I obviously love the freedoms & possibilities things like 3D printing has brought us - but there's something special about the efficiencies & creativity of using found parts & available materials to make otherworldly & cool-looking things

This, the original, full-size ED-209, which STILL EXISTS! , is one of the best examples of that in all of film & SFX history

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFMJ514lz5w #movies #sfx #props #PhilTippettStudios #Tested #AdamSavage #robocop

It's been a while since we've had a visit with these guys! They brought along a special guest. https://youtu.be/uIHyUqlOlXM?si=aAUBgfnp-D4IEbaW #MuppetLabs #AdamSavage #muppets

I have a deep love for the classic kitbashing, found-items style of prop building - but I'm not gonna sit here & tell you that the custom prop work on "Blade Runner 2049" isn't absolutely stunning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYp3wZA34Fw #props #movies #Tested #AdamSavage #Propstore

#AdamSavage & #MelHo geek out over the Flipper Zero - which is well above my paygrade but I still love learning about things like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8q2YVRiOAE #IT #tech #hacking

Without looking in the comments, can you guess what this is? - because I couldn't, but I feel like maybe I should have (which I'm sure Adam & Zach also do)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lYz_U-5hJ0 #electronics #engineering #maker #AdamSavage #Tested #ZachRadding #BuildCoolStuff

Most people know that physical sound media history goes something like Wax Cylinders > Vinyl Records > Magnetic Tape > CD > Digital Formats (MP3).

It turns out, however, that even though that "Magnetic Tape > CD" bit was probably the shortest era, a lot more happened then than most of us have any idea about

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Uw3WIwnnOE #AdamSavage #SeanCharlesworth #Tested #engineering #sound #recording #technology

"What would the world be like if knowledge was shared & not sold" - Ben Eadie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXh0FTAobAU #maker #electronics #Tested #AdamSavage #DreadMakerRoberts

Autumn Desjardin builds Zelda & Arthurian armor & costumes & she's FUCKING AWESOME at it!!

Her attention to detail is mindblowing, both in concept & execution - talk about labor of love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkCIyFv_64Q

I can't begin to imagine how cool it must have been, going through Stuart Freeborn's workshop-filled house for months...!

For the uninitated, Freeborn is the guy who made Yoda, Chewbacca & the 2001 hominids (one of which I saw up close when the Kubrick exhibit visited Copenhagen ). He was the grandpappy of special effects makeup & a groundbreaking puppet maker whose work influences movie making to this day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OByNvSilKtw #movies #props #Propstore #AdamSavage #Tested

Kid in a candy store

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTZXkdlDpyo #workshop #maker #AdamSavage #Tested #MetMuseum

There's a lot of excited giggling, particularly at the end, and I can TOTALLY understand that!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAn-OsZp6u8 #Tested #maker #puppet #AdamSavage

I love seeing all the processes & sets & design & stuff, obviously - but oddly, this still doesn't make me very curious to watch SILO... seems like people like it, but as a lifetime #scifi fan, the "evil computer secretly controls closed society" genre REALLY has a hard sell on its hands to convince me there's an original, compelling story there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTn-KUxAJEA #sfx #SetDesign #props #movies #Tested #AdamSavage

I may have mentioned this before, but I feel exactly like #AdamSavage does about #pranks. Sure, there may be the odd funny one - but on the whole, they tend to fall somewhere between almost cruel & actually, deliberately cruel...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JykQbh0kcjQ

OK, so everybody wants to re-litigate the "running in the rain" myth, but... have you ever heard anyone mention distance? Because I haven't.

If I was to bother #AdamSavage with this, I'd ask if they ever considered testing at which distance/time the difference between running & walking would even out because you'd be soaked either way after all, hurrying only makes sense if you have a chance of reaching shelter before then, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qTsHXJo7LU #Mythbusters #tested

I love how Adam nerds out about the stormtrooper helmet. But what caught me even more is seeing how "bad" the paintjob is and how everything looks not even slightly perfect! That gives me new motivation and permission to not be perfect with my helmet, I am making. Love it. #3dPrinting #StarWars #propMaking #adamsavage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tg9m3BuLEk

More absolutely iconic pieces from the upcoming #propstore auction I don't know which is cooler - the "Move Along!" stormtrooper helmet, or an empire blaster Carrie Fisher held in her hands

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tg9m3BuLEk
#AdamSavage #movies #props #Tested

I think I would be at least as giddy as #AdamSavage meeting this super-duper-iconic #SFX prop

I'm not one of those "Waaah, CGI is killing movies" types but there is one decidedly bad thing it does do: It robs us of future moments like these. Nobody can collect the artifacts from the movies they love if they only ever existed as 3D models - which also means an ongoing loss of institutional knowledge...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os_2N_2I1us
#movies #props #propstore #Terminator #engineering #maker

#AdamSavage #SloMoGuys #SloMo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s8vj5cYYZc