. >> my journey is being made whole by the love of my partner tanya roger and the wonderful genius of the small group of young new zealanders. >> reporter: that small group, a workshop, taylor's company back in new zealand, helped create the makeup, visual effects, and costume design on the "lord o o the rings" films. how would you describe what a workshop, what do you do here? >> we do design, miniatures, prosthetic, costumes, and vehicles. >> reporter: despite his success winning three more oscars, taylor is still energized and ready for a new challenge ass we enter the workshop in welllington. >> up above us is a one to one scale. this train is from the second "zorro" movie. the client wanted to see an explosion like no explosion he had ever seen so the explosion was so big the last piece of debris took 14 minutes after the explosion. >> reporter: he's just as excited by movie memorabilia. >> this is the armor that we built for "the king of rohan." detail the inside of the armor. >> reporter: as by the tools of his trade. >> this is a sandblaster, sandblast all the weapons. he is m