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BUILD FILM - QUALITY COSTUME PROPS.

ONLINE WORLDWIDE. GUIDED BY MAKINARIUM

Learn professional fabrication techniques directly from working film-industry makers based at Pinewood Studios. Build the Shadow Inquisitor with us and understand the processes behind the finish, not just the individual tricks.

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STARTS 14TH SEPTEMBER 

ENROLMENT CLOSES 8TH SEPTEMBER 

GUIDED TRAINING DAYS

PERMANENT RECORDING ACCESS 

Course price £1,850 excluding UK VAT. Payment plans available on the Makinarium checkout page.

 JOIN US. WATCH WITH US IN SEPTEMBER OR RETURN TO RECORDINGS WHEN YOUR OWN SCHEDULE ALLOWS. 

REBEL LEGION AND UK GARRISON MEMBERS

Member Discount Available

Email us first with your current organisation ID. We will send the

member purchase details before you enrol.

THIS IS NOT A TUTORIAL LIBRARY

DON'T JUST WATCH US MAKE IT. MAKE IT WITH US.

Across three weeks, the Makinarium team takes the Shadow Inquisitor from raw materials through fabrication, moulding, casting, painting, texturing, finishing, repairs and weathering. You learn why professional departments make the decisions they do, then put those techniques into practice yourself.

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Learn the process

Professional workflow from concept and preparation through fabrication, surface work, paint and final finish.

02

Build physical work

Finish with pieces you can photograph, document and use to demonstrate your practical ability.

03

Get feedback

Ask questions, troubleshoot your build and receive direct guidance from Makinarium during the programme.

ONLINE WORLDWIDE. GUIDED BY MAKINARIUM

ONE CHARACTER. MULTIPLE PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINES.

The character was created specifically as a teaching vehicle. It lets us move through hard-surface fabrication, costume props, finishing, metallic surfaces, weathering, detailing and design language within one connected build.

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WHAT IS INCLUDED

THE COURSE IS BUILT TO STAY USEFUL AFTER SEPTEMBER.

The live guided period creates momentum, but you do not need to finish every build inside three weeks. Permanent recording access means you can learn with the cohort now, then return to the making when work or life gives you more room.

  • Makinarium Academy Course

    1,850£
    One programme designed around making, feedback and transferable fabrication skills.
     
    • 15 guided training days
    • 4 professional-standard portfolio builds
    • Live Makinarium Q&A
    • Personal feedback
    • 10 film-industry interviews plus 5 graduate stories
    • Career and portfolio guidance
    • Permanent recording access

EXC UK VAT

DESIGN. FABRICATION. FINISH.

The course is not about copying one prop. It is about understanding the materials, judgement and finish that can be carried into your own armour, costume props and future builds.

Join, watch the course, then come back to the actual making when work quietens down.

A PRACTICAL WAY TO USE THE PROGRAM IF TIME IS TIGHT

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This is a fully digital programme. No physical product is shipped. Shipping and returns policies shown at checkout apply to physical products only.

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ENROL

WHO IS IT FOR

YOU DO NOT NEED THE SAME END GOAL TO GET VALUE FROM IT.

I want to work in film

Learn workshop processes, build practical work and understand how to photograph and present it for a portfolio.

I already make costumes and props

Push your finishing, materials and problem-solving further with professional approaches used for screen work.

MEET THE MAKERS

THIS ISN'T AN ONLINE COURSE COMPANY.
THIS IS MAKINARIUM.

Makinarium is based at Pinewood Studios and brings together artists, designers, fabricators and specialist makers working across film and entertainment.

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The point of the Academy is to open up the working practices behind professional fabrication and give makers direct access to the techniques, decisions and problem solving that sit behind finished screen work.

I make because I love it

You do not need to be changing career. If you care about making better work, the techniques still transfer.

FAQ

MAKINARIUM ACADEMY 
Professional fabrication teaching from working film-industry makers. Online, worldwide and built around practical making.

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The Mech Heart Owl

BUILD THE OWL AT PINEWOOD STUDIOS
A hands-on prop-making workshop at Pinewood Studios.
Build, finish and take home your own mechanical-heart Owl.

Our latest hands-on workshop takes you through the process of creating and finishing your own mechanical heart Owl, working with the same kinds of techniques we use every day at Makinarium.

28th - 29th September.

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art department - Replica Stained Glass Course!

 

Over the two days you’ll learn the whole process of creating your own replica stained glass piece, working with us in the Makinarium workshop and getting plenty of hands on guidance along the way.

 

It’s a really fun course and you don’t need any previous experience.

 

We’ll take you through everything step by step and you’ll leave at the end of the second day with your own finished replica stained glass piece to take home.

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24th and 25th September

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