out to print.
Hine Tamihana · special-effects makeup, Auckland
Night shift
Prosthetics for film and series · Taking jobs for 2027 · The prosthetics workbook, out now
For hire
Book Hine
Shoot days, design and sculpt, painting and finishing, in Auckland and further afield. Tell me the script and the dates and I will answer within a week.
Application on set
fromNZ$600
I apply and look after prosthetic pieces for a shoot day, from call time to wrap.
one shoot day · pieces provided · touch-ups through the day
Design and sculpt
fromNZ$900
A piece sculpted in clay from your brief, then moulded and cast.
a brief call · sculpt · mould and cast
Painting and finishing
fromNZ$350
Airbrushed colour and finishing for pieces you already have.
colour tests · airbrush · sealed and ready
Short-film consult
fromNZ$120
An hour on what your script needs, what it takes to make and what is worth keeping practical.
60 minutes · a short written note
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PDF · 40 pages
Prosthetics workbook
A printable workbook on making a first prosthetic piece: sketch pages, a sculpt-to-cast checklist, a paint planner and room for your own notes.
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About
Hine Tamihana
I sculpt, cast and paint prosthetics for film and series from a workshop in Auckland, mostly at night, with one work lamp and a lot of grey clay.
Productions and short-film makers ask me about a job by inquiry. I like a brief that comes with a script, a date and a budget, and I will tell you plainly what a piece takes to make.
Letters
Bench notes
A short letter each season: a finished piece, a free week and a look at the bench.