How Wētā Workshop Creates "Bigature" Landscapes Out of Foam!

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  • Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2024

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  • @tested
    @tested  2 года назад +13

    Wētā Workshop Unleashed: tours.wetaworkshop.com/unleashed/
    See photos from the exhibition at instagram.com/wetaworkshopunleashed
    The Production Design of Wētā Workshop Unleashed: ruclips.net/video/l9jVjAUiraw/видео.html
    Creating a Bigature for Wētā Workshop Unleashed: ruclips.net/video/Tr5JBIiXI88/видео.html
    Stay tuned for more videos from Adam's visit behind the scenes of Wētā Workshop Unleashed!

  • @maluse227
    @maluse227 2 года назад +295

    Given the stress his job entails, it blows me away that Richard Taylor seems to have not aged a day since they filmed the behind-the-scenes for ROTK.

    • @leedobson
      @leedobson 2 года назад +12

      Crazy right....that was more than 20 damn years ago

    • @deanvennard6925
      @deanvennard6925 2 года назад +8

      Every newzealander Iv ever met is just like him

    • @maqywhaq
      @maqywhaq 2 года назад +9

      I suspect it's a bit of a different sort of stress though... Creative deadlines are more fulfilling, even if they tend to be more of a reach a lot of the time...

    • @harbl99
      @harbl99 2 года назад +35

      Healthy diet of polystrene foam and plaster does wonders for a man's health.

    • @shokojimhollingsworth3940
      @shokojimhollingsworth3940 2 года назад +10

      He’s like Christopher Reeves’ geekier brother 😃 in the best possible way

  • @snubbebubbe
    @snubbebubbe 2 года назад +106

    Love the technique Adam displayed in this video, turning a facemask into a shoulder pad. Absolutely marvelous.

    • @Zharkan16
      @Zharkan16 2 года назад +1

      he must protect himself from their employees

  • @Padre186
    @Padre186 2 года назад +81

    When Adam started in with the chainsaw on the foam I swear I watched his face de-age back to when he was a 9 year old. Just pure joy on his face.

    • @Dfarrey
      @Dfarrey 2 года назад +7

      Adam always has a childlike enthusiasm. I think that's what made mythbusters so fun to watch, and why I still enjoy the content he puts up here

    • @notbutter6476
      @notbutter6476 Год назад +1

      That part out of context just makes me laugh so much with Richard in the background just watching

  • @deanospimoniful
    @deanospimoniful 2 года назад +44

    I remember seeing Richard Taylor on dvd extras for Lord of The Rings. It's amazing how far these guys have come to be such a powerful presence in the film industry.

  • @cleverusername9369
    @cleverusername9369 2 года назад +27

    Just watched 20 minutes of two grown ass men playing with foam and I would happily watch hours. These Wētā videos have been such a delight, New Zealanders seem like such a lovely people.

  • @shokojimhollingsworth3940
    @shokojimhollingsworth3940 2 года назад +34

    I love Richard’s dry NZ humour, like the deadpan delivery of “the trick here is to not plunge it into your own body...” 😂😂😂

  • @rootieboy
    @rootieboy 2 года назад +3

    When I saw Adam put his left hand on the foam while using the utility knife with his right hand my heart skipped a beat. I cut off my middle finger, tendon and bone, at the top knuckle with a utility knife. They were able to reattach it with some clever surgery.

  • @e9x.pyroooh
    @e9x.pyroooh 2 года назад +3

    just the sound alone of the foam screeching would make me go insane lol

  • @scotttrapp2512
    @scotttrapp2512 2 года назад +2

    I love how much Weta is focused on showing the younger generation that with their own imagination and some cheap materials/tools they can create their own worlds just like the pros do!

  • @sng2225
    @sng2225 2 года назад +1

    This is the 3rd WETA related post and it must be a sign to go home and visit my family. Admittedly it's making me a bit home sick. When LOTR was filmed I had friends and aquatiantances working on making the framework for an orc sitting atop the theatre in Wellington, a knife maker producing daggers for the movie and I met one of the extras in the gym

  • @stevestogsdill5791
    @stevestogsdill5791 2 года назад +18

    This is also the same process used to make a Sawfish Kyak! I found the Great Stuff Foam works as well as Gorilla Glue as a foam adhesive. Also, a Japanese pull-saw is a fantastic tool for shaping with it's smooth and coarse cutting and it's semi-flexible blade.

  • @radpugguy
    @radpugguy 2 года назад +10

    I always love how insane Adam looks while working. Just really going at it full force. It's inspiring.

  • @Theexplorographer
    @Theexplorographer 2 года назад +39

    11:05 I love that Adam immediately demonstrates the wrong way to use the knife as Richard talks about it. Never, EVER cut a material towards your support hand! Trust me on how I know this. Notice Richard uses 1 hand only...

    • @rafaelvoncina6036
      @rafaelvoncina6036 2 года назад +1

      I repeat that myself every 6 years least I forget. Did it 3 months ago, so I'm good for a while.

  • @phila8234
    @phila8234 2 года назад +4

    Working for weta = dream job 🙏

  • @killaloekittens2834
    @killaloekittens2834 2 года назад +8

    I remember back my day when we were sculpting a 15 foot diameter brain. Funny enough, it was for the movie Brain Candy. While we were busy sanding the contours of the cortex, I decided used mine (cortex) and glued sand paper, which i cut out in the shape of a hand to a pair of gloves. I did this because our hands were cramping up while gripping the paper. Upon seeing what I did, my supervisor then sent me out to get ten pairs of gloves and a bunch of 60 grit sandpaper.... Dude the sanding gloves worked like a charm. However it was a little weird to see a bunch of guys "fondling" a giant Styrofoam brain. None of the techniques you have shown are new. But they are still cool, and there is always a new class of students wanting to learn. Meet the Feebles!

  • @hazonku
    @hazonku 2 года назад +4

    I worked at Storyland Studios and they have literally one of the largest hot wire cutters in the world. It's about a 15'x15' working area with linear rail systems. It's basically like those hot wire table saws modelers use but scaled up into a giant box that works like some amalgamation of a 3D printer, a CNC, and a wire cutting table. They can rough out absolutely enormous blocks of foam that make this one look like a packing peanut. Foam carving is super fun stuff, especially at larger scale but it gets messy fast.

  • @rexus72
    @rexus72 2 года назад +2

    Adam with a sharp cutting tool always makes me nervous🩹

  • @K0SSI
    @K0SSI 2 года назад +1

    I love how Adam becomes giddy with excitement at the end along with Richard about young makers learning techniques from them!

  • @ace5combo
    @ace5combo 2 года назад +2

    I went to the exhibit last week thanks to your last video!!!! 100% recommend. Weta workshops is now my dream job

  • @philipbasarir6829
    @philipbasarir6829 2 года назад +5

    I love everything weta. They have some of the best artists in the industry and this exhibition shows just that.

  • @christaylor3951
    @christaylor3951 2 года назад +10

    Since I first saw Lord of The Rings I was astonished at the work they did, absolutely Incredible. It's a dream of mine to work with them, definitely my favourite practical effects workshop.

  • @commandrogyne
    @commandrogyne 2 года назад +6

    God i cannot stand the squeak of foam being cut, what a tragedy given how cool this topic is!

    • @wayneking9997
      @wayneking9997 2 года назад +1

      Me neither I had to keep fast forwarding because of the noise

  • @ShinobiShane
    @ShinobiShane 2 года назад +1

    The editing they did to put some of the vocals over the demonstrations is very good

  • @rookzey1425
    @rookzey1425 2 года назад +1

    Being a Kiwi myself, studying in the Creative Industry with ambitions to do prop/ miniature work like Adam and Weta, its a treat seeing how these props and terrain set pieces are made behind the scenes and Adam is someone I would very much like to one day meet or chat with (despite the low chances), about different techniques and his history/ experiences in the Industry and someone I strive to be like creatively. Great Video

    • @lamsmiley1944
      @lamsmiley1944 2 года назад

      Good luck, it would be an incredible place to work.

  • @billwilson9056
    @billwilson9056 2 года назад +19

    awesome! wish the white foam didnt have such a tendency to blow out the video from time to time, hard to see the detail you guys were incorporating at some points

  • @washinthewind
    @washinthewind 2 года назад +2

    Richard: Don't plunge it into your body.
    Adam, 5 seconds later: Yeah, absolutely!

  • @andyheffling5000
    @andyheffling5000 2 года назад +5

    A boss willing to get his hands dirty is a good boss

  • @gibbonwarrior
    @gibbonwarrior 2 года назад +1

    I love the way how Richard is thinking about weather/erosion. With more than 10 years in movies as a set sculptor I made so many rock walls, but it was very frustrating that many "old master" does not really care about the" logic" behind how weather and time shaping the forms, just making easy boring cracks. It would be a pleasure to share the same mentality one day on a set together.

    • @Midnorme
      @Midnorme 2 года назад

      Can you share any knowledge/tips on making rock walls?

  • @Lethgar_Smith
    @Lethgar_Smith 2 года назад +9

    Nice to see Richard has learned to talk on camera better than his appearances in the LOTR Appendixes.
    20 years ago he was shouting at the cameras like a locally produced used car lot TV commercial as if the microphone was 30 yards away from him.

  • @maqywhaq
    @maqywhaq 2 года назад +16

    As a miniature hobbyist, this is remarkably familiar... What I'd really be interested in though is their detailed texturing techniques(with railway modelling, there's a lot of texturing with plaster castings, curious how much can be done for styrene foam)

    • @poopfartlord9695
      @poopfartlord9695 2 года назад +7

      It must be hard being a miniature hobbyist, you could literally get lost in your work.

    • @googiegress
      @googiegress 2 года назад +5

      @@poopfartlord9695 Luckily it's very low-stress, you never encounter any really big problems, only several very small ones.

    • @maqywhaq
      @maqywhaq 2 года назад

      @@poopfartlord9695 The emersion factor is absolutely amazing though~

    • @jms_d0
      @jms_d0 Год назад

      @@poopfartlord9695 u beat me to it. This comment deserves a million likes

  • @19TheChaosWarrior79
    @19TheChaosWarrior79 2 года назад +4

    My dad has just used expanding foam and wall filler to make the cliff faces in the model railway we are building. Looks ace once painted

    • @timwhite4301
      @timwhite4301 2 года назад

      I'm definitely going to use this technique tomorrow for my model railway

  • @nerdingforfunprops4487
    @nerdingforfunprops4487 2 года назад +7

    Fantastic video. I love working with styrene blocks. I've used it for all sorts, walls, gargoyles and more recently an over sized Christmas turkey (with all the trimmings. 😁

  • @Road_Rash
    @Road_Rash 2 года назад +4

    Well that just tears it...I have just about everything here, now I must make a rock wall in my house somewhere...🤔🤔🤔 Maybe Mona can come give me a hand...

  • @alls0p69
    @alls0p69 2 года назад

    This is what we love... Adam in his natural habitat. Tongue out and all. :) Great series.

  • @pilgrimgrey4191
    @pilgrimgrey4191 2 года назад

    This video was a pure joy Adam looks like a kid at Christmas so cool. I would dearly love to spend an afternoon with Richard Taylor and pick his brains on all of this. I have some styrene on the way so it’s inspired me cheers guys.

  • @mully006
    @mully006 2 года назад +1

    As soon as I heard Richards voice I was pulled back to when I was a kid watching LoTR behind the scenes.

  • @xTechDecayx
    @xTechDecayx 2 года назад +1

    "Don't plunge it into your body." Adam IMMEDIATELY starts cutting toward his hand...

  • @kronicbucky
    @kronicbucky 2 года назад +1

    Weta makes me so proud to be from NZ.

  • @MJRLHobbyStuff
    @MJRLHobbyStuff 2 года назад +3

    You guys ROCK!

  • @murcusfenix2717
    @murcusfenix2717 2 года назад +1

    Ive been to their workshop in wellington i live in new Zealand

  • @WMfin
    @WMfin 2 года назад +1

    So joyous to watch this!

  • @jpotter2086
    @jpotter2086 Год назад

    An excellent candidate for Smell-O-Vision!

  • @itzame_ari
    @itzame_ari 2 года назад +2

    Gosh, I love to create 3D art like this someday! All these techniques are so astonishing and, while time consuming and stressful, is such a unique art form and way of storytelling.

  • @MrFreddie5150
    @MrFreddie5150 2 года назад +2

    Great Swedish invention that expanded polystyren or Frigolit as it called here. :)

    • @securityrobot
      @securityrobot 2 года назад +1

      That’s one person that understands the correct definition of the material.

  • @xGaLoSx
    @xGaLoSx 2 года назад

    Richard Taylor is such a legend!

  • @mikeparker3865
    @mikeparker3865 2 года назад

    The ouiji board method of rock carving. Love it.

  • @hariseldon1977
    @hariseldon1977 2 года назад +1

    Richard Taylor… great guy

  • @MarcoNoPolo
    @MarcoNoPolo 2 года назад +2

    4:55 that noise messes with my dental work.

  • @TheAndrian463
    @TheAndrian463 2 года назад +1

    Wow! Found a new use for my Lidl (Parkside) electric chainsaw. Have to try that out on my mountain scenery for my model railway layout. Great video topic.

  • @lo-firobotboy7112
    @lo-firobotboy7112 2 года назад +4

    Cool technique, but man, it made my lungs hurt watching them spay acetone on styrene without a respirator.

  • @JoeyPeligro69
    @JoeyPeligro69 2 года назад

    This and the other weta video were SO cool

  • @LangeXander
    @LangeXander 2 года назад +1

    well time to rewatch th Weta workshop scences from LotR

  • @custos3249
    @custos3249 2 года назад +1

    Cool part is those cut-offs can be reused as underwater or wind-swept geological formations

  • @SkogKniv
    @SkogKniv 2 года назад +1

    More, give me more with weta.

  • @deadaccount6135
    @deadaccount6135 2 года назад +1

    Adam really is like a child, and I mean that in the best kind of way. He gets so excited and goes ham on things lol. Only part scared me was him using the knife, saw him almost grab it by the blade twice.😮😁👍👍

  • @MrMJJFAN1
    @MrMJJFAN1 2 года назад

    Weta can you just upload, plenty of strangely satisfactory videos, it's just amazing no matter what it is, no matter how simple its just amazing haha.

  • @DunqaunMcQuan
    @DunqaunMcQuan 2 года назад +1

    I wonder if you could use a dilute solution of acetone and let it trickle down the 'rock' naturally to simulate erosion?

  • @roryoutdoors5431
    @roryoutdoors5431 2 года назад

    There is a fell voice on the wind!
    It's Savagemon, he's trying to bring down the ... extruded polystyrene sculpture! There's foam bits everywhere!

  • @F-Los
    @F-Los 2 года назад

    What a fun date

  • @danielkearney1815
    @danielkearney1815 2 года назад

    Adam is having such a good time with that chainsaw.

  • @MrTonypace
    @MrTonypace 2 года назад

    Chum is available in every hardware store in the two continents I am familiar with - and this is filmed in continents 3-4. Europeans? Do you also have chum? If not, you should.

  • @cameron5802
    @cameron5802 2 года назад +1

    Both of them talking about how dangerous a box cutter is then Adam putting his hand right next to his cuts as he goes back in forth in directions made me shudder.

  • @reality_bites7887
    @reality_bites7887 2 года назад

    Great respirator use! The key is less is more

  • @AdamMann3D
    @AdamMann3D 2 года назад

    Richard Taylor makes me think of Stan Winston

  • @Tongomongo_1
    @Tongomongo_1 2 года назад

    “The trick here, is to not plunge it into your own body “
    Let me write that down in my notes.

  • @Malfensthor
    @Malfensthor Год назад

    Wonderful

  • @organicsludgeqt7037
    @organicsludgeqt7037 2 года назад

    I just wish they could use something more sustainable than foam but this was so cool!

  • @KyzerGB
    @KyzerGB 2 года назад

    Also using a bbq grill cleaner can be used to make rough surfaces on rock faces 😉.

  • @DavidDM59
    @DavidDM59 2 года назад

    amazing

  • @KnightsWithoutATable
    @KnightsWithoutATable 2 года назад

    Gorilla Glue can also be used to attach slabs of foam like this together and is easier to get a hold of than the expanding insulation.

    • @generrosity
      @generrosity 2 года назад

      Foam is a lot cheaper, and can be used to fill holes for later carving, glue is hard to carve

    • @KnightsWithoutATable
      @KnightsWithoutATable 2 года назад

      @@generrosity Gorilla Glue isn't all that hard, but I see your point. I could see using it with layers of the foam to replicate stone that has hard and soft layers then.

  • @damronorama
    @damronorama Год назад

    does anyone know what brand the blue button-up shirt is that Richard is wearing?

  • @rupertthecatandfamily
    @rupertthecatandfamily Год назад

    I can already smell that burning polystyrene smell. It is burnt into my memory.

  • @yvonneburns2786
    @yvonneburns2786 2 года назад

    Can't wait until you do fjords!😏😁😌

  • @promiscuous5761
    @promiscuous5761 2 года назад

    Thank you.

  • @ThatGuy_33
    @ThatGuy_33 2 года назад

    Is this a permanent exhibit?
    I couldn’t find any information on how long it will be on display.

  • @jrbp33
    @jrbp33 2 года назад

    Does anyone know where/how to buy the foam in those big blocks? (In the usa) ive only ever been able to find the sheets they sell at hardware stores.

  • @SuperPress23
    @SuperPress23 2 года назад

    Awsome!

  • @mikeuk666
    @mikeuk666 2 года назад

    Keep up the great work

  • @donedwards5301
    @donedwards5301 2 года назад

    2 big kids! I wish I was there

  • @uncriticalthinkerNZ
    @uncriticalthinkerNZ 2 года назад

    I work with a utility knife all day. It’s an art and a science.

  • @richardflyger1110
    @richardflyger1110 2 года назад +1

    Cool video.
    Makes me wonder why Weta doesn’t have a ‘how to’ section on their website showing home hobbyists, those interested in practical visual effects various tricks and construction techniques they use.

  • @roryoutdoors5431
    @roryoutdoors5431 2 года назад +3

    Ooooh it's a mask not a shoulder pauldron... silly me? :p

  • @saikawanderer9166
    @saikawanderer9166 2 года назад

    One of those stanley knives gave me a notable scar on my neck, snapped on a rough cut and came back to say hello. I no longer use them XD

  • @antipodeanadventures6409
    @antipodeanadventures6409 2 года назад

    Great to watch and always good to see you learning something new. After 40 years Richard still sounds like a hick :)

  • @102ndsmirnov7
    @102ndsmirnov7 2 года назад

    Very cool

  • @lacanidjion
    @lacanidjion 2 года назад

    Awesome 😎👍

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff 2 года назад

    Thanks.

  • @mrstude
    @mrstude 2 года назад

    A propane torch can also be very useful.

  • @paulclancy4221
    @paulclancy4221 2 года назад

    People get paid to do this!!!.I'd do it for free. Love the hot knife. Adam, you were having too much fun with the chainsaw.

  • @BennyBigIron
    @BennyBigIron 2 года назад

    Omg I love those snap blade box cutter knives, they’re soooo convenient, and absolutely razor sharp!

  • @Gorilla_Jones
    @Gorilla_Jones 2 года назад

    I've done this exact thing building dioramas. Noice.

  • @frederikgoogel5611
    @frederikgoogel5611 2 года назад +1

    I get the most uncomfortable goosebumps hearing them put the sticks in and when i thought it couldnt get any worse they do it again.

  • @jl.7739
    @jl.7739 2 года назад

    9:15 min
    Adam: yeah, this is comes out great.
    Richard: what the hell is he doing?

  • @171QA
    @171QA 2 года назад

    Cool.

  • @moosx
    @moosx 2 года назад

    I'm going to need to buy some foam now lol

  • @mfx1
    @mfx1 Год назад

    The hot wire vibrating suggests it's running on AC when it should be DC particularly for safety with the higher voltages needed for longer wires.

  • @stephenledford3808
    @stephenledford3808 2 года назад

    Odd that I don't see a barrel rasp in that set of tools

  • @cynicalrabbit915
    @cynicalrabbit915 2 года назад

    They forgot one tool!
    *The Shop Vac* for cleanup!

  • @Hoggaforfan
    @Hoggaforfan 2 года назад

    Running a heat gun over the surface when done works instead of acetone