Adam Savage Learns How Modern Stop-Motion Puppets Are Made

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 29 січ 2025

КОМЕНТАРІ • 97

  • @tested
    @tested  Рік тому +15

    Watch the episode these puppets fail from! EP 8 of Poker Face: www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/poker-face

  • @joanhoffman3702
    @joanhoffman3702 Рік тому +33

    Watching Adam and Tom geeking out together is delightful. Thank you for showing us behind the scenes where the magic happens. Harryhausen would be proud.

    • @MLTharme
      @MLTharme Рік тому +2

      Not just Ray, Obie would have been please to see his techniques still being used to this day and how much his work is appreciated by people like us.

  • @FormalLens
    @FormalLens Рік тому +33

    Incredible! I wouldn't have thought that certain foam could rust the armature in an animation puppet. Love seeing how kitbashed these creations are too!

    • @MLTharme
      @MLTharme Рік тому +2

      It's one of those unspoken truths about stopmotion, same with the tensioning of joints, which I'm really glad Adam brought up. People just assume because it's steel joints that it's not prone to maintenance or breakage, it's far from the truth.

  • @sambaker1125
    @sambaker1125 Рік тому +70

    Yo Adam could we get a one day build of you making a stop motion puppet, could even be a really cool series from start to finish??

    • @MLTharme
      @MLTharme Рік тому +5

      We're planning on sending him a few of our kits in the near future so you might just get your wish 😁

    • @DLC-music
      @DLC-music Рік тому

      @@MLTharme Those would look so cool in a music video 😮! Just curious how much it would cost to make a 3 minute video 😅

    • @MLTharme
      @MLTharme Рік тому +1

      @@DLC-music a lot more than what people would think 😁

    • @DLC-music
      @DLC-music Рік тому

      @@MLTharme I bet! It’s so freaking cool though. I love it! I would love to do it myself if it would be possible. I subscribed to your channel. Very cool bro 😎

  • @rc4688
    @rc4688 Рік тому +3

    I worked for CJB Machining and did the deburring and tapping on the ball-socket joints for "A Nightmare Before Christmas" and "James And The Giant Peach".

    • @MLTharme
      @MLTharme Рік тому

      What was your method of deburring back then? Was it a sand tumbler or would that have been more for the finishing? 🤔

    • @rc4688
      @rc4688 Рік тому +1

      @@MLTharme I don't know the names of the tools. First I used fine grit sand paper on the flat surfaces to remove the biggest burs on the edges. Then a short triangular knife on the edges. An "s" shaped rod with a sharp edge for curved edges. A drill bit (used by hand, not a power drill) to smooth the edges of the screw holes. Then a rock tumbler for polishing.

    • @MLTharme
      @MLTharme Рік тому

      @@rc4688 that's amazing, I always wondered how they did it in the 90s, thank you for taking the time to reply 😁👍

  • @michelangelo5903
    @michelangelo5903 Рік тому +7

    i wish i could see more of the stop motion puppets for mad god! that movie was insane

  • @kevinlucas8437
    @kevinlucas8437 Рік тому +6

    Love model makers !!! So creative, and the crazy way they come up with to build them !!!

  • @brikhouse22
    @brikhouse22 Рік тому +11

    I'd love to actually see one of these being made, I love behind the scenes movies magic and how things are made ever since I saw the movie F/X back in 1986

  • @MLTharme
    @MLTharme Рік тому +2

    This was a brilliant episode, i love seeing people gush over the armature as much as they do over the finished puppet. For those who are asking if they can buy armatures, i work for a company in the UK called Animation Toolkit, and we make kits and custom fabricated armatures for hobbiests and industry folk alike, everything from generic humans, to Tippett Velociraptors, and even the odd Harryhausen and O'Brien gems too.

  • @moomoome42
    @moomoome42 Рік тому +13

    Loving this series!

  • @johnofthenorth6653
    @johnofthenorth6653 Рік тому +3

    Loving this series and learning so much from it. It's great to learn terms like "flashing" and to know exactly what you're talking about.

  • @ydoIhavetohaveachann
    @ydoIhavetohaveachann Рік тому +7

    I love all the videos from Tippett Studios

    • @tested
      @tested  Рік тому +4

      We love visiting there!

  • @trustindean5164
    @trustindean5164 Рік тому +6

    Honestly seeing this guy makes me want to see a horror sci fi adaptation of the odyssey. That'd be so cool

  • @raptoranimations2857
    @raptoranimations2857 Рік тому +1

    As a stopmotion animator myself this is just beautiful it takes such work to make a fine tune stopmotion puppet and make sure the joints and features looks real and lifelike one day I wanna make a stopmotion puppet and get into real stopmotion animation one day hopefully

    • @miketharme6815
      @miketharme6815 Рік тому +1

      When your ready, be sure to stop by Animation Toolkit for your armature needs, happy to help new comers to stopmotion find what they need.

    • @raptoranimations2857
      @raptoranimations2857 Рік тому

      @@miketharme6815 thank you!

  • @joshuaDstarks
    @joshuaDstarks Рік тому +14

    “Mad God” is a lot of fun.

    • @GrinningFeline
      @GrinningFeline Рік тому +1

      Is on my list!

    • @terrylong8894
      @terrylong8894 Рік тому +2

      @@GrinningFeline Mad God is full stop the weirdest ANYTHING I have ever seen in my life.

  • @erichurst7897
    @erichurst7897 Рік тому +2

    Vallejo paints make a phenomenal rust paint. Goes on totally wet, and it dries all crusty. It's a mid-range brown, so a little dry brushing orange or tan works great.

  • @entheogenetic
    @entheogenetic 7 місяців тому

    Just started, but already wanna let all know - I LOVE LOVE LOVE vids like this! Thanks! Keep 'em comin'!

    • @entheogenetic
      @entheogenetic 7 місяців тому

      Please get Gibby or Tippett to do an ep for Tested VR!!!! OMG!!! This is so my JAM - love tons on there, but puppets slay

  • @annikawettle978
    @annikawettle978 Рік тому

    Beautiful! And they both so sweet and enthusiastic :)

  • @robertlocock5636
    @robertlocock5636 Рік тому +8

    Looks like the armour plates came from a 1/6 suit of Fallout T-45 power armour, the hands too.

    • @badvermin
      @badvermin Рік тому +6

      Close. The hands and the "sword" parts are from Joy-Toy Mechs.

  • @TesserId
    @TesserId Рік тому +2

    9:25 "...spit on it." That just solved a problem for me.

  • @vesuvanprincess
    @vesuvanprincess Рік тому

    Wow, this is now my favorite episode.

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff Рік тому +3

    Thank you.

  • @Noeland
    @Noeland Рік тому +1

    Super dooper cool to see this. I'd love to watch him build a puppet! Get on that guys. ;)

  • @nathkrupa3463
    @nathkrupa3463 Рік тому +2

    Bro you are fantastic thanks for sharing this video.

  • @OgieSifter
    @OgieSifter Рік тому

    Man I'm finally making my models and dioramas I absolutely loved mad god so happy to see this

  • @simonschleicher8857
    @simonschleicher8857 Рік тому +2

    Wait so where did he find the split tube?? This cut out too early?

  • @Luxowell
    @Luxowell Рік тому +4

    Between this and the Muppet videos, it feels like someone at Tested is trying to flirt with me.
    (Its working, you sassy bastard)

    • @tested
      @tested  Рік тому +2

      Our general manager is obsessed with puppets.

    • @Luxowell
      @Luxowell Рік тому +2

      @@tested Then your general manager is my new best friend and will be getting both x-mas and birthday cards henceforth.

  • @weathermansam2
    @weathermansam2 Рік тому +2

    Do you know where I can get some of those balls and sockets to build the armatures? What are they called?

  • @luciaceba4640
    @luciaceba4640 Рік тому +2

    i like those animation armatures on their own, like some minimalist robot thing.. can those be bought?

    • @MLTharme
      @MLTharme Рік тому +1

      Yes, they can, Animation Toolkit can supply prefabricated or kits depending on your budget (we even make and sell our version of Phil Tippett's Velociraptor armature from Jurassic Park

  • @eligebrown8998
    @eligebrown8998 Рік тому

    Those are freakin awsome!! Mr Savage thanks for still entertaining us after Myth Busters. Miss the show but your show is next level.

  • @aserta
    @aserta Рік тому +1

    If you want an internal structure, use wool (genuine, sheep's wool). Not packed tightly, it's pliable, it retains its shape well.
    For a cored out figure, no internals, just put some polystyrene and melt it down before painting with acetone injected via syringe.

  • @coleEmmm96
    @coleEmmm96 Рік тому +3

    How cool❤

  • @steveschritz1823
    @steveschritz1823 Рік тому +7

    Tom: the problem with him being fat is he has trouble bending over
    Me: (pats stomach) yeah you nailed the realism lol

  • @otaking3582
    @otaking3582 Рік тому +1

    Couch cushion foam? I thought that these things had silicone or similar material put into an injection mold with the armature?

    • @MLTharme
      @MLTharme Рік тому

      That's when you have a budget, the method they are talking about here is called the "build-up process" which goes back all the way to 1925s The Lost World and 1933s King Kong. Marcel Delgado was a master of this method of puppet making and it's still practiced today by many hobbiest and industry professionals for it's quick and gritty natural looks, rather than the time consuming sculpting, casting and injecting of silicone or even foam latex.

  • @keng6663
    @keng6663 Рік тому +4

    I could be wrong but the shoulder peice looks like it came off a fallout power armour model

  • @danzmachinz2269
    @danzmachinz2269 Рік тому +2

    how do you photograph this stuff? like lenses amd lighting and such..

  • @joeniedbala
    @joeniedbala Рік тому +2

    Gotta get the Cyclops into that MRI scanner!

  • @171QA
    @171QA Рік тому +3

    Neat.

  • @wherehousedenton5708
    @wherehousedenton5708 Рік тому +2

    This is from the series Poker Face right?

  • @michaelprosperillustrator
    @michaelprosperillustrator Рік тому

    Loved Ray Harryhausen

  • @StudioPluche
    @StudioPluche Рік тому +1

    Due to budget constraints, Ray Harryhausen often had to dismantle his creations to reuse the armatures for other creatures.

  • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
    @Allan_aka_RocKITEman Рік тому

    Great video...👍

  • @jamesbaptiste8427
    @jamesbaptiste8427 Рік тому +2

    Where do we go to see this thing in action?

    • @CCHAWC717
      @CCHAWC717 Рік тому +3

      Episode 8 season 1 of Poker Face on Peacock

  • @francisco.montoya
    @francisco.montoya Рік тому +2

    👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @mRhea
    @mRhea Рік тому +4

    can you buy animation armature like this anywhere?
    id love to kitbash my own dude with funky proportions, and sculp around it
    like grown-up Bionicle

    • @MLTharme
      @MLTharme Рік тому +3

      Look up Animation Toolkit, we make armature parts like lego or mecharno parts you can glue togeather

  • @_lonewolf_7917
    @_lonewolf_7917 Рік тому +4

    We need a Mad God sequel. Mad God was great, especially at world building which makes me want more. The only thing it sort of lacked was story. It sort of lost me when the Assassin died. I’d love to see a group of Assassins explore the world.

  • @David.-_-
    @David.-_- Рік тому +1

    You need to find that guy whos doing small rc car stuff. Hes amazing

  • @showerhead5238
    @showerhead5238 Рік тому +1

    That’s TBLEAGUE 1/6 scale figure on the left 😂

  • @theSuedeMonkey
    @theSuedeMonkey Рік тому +1

    Where can we buy armatures?

    • @MLTharme
      @MLTharme Рік тому +1

      Animation Toolkit in the UK are global suppliers to hobbiest and industry productions alike

    • @theSuedeMonkey
      @theSuedeMonkey Рік тому

      @@MLTharme Thanks for the reply!

  • @happy_jack_art
    @happy_jack_art Рік тому

    this is awesome I make all my stop motion characters out of steel wire

  • @MeleeTiger
    @MeleeTiger Рік тому

    I kept thinking, that some of the armour pieces on the Cyclops, looked like they were from some Fallout power armor figure?

  • @jasonchavez8706
    @jasonchavez8706 Рік тому

    Do u guys remember that 1st troll fig from lord of rings??? It would swing a big hammer. Feels like yesterday. Also.kinda looks like that fig a little?

  • @Mr.Smidge
    @Mr.Smidge Рік тому

    Mad God is out? where can i watch it?

  • @fen4554
    @fen4554 Рік тому

    Gives me Psycrow and Cosmodread vibes.

  • @Ax195el
    @Ax195el Рік тому +1

    Use the beep instead of an audio cut for the swearing, it sounds more relatable and natural, the audio cut sounds like someone made a mistake on the audio side

  • @adco
    @adco Рік тому

    Rockstar🏆

  • @Dardrum
    @Dardrum Рік тому +2

    Buy a old x ray machine to locate ball screws

  • @namelesswon
    @namelesswon Рік тому

    This looks a bit like the rad suits in the new Loki series.

  • @ASSamiYT
    @ASSamiYT Рік тому

    "I just ask Phil" Okey then, that's what we all do... 🤨

  • @drumacat
    @drumacat Рік тому +1

    He sounds exactly like Louis CK!

  • @samgranier6735
    @samgranier6735 Рік тому +1

    Une idée qui vient des mythbusters
    ua-cam.com/video/Jl0FGg4DLEg/v-deo.html

  • @NickGregorio
    @NickGregorio Рік тому +1

    This video needed supportive b roll. I would actually love to see this process instead of hear some strange, vague explanation.

  • @piecesasterisk
    @piecesasterisk Рік тому

    This guy gives me big half life vibes

  • @bobrod2224
    @bobrod2224 Рік тому +1

    😮😮😮🙂🙂🙂🙂🎇🎆✨️🎇🎆✨️

  • @devilapproved
    @devilapproved Рік тому

    Oof. Are you wearing a smart watch?

  • @Milamasylum83
    @Milamasylum83 Рік тому

    Adam is as dumb as the title? You're telling me that Adam's brain can't comprehend the obvious way stop motion puppets work...

  • @barrydavies998
    @barrydavies998 Рік тому

    Before I watch.... Someone tell me it's not all Ooooooo's and Aaaaaaah's and Wow's from AS .... Not only does he need to keep his hands in his pockets , he needs a gag too

  • @tkskagen
    @tkskagen Рік тому

    I love Adam Savage's "Utube Channel", but alot of his material just comes off as "recycled material" such as Organization of stuff...
    We need an "EXCLUSIVE (Available to Everyone) Rewrite" of MYTHBUSTERS in order to obtain "more hours of viewership" for his Channel!
    This Channel has gotten "STAIL", dried up and forgotten of what Adam is most greatly known/appreciated of.