i agree. good luck spending $10,000 in custom parts to glue and put on your cosplay. i bet the guys making them are like "i wonder when we will see a cosplay of this? i bet 20 years from now we will see a half decent one, how about you jim?"
+bummer6 Yeah well, we've got $200 3D printers, sub-$500 40 watt laser cutters, free licenses for Autodesk Fusion 360, and places like Dirt Cheap Dirty Boards to get our custom PCBs turned out. The modern makers and cosplayers are like *"Challenge accepted!"*
The only gripe I have is they did not reverse/mirror the Weyland-Yutani logo on the soles of the foot. If they had mirrored that logo, each step in soft soil would leave a clear and distinct 'Weyland-Yutani' logo. But since they didn't, each step in soft soil would say 'inatuY-dnalyeW'. >.
The interesting thing about a company that builds in all angle detail is that it gives a director way more leeway in how he can shoot a scene. The prop looks great from every angle. Fantastic!
All these things have wonderfull attention to detail, just in case on the off chance you do see something in a film, it all looks finished (like a closeup or seeing the sole of the boot or something) It just makes me feel so happy!
I like to think that 3D and 4K+ cameras mean there's less corners can be cut, less trickery is going to pass so prop makers have to make a lot of effort now to really sell these pieces. We might be in a golden age of practical effects and prop making because of the HD revolution.
JCBeastie interesting point but there's nothing new about HD. Film is super high resolution, equivalent of between 4K - 8K, so it's not really to do with seeing more now, perhaps rapid prototyping with 3D printers etc is allowing more work to be done in the same amount of time.
You're right about the modern fabrication techniques. While yes we have been recording in high resolutions for a long time playing it back as something appreciable is definitely a more modern thing.
Film is nowhere near that resolution. Looking at scans of negatives, it is very grainy when compared with digital. That is, it adds noise that obscure the smallest details. I recall in the earlier days of digital photography, it was commonly stated that color 35mm film was six megapixels. Movies are shot with shorter pieces of film for each exposure, so less area than that.
@@JohnDlugosz hate to tell you but film and negatives is lost, its all digital which makes it that much easier for them to correct, hide, cut clipped edited etc at a far cheaper rate.300 little scenes combined in say adobe etc and you have a full movie that you can control everything on it hell even remove audio and voices if so desired. CGI has taken over and has for a long time.
Oh man, such gorgeous craftsmanship, i'm in awe. These guys need to work with NASA cuz that hard yellow suit is freakin' amazing, they need pressurized suits that don't feel like being in a balloon!
What confuses me about modern Hollywood is this insane level of effort and detail (and money!) can be put into the sets, the props, the VFX.. and the scripts are terrible. You'd think it'd be the easiest and cheapest thing to get right.
not always... script writers are sometimes pre-madanas who are more interested in appeasing film critics than fans... There's plenty of examples where Film critics gave the movie a 30% but the fans gave it 80%... so... it really just kinda depends on who they're trying to appeal to. For the record though, I still think Scott Ridley does a fantastic job... he's just handed a pile of garbage to work with and does the best he can to execute it.
The perfect balance to convey a director's vision- special effects to broaden the scale, and the attention to detail in costumes to create a sense of realism and accuracy.
Somewhere in the comments of another video. For the life of me I can't remember the reason that was given, but it seemed fairly legitimate. The studio wasn't happy about something or other. Vague, I know.
Talk about going above and beyond …!!!…it’s through these people that the future will copy for real life....how much past sci-fi is made into reality today...awesome work 🏆😊
I think a good reason to have such insane attention to detail is because if youre that hardcore about the little things, like little screws and barcodes, then youll retain being that hardcore about the rest of the prop or suit, the stuff that people will notice.
Wow, where can one get that spacer fabric? I need something like that between a backpack and my back. Before I was thinking of making such spacer of a net of thick ropes, but I guess this should work too, _if_ it hold pressure and doesn't get flat..
insane detail..... stunning... only thing i would suggest to michael is incorporating a little bit of " safety wire" like we use in real life to mitigate vibratory loss of hardware and to combat FOD.
How much did it cost, in total, to make these suits? Beautifully done (and another explanation as to why films cost so much to make: lots of wonderful detail that, ultimately, doesn't show on screen. I presume the actors appreciate it, and help make them feel they are involved in an enterprise that is anything but "cheap").
I love this channel and I am absurdly impressed by everything you guys create! If you could build the iron giant from Brad Bird's animation I will be the happiest person on earth. Warm Regards, Marlé from South Africa
bametje Not only was is too short for my liking, it also felt very rushed; uncomfortably so. Instead of two guys nerding out over props and their making it felt like a high stress, very time restricted presentation aimed towards investors rather than enthusiasts. A shame, really.
Many years ago I lived in a squat in Auckland. I dabbled in film props and model making, and made a space suit from various industrial waste and vacuum formed plastic. It was pretty primitive, but quite effective. I wonder looking back what the locals thought when they saw a spacesuited figure wondering around the derelict warehouses.... Probably, "Look at that nutcase!". I feel slightly vindicated now.
I watched this vid last night when totally wasted... it was my 43rd birthday! and I watched it after the party then I awoke the next morning great!... All of it was gone!....I'm going to enjoy it a second time! yeah!
They're more like NASA suits than you might realize. Starting with the Space Shuttle NASA uses the EMU for spacewalks. It has a hard shell upper torso and arms with rotating joints. They can easily be mistaken for soft suits because they have a cloth-like outer covering.
RMoribayashi Have you seen the famous early swiveling helmet film? where the guy turns his head (the whole helmet turns)during a space walk (Shepherd, I think) The fake-Nasa moon mission/flatearth people claim it's stop motion animation, and evidence of Nasas diabolical trickery.
"Very rigid"
*crack*
Adam: "Ooh"
Adam's prolly waiting for the "You break it you buy it"
"I would GLADLY buy it"
that look he gives the camera hahaha
Glad it was like the cheapest part.
it's ok, it has a Kevlar layer, it'll be fine even if a huge break formed :)
If Norm did that, the comment section would be a never-ending string of attacks and complaints towards Norm. Double standards :p
You can tell Adam is making a list of materials in his head to make his own suit..
sometimes I feel like they just detail the suits to this level to fuck with cosplayers.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
I'm sure it helps the actors get immersed in the character.
i agree. good luck spending $10,000 in custom parts to glue and put on your cosplay. i bet the guys making them are like "i wonder when we will see a cosplay of this? i bet 20 years from now we will see a half decent one, how about you jim?"
Vasyl K You must be fun at parties.
+bummer6 Yeah well, we've got $200 3D printers, sub-$500 40 watt laser cutters, free licenses for Autodesk Fusion 360, and places like Dirt Cheap Dirty Boards to get our custom PCBs turned out. The modern makers and cosplayers are like *"Challenge accepted!"*
Man, soo much time and effort. I can’t imagine actual space suites, pure respect and admiration for both groups!
The only gripe I have is they did not reverse/mirror the Weyland-Yutani logo on the soles of the foot. If they had mirrored that logo, each step in soft soil would leave a clear and distinct 'Weyland-Yutani' logo. But since they didn't, each step in soft soil would say 'inatuY-dnalyeW'. >.
Thanks, I caught this too. They probably meant it to say WEYLANDYUTANI in the footprint, but instead it will say IИATUYᗡИA⅃YƎW.
D'OH!!!
*Adam is a kid in a candy store. Love it*
story?
lol thanks for pointing that out. I type faster than I process thought so I tend to stumble a lot. Cheers!
And of course he's one to break the first thing he picks up lol
Jon Doe what do you mean
It's a hame to see sutch fine work in sutch a sub par film. Damn it.
The best way to make something look real is to make it real.
It's so great watching Adam geek out over this stuff. Thanks for helping us feel like we were there.
The interesting thing about a company that builds in all angle detail is that it gives a director way more leeway in how he can shoot a scene. The prop looks great from every angle. Fantastic!
What incredible suits! The level of craftsmanship is amazing!
Adam's genuine curiosity, joy, and appreciation of these things is the reason I watch Tested.
All these things have wonderfull attention to detail, just in case on the off chance you do see something in a film, it all looks finished (like a closeup or seeing the sole of the boot or something)
It just makes me feel so happy!
That's some beautiful craftsmanship, love the details.
That cracking noise as adam plays with the helmet
"can you feel how strong it is?"
and the look on his face
They can now sell it as "broken by Tested's Adam Savage" ;p
2:45 Adam and his space suits, or other peoples space suits XD. so pleased he is revisiting them
6:35 .. you can't tell, but Adam put that tape on the face because he can't stand anyone else being in the suit .. not even 3D printed. :D
I really understand Adam's fascination with the level of detail, is just mesmerizing!
"I wouldn't mind wearing this for 10 hours"
Let's look for a guy with a yellow space suit in comic con.
The mechanics of that yellow suit are amazing. Great design
I like to think that 3D and 4K+ cameras mean there's less corners can be cut, less trickery is going to pass so prop makers have to make a lot of effort now to really sell these pieces. We might be in a golden age of practical effects and prop making because of the HD revolution.
JCBeastie interesting point but there's nothing new about HD. Film is super high resolution, equivalent of between 4K - 8K, so it's not really to do with seeing more now, perhaps rapid prototyping with 3D printers etc is allowing more work to be done in the same amount of time.
You're right about the modern fabrication techniques. While yes we have been recording in high resolutions for a long time playing it back as something appreciable is definitely a more modern thing.
Special effects technology evolve too thou
Film is nowhere near that resolution. Looking at scans of negatives, it is very grainy when compared with digital. That is, it adds noise that obscure the smallest details.
I recall in the earlier days of digital photography, it was commonly stated that color 35mm film was six megapixels. Movies are shot with shorter pieces of film for each exposure, so less area than that.
@@JohnDlugosz hate to tell you but film and negatives is lost, its all digital which makes it that much easier for them to correct, hide, cut clipped edited etc at a far cheaper rate.300 little scenes combined in say adobe etc and you have a full movie that you can control everything on it hell even remove audio and voices if so desired. CGI has taken over and has for a long time.
Oh man, such gorgeous craftsmanship, i'm in awe. These guys need to work with NASA cuz that hard yellow suit is freakin' amazing, they need pressurized suits that don't feel like being in a balloon!
Glad to see TESTED starting to get back on track
Guy: "You can feel how strong it is."
Adam: "SAVAGE SMASH!"
I was waiting for the guy showing it off to panic about adam touching everything lmao
That is some absolutely awesome work.
WoW! Just amazing! Love all of it.
Fantastic detail, hats off to you chaps.
If only they had spent that level of effort on the script.
What confuses me about modern Hollywood is this insane level of effort and detail (and money!) can be put into the sets, the props, the VFX.. and the scripts are terrible. You'd think it'd be the easiest and cheapest thing to get right.
not always... script writers are sometimes pre-madanas who are more interested in appeasing film critics than fans...
There's plenty of examples where Film critics gave the movie a 30% but the fans gave it 80%... so... it really just kinda depends on who they're trying to appeal to.
For the record though, I still think Scott Ridley does a fantastic job... he's just handed a pile of garbage to work with and does the best he can to execute it.
Scott Ridley is a pre-madana.
Prima donna.
@@CLaw-tb5gg it's a product of having waaay too much money at your disposal and too many egos
The perfect balance to convey a director's vision- special effects to broaden the scale, and the attention to detail in costumes to create a sense of realism and accuracy.
As movie props go, those suits are real masterpieces. Such exquisite detail in their manufacture.
Let's face it, that guy who designs all the little additional parts for the space suit has the best job
It looked like some of Ron Cobb's original Alien semiotic icons made it onto the suit, at least I hope so.
Agreed.
It would probably help to have OCD...
I think that goes for the concept artists
GREEBLIES!!!
Thank god for Tested, the Covenant home release left a lot to be desired in terms of behind the scenes stuff.
0:22 Ok, that Wonder Woman suit is friggin awesome too
Love the attention to detail
When you are in the UK again you should visit the Royal Armaries in Leeds lots of cool stuff in the suits.
Adam loves space suit so much I kinda surprised he hasn't make one. A model, not just a costume replica.
I read that the plug had been pulled on the Martian space suit project.
Oh that's a shame. Where did you read that?
Somewhere in the comments of another video. For the life of me I can't remember the reason that was given, but it seemed fairly legitimate. The studio wasn't happy about something or other.
Vague, I know.
Good news, they're still working on it but it's been seriously slow and difficult apparently. Adam mentioned it in a recent build video.
Incredible detail and plausibility. Much more interesting than the actual movie.
Adam seems like he was that kid on the field trip that had to touch everything in the museum even after the teacher specifically warned him not to.
Grant Stone you must be fun at parties. ..
Talk about going above and beyond …!!!…it’s through these people that the future will copy for real life....how much past sci-fi is made into reality today...awesome work 🏆😊
I'm doing some RED 8K nature now and prop detail really needs to go to next level with ever increasing resolution! The detail is awesome
These look so amazing.
Is it bad when the Tested-behind-the-scenes-videos are better then the movie?...
Man these suits are awesome!!!
I love it. The boot bottoms should be in revers to make logo footprints
Is that shoulder camera mount a modified dial indicator holder arm?
love the vids like this.
Nice!
I'm building my very own 'AX2' hard-suit...inspiring!
"It's a bit hot today" - Oh it must have been THAT day in England... you know, summer. lol
it was in 1976...
nah we only had a few days in succession that were hot... other that that it was off days
that one day i was at glastonbury it was hotter than 76
Can you do a build on how they make the remote for the suit. The custom printed push button panel and all....pretty pretty please?
your facial expression when you heard the crack was precious
Love this stuff
I love how the lighting helmet is powered by contact wit the neck part.
I want to build a helm like that, it looks awesome!
I think a good reason to have such insane attention to detail is because if youre that hardcore about the little things, like little screws and barcodes, then youll retain being that hardcore about the rest of the prop or suit, the stuff that people will notice.
I like Adams childlike joy at investigating thinks.
Such a detail!
When he cracked the carbon fiber, i just imagined Linus holding expensive things & or drooping them.
his happines is autentic :D and , God damm this suits are amazing
Love the helmets electrical conductive system for the lighting
Wow, where can one get that spacer fabric? I need something like that between a backpack and my back. Before I was thinking of making such spacer of a net of thick ropes, but I guess this should work too, _if_ it hold pressure and doesn't get flat..
insane detail..... stunning... only thing i would suggest to michael is incorporating a little bit of " safety wire" like we use in real life to mitigate vibratory loss of hardware and to combat FOD.
I absolutely love this.
Would love to see the Spacesuit from Sunshine
The movies that invest in quality props are always the ones that get remembered
How much did it cost, in total, to make these suits? Beautifully done (and another explanation as to why films cost so much to make: lots of wonderful detail that, ultimately, doesn't show on screen. I presume the actors appreciate it, and help make them feel they are involved in an enterprise that is anything but "cheap").
I love this channel and I am absurdly impressed by everything you guys create! If you could build the iron giant from Brad Bird's animation I will be the happiest person on earth.
Warm Regards,
Marlé from South Africa
I wonder if Adam Savage has ever met ColinFurze. I get the feeling that those two would get along well. Two legends together, that would be awesome!
And that's why I love practical effects.
Adam, what did you think of alien covenant? I personally loved it, and am interested in your opinion.
That suit is 100% CRAZY !!!!!
Seriously impressive
Why isn‘t the Weyland Logo on the soles mirrored? So you can read it on the footsteps? Like the mars rovers tire tracks. MSL etc
So well put together, it's like they're designing the future of NASA space suits or something =P
That yellow hardsuit is the first time I've seen a movie spacesuit with convincing joints.
These suits are awesome! They look like their from the future
Mr.Awesome Animations - aren't we already in the future? 😄
Mr.Awesome Animations they're
Mr.Awesome Animations yeah it's from alien, you know the one that's set in the future
wahts more wowing is this looks like as it would work in rl. guess its not sealed since they are movie probs but from the setup it looks sound.
thats the point lol
Only 12 fking minutes ? We could watch 30-60 mins of this and I'm sure Adam would love to see everything and explain everything :D
bametje Not only was is too short for my liking, it also felt very rushed; uncomfortably so. Instead of two guys nerding out over props and their making it felt like a high stress, very time restricted presentation aimed towards investors rather than enthusiasts. A shame, really.
Amazing!
Stunning , and your favourite colour
Ok, at 3:50, what are those part sorters? I can't afford sortimo, so looking for something else, and those look promising.
When are you going to create the Martian spacesuit? It's been over a year
What i must study to work of it? I do cosplays and props and i love it ;D
Does anyone know the name of that padding stuff on the inside of the yellow suit?
1:58 I’m really interested in those locking rings, I wanna know more but I don’t know where to look
What kind of part storage bins are those with the small orange bins inside?
"And it stays lit" Adam Savage, circa 2017
Many years ago I lived in a squat in Auckland. I dabbled in film props and model making, and made a space suit from various industrial waste and vacuum formed plastic. It was pretty primitive, but quite effective. I wonder looking back what the locals thought when they saw a spacesuited figure wondering around the derelict warehouses.... Probably, "Look at that nutcase!". I feel slightly vindicated now.
The funny thing is...if you don't put in the details. You notice it. Incredible suits!
I watched this vid last night when totally wasted... it was my 43rd birthday! and I watched it after the party then I awoke the next morning great!... All of it was gone!....I'm going to enjoy it a second time! yeah!
Need a similar item to shovel snow in the winter.
i love adam and i love jaime i really wish you guys would team up again even if its not myth busters just please
That helmet design is awesome
wow that's amazing
6:00 I wonder why they covered the face.
So you cant hear the scream of pain
This guy is doing my dream job
Very Cool !
D: why didnt i know about these guys before i left london..... Damn would love to work for them
only one word. WOW!
i knew the arms were 3d printed and we finally see a close up and you can see the layer lines still. Adds a little reassurance to cosplayers.
I notice the lenz at 7:49 is part of the Yi 2 4K Action Camera. Price point: $200
Hey! maybe these Prop crew could also work in the next script for Ridley!!
They're more like NASA suits than you might realize. Starting with the Space Shuttle NASA uses the EMU for spacewalks. It has a hard shell upper torso and arms with rotating joints. They can easily be mistaken for soft suits because they have a cloth-like outer covering.
RMoribayashi Have you seen the famous early swiveling helmet film? where the guy turns his head (the whole helmet turns)during a space walk (Shepherd, I think) The fake-Nasa moon mission/flatearth people claim it's stop motion animation, and evidence of Nasas diabolical trickery.
Could use this right now...