Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Cosmonaut Model Kit 

Adam Savage’s Tested Totally awesome!

Adam Savage’s Tested his work looks like Travis charest.

As one Gen Xer to another - I love Adam's old skool chemicals be damned - gloves and masks are for Millenials approach.

ive looked everywhere for the flush cutters he uses in this video , can you guys post a link? i guess its possible they no longer make that model?

You’re a good teacher Adam. At least on camera. I mean you could be a Tyrant off, but but I doubt that. Adam, you seem to also Wiig teaching your craft to someone as well.

Actually Algiark is right. In the new Myshbusters theres alot of making proces included.

Keith Ward Thats the glory of the internet. Niche markets can be appealed to with some success on the content creator's side.

Keith Ward Who cares about TV series these days anyway?! Television is dying, and that rather quickly. The Internet, especially RU-vid, has already replaced most of the television market and that trend will continue to replace television entirely. RU-vid, or whatever will replace it in the future, is your best bet.

I don't think i have turned on my tv in the past few weeks, and if i did i would be only to watch myth busters that i recorded so i could fast-forward through commercials

Wait, TV still exists?

Chat? I would hope they could visit. You should invite them properly.

I second the going ahead and sending the invite, that sounds like a talk I would like to hear. Also your website is awesome, bookmarked for future purchases.

Well... I would fear that it's like going to a fancy restaurant and enjoying a fine meal in a beautiful dining room... then visiting the kitchen and seeing it's a grummy oil-barrel fire with a shopping cart for a cook surface under a bridge manned by dirty trolls. It's really not much to see... it's a garage with all of my supplies and tools where I design the packaging and instructions, sculpt/design some of the kits, do my shipping, etc., and a small crammed corner of the basement used as my stock area. I package kits on my living room floor while watching TV because that's the only space large enough for me to do that... sometimes on the kitchen floor, and sometimes I get my girls (8 and 11) to help... It's really a cottage industry, nothing fancy. I feel like a skype chat would be time better spent than the effort required to visit some random guys crammed garage on the other side of the country. haha! But hey.... if they ever wanted to visit Pittsburgh and destroy the illusion (which I doubt they have anyway... we all have our personal crammed hobby spaces full of "junk" that others wouldn't understand) I'd be up for it.

I was in Pittsburgh last winter... If I'd have known I would've said hi. Great work!

Fichten Foo the models you produce at Industria Mechanika are stunning. Thank you for the hard work

no, that's genuine - he does not learn anything whatsoever 😂

11:02 I bet he learned that Thelma and Louise is not an 80's sitcom. XD

Even in interview videos with Norm and a developer of a new technology, Norm always knows the right questions to ask to get a good understanding of it and to give the viewers a fair amount of information.

I would disagree, I say Will is a much better interviewer. I don't know what it is about Norm but I think maybe he is too serious all the time and sometimes ends up insulting the people he interviews

XD i'm surprised you are the only one who commented on that

Haha! That was hilarious. Now I want to see Adam do a video covering colors.

I was wondering if he actually said that or not, thanks!

Josh M Yeah, it's at 17:42..

Color*

joshua Dickenson youd need more time, he's a bit rambly lol

I kindof agree. First I was feeling sorry for Norm not painting hes model with all sorts of color. But looking at the final piece, Norms birdshitty statue is really nice.

***** I'd agree with that... with a weathered, oxidized look. that would have been really cool

***** I was thinking about a bronze statue too on a concrete base, verdigris and other weathering would look great.

I agree Erich, well done Norm.

I like that the lights flickered a little bit, gave the suit a well used past it's prime feel

I agree. Hes amazing.

Big booms attract more viewers than using nail files.

mmhmm

They made him come across as the workshop-idiot. The guy who yells too much and only goofs about. This serious and determined side was never fully appreciated as much.

But really...

Exactly what I was thinking.

it would look good on a small diorama, for context. if its a concrete, bird messed statue.

Excellent teacher he isn't but good, yes. If you look, he does pretty much the work for Norm on the helmet instead of letting Norm do it. Any time Norm asks something, Adam finishes half of the kit for him.

William Hayden Thank you, I was wondering what he meant by 'milk not water'.

Hey William, feel like I've seen your comments near the top of a ton of Tested videos. I dunno why, but I always remember you from that profile pic. Hope you're doing well in the new year.

It's nice to see someone with something nice to say for a change. Cheers, guy.

He really seems so genuinely nice and interested. Such a cool guy.

i like at around 51:30 where he's so excited he starts barking

I agree, but it might just be from the camera and not IRL

+Stef Pletinck Yeah he always seems very enthusiastic about all of his projects and it looks like he has no problem with helping others, which makes him very likeable I think.

35:18 this!

@Alex Ebeling We will (this sub-thread) adopt you.

The how to and tips are awesome but the production and presentation are just so far beyond anything else out there - yes super useful info for hobbyists but so damn entertaining and interesting.

its not brain surgery

I Didn't understand a word of that but it sounds right.(Time to Google!)

If i understand it correctly, siana is saying that another option to do the LEDs is to use a fluid that is conductive. So, it can be used as wires basically, and can be applied like paint. Hope I'm correct on this

+Jason Lee yup, exactly

And CA = cyanoacrylate a.ka superglue.

This is barbaric...Vald Tepes surpassed.

0ptikz It would take me a month of working on every day to do what he did LOL

Clifford S Well remember that they cut out some parts so it took maybe half or 3/4 of the day.

As1anBeasTagE True LOL

0ptikz it's like shop class with a bad ass teacher, a true teacher can work and teach at mach speed

Same! Super spiffy tip I'll be using on my Ma.K!

I feel your pain

Its addictive

Karen Grace he's a glorified cameraman (as in standstill pictures) he knows nothing really beyond that sadly...

I see what u did there

+asdf Eyyyy!

asdf no no, he's ... A dam Savage

hahaha, came to answer the same thing

asdf I see what you did haha

+PianoXfan1 I really didn't think a "statue style" would look very good, but they pulled it off pretty nice!

+PianoXfan1 anything is photorealistic if you take photo of it

You sir need to be slapped.

I think Norm took the easy road by painting the statue the way he did

with less yelling and giving up

***** hahaha

+Tom Foolious no no, adam needs to be on Tuesdays so it doesn't conflict with Bob Ross

One day build twitch stream? I would watch that!

Oh hell yeah!!!

If you have ever gotten something behind safety glasses you would understand. Or the fact that it could potentially scratch his glasses.

asdfgman3 The material they were working with is softer than glass, so it would not have scratched his glasses.

Jayson Carey That is true I didn't really think about the material being cut, but still it's easier to protect yours eyes than to fix them.

Liked them both, Each one ended up so much different. Very cool guys.

Who's grant?

Oh grant is the person from mythbusters

Lol wow

Mr Holmes I lost my dog can you find it

Hij zit in je hol

+Pieter Kuipers hibidy hop ho didly bop, did i say anything lol

I kept waiting for Norm to cut his fingers.

Lots of stuff norm knows, and asks questions for the benefit of the viewer.

+Mia Couch I'm with you there on that one...

+Mia Couch also in that boat though I've since decided to sacrifice a table I was going to give away and invest in a dremel, baby steps, Adam is like an unattainable ceiling of awesome but as long as you stay positive and dedicated you can only do good things, carpentry tutorials here i come

In defense, Adam admits that while his shop and situation is “ideal” for what he does, he doesn’t use 90% of what he has. He’s just in a position where if he needs something once, it isn’t unreasonable for him to go out and buy two or three of the best one available.

I like that they let Adam be Adam because it's not a family TV network it's RU-vid

+maymay1566 I don't he's too robotic and condiscending

+Jeff Niezgoda I mean if you're going to judge someone, at least learn the insult properly. It's condescending. I agree to the extent that he doesn't have the personality like Adam. I don't necessarily WANT to watch him. But I do want to watch Adam. Adam has a way with the camera that invites you. Norm is at least a step above beginner where he'll attempt to ask Adam questions the viewers may be wondering.

Don't judge a book by it's covers.

What's your point? some people don't work with their hands a lot. Do you work with your hands a lot?

Rikimaru David uses his hand a lot ........ ha

What do you mean? He loves building lego's! ;P

probably didn't help getting blasted with paint and thinner fumes from Adam. Ventilation guys!

Really cool

Me as well now

I just want a garage

Ho Yoga gl kit fotep

+Warren Buitendag I'd pay to see that.

+Rogal Dorn now thats kinda morbid

+SicariiD morbid? More like more bids

lol

Well I need it for... no reason. It's just awsome...

I was thinking the exact same thing. I don't know what they were thinking with that really...

aDotFromTheFuture To be fair, Soviets were not about building things delicately. Compare their rockets to ours. Big, bulky, utilitarian. That being said, I realize this is not what actual cosmonauts wore, but this figure is based off of a particular artist, and is accurate for that. Similarly, the idea of having fins on a spaceship is completely ludicrous, but look at all the spaceships from that era that were made with fins. This is art. :)

it was the artists style, abstract and awesome

aDotFromTheFuture TheBlacklag just go back to the start of the video and you'll see the book of derek stenning being flipped through, there you can see the designs of said artist of which this kit is based on.

Lalaland Well yes, but that doesn't change the fact that it looks out of place. But that's just my opinion, so no need for a debate here.

Agreed

i thought the boots and gloves where too small as well :/

was gonna type the same thing before i saw your comment haha looks goofy compared to the grittiness and realism

+Morgan Roberts I think it just looks that way because the suit was really bulky.

Darth Helmet from Space Balls

Adam's workshop looks its pretty wide open and - I would guess - well ventilated due to the fact that he works with a lot of materials that shouldn't be inhaled or ingested, which I would guess explains the lack of masks and a spray booth. Though you're not alone in wondering about that, as I had very similar thoughts, especially when Adam was spraying pure lacquer thinner through the airbrush. I could already feel the ghost of a headache setting in just watching that stuff aerosolize.

An airbrush contains whatever type of paint is put into the feeder cup. In this case, it was lacquer based paints, which are certainly not non-toxic.

I think the shop has a decent extractor system which was covered in one of the "cave" episodes I beleive

At 0:22:36 Will goes to the back and turns something on that sounds like a ventilator.

Doan08 Ventilation would prevent a build up of fumes and paint particles in the air, but it wouldn't prevent them breathing them as they sprayed. Ultimately it's their choice and they don't need to answer to me for that. I'm not in the room.

+baileyboy125 And why is he capturing Wheatley from Portal 2?

+baileyboy125 its based on concept art. so the model is exaggerated in scale with certain parts. really neat

+baileyboy125 its based on concept art. so the model is exaggerated in scale with certain parts. really neat

+baileyboy125 its the guy's art style i guess

+baileyboy125 its just a design aesthetic. Same as asking "Why are anime swords so big?" It's just a design choice the artist thought looked cool.

I wouldn’t feel sorry for Norm, he knew (at least generally) what he was getting into. And taking on stretch projects beyond your comfort level is how you learn.