Randomly found you (okay i searched for wasteland stuff but that doenst matter) and really like your stuff! Also love your accent :D Also ja, gutes Video :D
Ah, repurposing, the art super common in every Polish household, with dill stored in ice cream boxes. The disappointment on every child's face, when they see a box of ice cream in the freezer only to find out dill inside. That also goes for sewing stuff in cookie box. As for me - I absolutely adore repurposing, but I also love practicality. I like when things make sense. When things are practical or seem practical. I have absolutely nothing against decorations that are only there to look good (there's a reason I wear bracelets and 4-6 rings daily). However, when I see stuff that's only made to look cool, without any consideration towards practicality, while still trying to pretend to be practical... Well, it makes me disappointed. Few examples: that sprocket shiv - idea might seem cool, an evil serrated knife, could look badass, but if you know anything about weapons you'd know how poorly that would actually cut (I disregard that there was no attempt made to make it sharp, assuming it's for safety reasons); the disc break chakram-like weapon however, is great. There are still issues with it (mainly - sharp stuff pointing at the user), but they're much better than the sprocket ones. the canister part as a shoulder piece (pauldron) - again - on the first glance - cool and badass. On the second one - the way it's constructed makes me assume that arm mobility is almost non-existent in it. That then is combined with the fact that it's asymmetric, which wouldn't be that much of an issue, if not for the fact, that it's on the right shoulder. That, again, wouldn't be a problem, if the person using it is left handed, then you present right shoulder to the enemy, but since most people are right-handed, I assume it's the case here. It might be common sense to protect your dominant side more, but you know, if you have a weapon in your right hand, then that weapon's protecting your right side, you need to reinforce the one with no protection. And finally, the worst part - leaving the neck and handle on it. Sure, thanks to that it's easier to recognise it's a canister. But it's also easier to grab you, to throw you off balance, to have something stuck in it and risk injury. And the chain on the helmet? I guess the person in the picture loves looking straight and not turning their head, because that chain is sure to hit you in the chin/neck when looking left or right. If it was up to me, I'd use the bottom part, not the top. Those are just few examples of my own thought pattern when making or looking at other people's work. I usually never say things like that, I just let people enjoy what they're doing (unless it's actually dangerous), but in the context of discussing stuff like that - it's worth mentioning, something to keep in mind if one never thought of such things. For me - it's bad. It's "using peanut butter as sunscreen because both are oily" bad. But if one enjoys it then there's no harm in it for me, not everything has to be perfect or in-line with my worldview, there were impractical things in the past too (for example codpiece, crakows/poulaines, winged hussar's wings, or even peacock's tail or women's breasts when not feeding, but all of those have something else that makes them work). I can still appreciate the craftsmanship and ingenuity, even when something that's supposed to be practical is in the end not just impractical, but straight up worse than if it wasn't there. And to touch a bit on the "specialist visibility" part of it - it might be Dunning-Kruger effect, but I don't think what I described is particularly specialist knowledge, just common sense. Since we're talking now about visibility of repurposing - I do not really care about that. If it works - it works. Because of that, usually my stuff is visibly repurposed, I guess, because I don't care to hide that (unless it really doesn't fit or I'm using it as a material, not as a piece - a perfect example is the floor mats on the Samurai armour). As long as it doesn't get into the territory described above, with the impracticality 'n all, or, when impractical, it's good to have an explanation, like battle damage/field repair, memorabilia, multipurpose, intimidation, sexualisation, status display or other contextualisation. In the end, my stuff is usually focused on practicality, and everything used having a purpose or a reason to be there. Often, when I have an idea to add something, like when I have something I want to use (in case of more noticeable items), I try to justify it and find flaws against it both in character, but also IRL. For example - footwear. In character, damaged and field repaired boots work great, but IRL practicality is non-existent, and it can be dangerous. But on the other hand - Bad Snake makes no sense IRL, is impractical even in character, to the point of hindering your effectiveness, but it's a status symbol, it's intimidation, it's sexualisation. It's something that works, even despite, or rather _because_ of the drawbacks. It's deliberate.
all good considerations indeed. however i just learned to see "cool" works for what they are...and practical for what they are. very rarely will a super-gem emerge where it is super practical/realistic/makes sense, AND is of a very high artistic value at the same time. those are 10/10 artworks.. most stuff even from master crafrters falls short of it and has some drawbacks somewhere. cant have it all.
Hi! I Love post apocalyptic shit but everting i see is for hot climate, what if evereting went to shit in a cold place? With ice and snow how would it affect the clothing beeing for a more tundra setting than a dessert setting?
I think we shouldn't underrestimate humans wanting to be aestheticly pleasing through all of human history we have made clothing/armor to also just look cool/intimidate. An Apokalypse is no reason to stopp doing this. A good example for this should be the greek musculata, it's a piece of Metal with human Like muscle shapes. Those serve No other purpose but to Look cool/intimidating and the list goes on. Practical yes but doesn't mean it can't Look cool.
That gas mask made of parts you couldn't identify had a PlayStation controller flipped upside down over the mouth area 😉.
Thanks for including our fork gaiter project and for the kind words. We love all the videos. You're a big inspiration for a lot of our work.
Randomly found you (okay i searched for wasteland stuff but that doenst matter) and really like your stuff! Also love your accent :D
Also ja, gutes Video :D
Ah, repurposing, the art super common in every Polish household, with dill stored in ice cream boxes.
The disappointment on every child's face, when they see a box of ice cream in the freezer only to find out dill inside. That also goes for sewing stuff in cookie box.
As for me - I absolutely adore repurposing, but I also love practicality. I like when things make sense. When things are practical or seem practical. I have absolutely nothing against decorations that are only there to look good (there's a reason I wear bracelets and 4-6 rings daily). However, when I see stuff that's only made to look cool, without any consideration towards practicality, while still trying to pretend to be practical... Well, it makes me disappointed.
Few examples:
that sprocket shiv - idea might seem cool, an evil serrated knife, could look badass, but if you know anything about weapons you'd know how poorly that would actually cut (I disregard that there was no attempt made to make it sharp, assuming it's for safety reasons); the disc break chakram-like weapon however, is great. There are still issues with it (mainly - sharp stuff pointing at the user), but they're much better than the sprocket ones.
the canister part as a shoulder piece (pauldron) - again - on the first glance - cool and badass. On the second one - the way it's constructed makes me assume that arm mobility is almost non-existent in it. That then is combined with the fact that it's asymmetric, which wouldn't be that much of an issue, if not for the fact, that it's on the right shoulder. That, again, wouldn't be a problem, if the person using it is left handed, then you present right shoulder to the enemy, but since most people are right-handed, I assume it's the case here. It might be common sense to protect your dominant side more, but you know, if you have a weapon in your right hand, then that weapon's protecting your right side, you need to reinforce the one with no protection. And finally, the worst part - leaving the neck and handle on it. Sure, thanks to that it's easier to recognise it's a canister. But it's also easier to grab you, to throw you off balance, to have something stuck in it and risk injury. And the chain on the helmet? I guess the person in the picture loves looking straight and not turning their head, because that chain is sure to hit you in the chin/neck when looking left or right. If it was up to me, I'd use the bottom part, not the top.
Those are just few examples of my own thought pattern when making or looking at other people's work. I usually never say things like that, I just let people enjoy what they're doing (unless it's actually dangerous), but in the context of discussing stuff like that - it's worth mentioning, something to keep in mind if one never thought of such things. For me - it's bad. It's "using peanut butter as sunscreen because both are oily" bad. But if one enjoys it then there's no harm in it for me, not everything has to be perfect or in-line with my worldview, there were impractical things in the past too (for example codpiece, crakows/poulaines, winged hussar's wings, or even peacock's tail or women's breasts when not feeding, but all of those have something else that makes them work). I can still appreciate the craftsmanship and ingenuity, even when something that's supposed to be practical is in the end not just impractical, but straight up worse than if it wasn't there. And to touch a bit on the "specialist visibility" part of it - it might be Dunning-Kruger effect, but I don't think what I described is particularly specialist knowledge, just common sense.
Since we're talking now about visibility of repurposing - I do not really care about that. If it works - it works. Because of that, usually my stuff is visibly repurposed, I guess, because I don't care to hide that (unless it really doesn't fit or I'm using it as a material, not as a piece - a perfect example is the floor mats on the Samurai armour). As long as it doesn't get into the territory described above, with the impracticality 'n all, or, when impractical, it's good to have an explanation, like battle damage/field repair, memorabilia, multipurpose, intimidation, sexualisation, status display or other contextualisation.
In the end, my stuff is usually focused on practicality, and everything used having a purpose or a reason to be there. Often, when I have an idea to add something, like when I have something I want to use (in case of more noticeable items), I try to justify it and find flaws against it both in character, but also IRL. For example - footwear. In character, damaged and field repaired boots work great, but IRL practicality is non-existent, and it can be dangerous. But on the other hand - Bad Snake makes no sense IRL, is impractical even in character, to the point of hindering your effectiveness, but it's a status symbol, it's intimidation, it's sexualisation. It's something that works, even despite, or rather _because_ of the drawbacks. It's deliberate.
all good considerations indeed. however i just learned to see "cool" works for what they are...and practical for what they are. very rarely will a super-gem emerge where it is super practical/realistic/makes sense, AND is of a very high artistic value at the same time. those are 10/10 artworks.. most stuff even from master crafrters falls short of it and has some drawbacks somewhere. cant have it all.
There are a bunch of very creative people out there.
I like how the dude paired the pressure-plate with a pressure regulator :D
Wilku, that madlad used the top shell of a ps3 controller for his mask.
I don't know why, but that's really funny to me.
Great video and topic! Really enjoy your videos!
Does using a shopping bag to carry items that were not bought in a shop count as repurposing?
As far as I am (partly) a specialist in Electric installation, the unknown part from the parking lot seems to be sort of a part of a street lamp :o
I was saving bones for months to be used for a project.... My ex-wife got mad and threw them all away.
That's fkng great 👍
(it's possible to do something for French subtitles, I don't understand all the videos 🙄)
Hi! I Love post apocalyptic shit but everting i see is for hot climate, what if evereting went to shit in a cold place? With ice and snow how would it affect the clothing beeing for a more tundra setting than a dessert setting?
you would need to dress warmer :D
@@NuclearSnailStudios yeah i know but i havent seen idk an Armored sheepskin coat,or some armor with fur, shit like that :p
Great work man ❤️
24:19 i can name a playstation controller and bottle caps on the mask
I think we shouldn't underrestimate humans wanting to be aestheticly pleasing through all of human history we have made clothing/armor to also just look cool/intimidate. An Apokalypse is no reason to stopp doing this.
A good example for this should be the greek musculata, it's a piece of Metal with human Like muscle shapes. Those serve No other purpose but to Look cool/intimidating and the list goes on.
Practical yes but doesn't mean it can't Look cool.
you said a spear human history no before humans new hominids evolved faster than they built new tools to begin with