Building the First Android in Science Fiction Film!

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We assemble, paint, and build a custom LED display for this beautiful 1/8 scale model of Futura, the humanoid robot seen in the 1927 science fiction film Metropolis! This kit from X-Plus recreates the first android ever depicted in cinema--an art deco design that's the clear inspiration for many cinematic androids in years to come. Follow along the build of the figure and our custom display using flexible LED filament!
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Shot by Josh Self and edited by Norman Chan
Music by Jinglepunks
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@tested Год назад

X-Plus Metropolis 1/8 Scale Kit: www.culttvmanshop.com/NEW-Silver-Screen-Metropolis-Robot-18-scale-from-X-Plus_p_7318.html Rub n Buff gold pack: amzn.to/45Aclkl Tamiya cement: amzn.to/3WyJCIR nOOds Flexible LED filament: www.adafruit.com/product/5509

@Lethgar_Smith Год назад

Every model kit, every statue and maquette never captures the face quite right but this one nails it. It's the single most important feature of the robot, in my opinion, so this is the first one I have a real interest in buying.

@Pygar2 Год назад

Per the sculptor, he painted it silver bronze. It was plastic wood, then newfangled, rolled onto hessian!

@The-Story-Assassin Год назад

You are awesome! Thank you.

@kulyokul1 Год назад

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

@CultTVman Год назад

Thanks for the video!

@_guillermo Год назад

The rings would look way better if you used a clear filament instead of black.

@Lumibear. Год назад

Yep, I agree, or maybe a semi transparent yellow. I personally didn’t like them sticking out the top neither, just two in the centre would work better for me, if it were my build. I would love to give them a candle style flicker for a bit of added life, too.

@burpreynolds4632 Год назад

Exactly what I was thinking, it would disperse the light evenly from top and bottom and wouldn't shade out the lower legs.

@penfold7800 Год назад

Yes!! or at least White.

@coffeedudeguy Год назад

That rub and buff gold looks like a good colour replacement for a lot of Gundam yellow parts, especially v fins

@steveschritz1823 Год назад

I was blown away when I saw this movie. It was way ahead of it’s time and is still worth a watch.

@brettsalter3300 Год назад

When you ran the lit silicon led over the body I thought 'Oh, you're going to do the 'ring' effect! What a great idea!

@moreach13 Год назад

You do know Rub N' Buff can create a real metallic effect if you rub and buff it? Maybe you wanted that matte look, but it's very much like shoe polish. In fact it used to come in little shoe-polish-like jars, and can be thinned exactly like dried-out shoe polish. Try polishing it!

@madddog7 Год назад

For its time, still one of the best sciFi movies ever

@SevenDeMagnus Год назад

It was ahead of its time. That android design stood the test of time. God bless.

@j.robertsergertson4513 Год назад

The model paint is perfect , could you use a clear 3D printed ring instead of the black rings and maybe add a sequencing to the lights to give it a strobing effect ?

@mmcc2852 Год назад

prove that you cant teach style. Despite the wealth of material choice and tools at norm's disposal, he went with black

@paulleemathes Год назад

In the year 2525, I just watched the film and the video last week. Great Timing! Great content as per usual, thanks again to the entire Savage Team!

@NAPalm2112 Год назад

Is man still alive?

@sbcinema 2 дня назад

Someone from my family was a actor in this film, so lucky that it has survived the test of time/ the war.

@GCJACK83 Год назад

There's actually an anime based on this movie. It's fairly good but also an oldie going back to the early 2000s.

@jdub1392 Год назад

It’s a cool idea and I like what you did with the brass rods but why wouldn’t you print the rings in clear?

@joshuaparsons1377 Год назад

Thanks for linking to Culttvman for the kit. Steve is the best in the business. I need to get one of these models.

@mechachrist Год назад

They have a fantastic Harryhausen cyclops diorama, too.

@sonicase Год назад

looks pretty good, yeah i used those flexible leds as a 'monowire' in my cyberpunk Halloween costume.....had a regular wire running through the sleeves and back of a jacket and a battery pack in my hand, so it looked like i was holding the flexible leds on like in cyberpunk

@winterlighthome Год назад

Spooky timing! I was just watching Metropolis 3 nights ago for the first time in years, and now this has turned up on Tested.

@Hellbentmedia Год назад

Awesome!!

@tho2ea Год назад

This is so sick.

@user-tc7ht6fe6b Год назад

What if you printed your rings with clear/translucent material? Excellent upgrade, nonetheless.

@VincentGroenewold Год назад

Oeh now this one is special!

@starhawke380 Год назад

Looks amazing. I remember decades ago when I still had the patience to do this type of work...

@gfdia35 Год назад

So wait you're much older and you have less patience , how'd that happen 😂

@starhawke380 Год назад

@@gfdia35 I blame young people...

@persuasivebarrier2419 Год назад

Lal, Data’s daughter from Star Trek, was definitely inspired by Metropolis. She started as all gold, after all.

@DoaTheJackalope Год назад

The lighting kit really made that pop, wow!

@mrphotomanseattle Год назад

C3=PO's great, great, great grandmother. Metropolis is such a great and important film.

@rickytoddbotelho9555 Год назад

Crispin's struggling, squirming, creeping demeanor is been fantastic to watch over the years. He's one of the best ❤

@fustigate314159 Год назад

Crispin?? This is Norm.

@daveco1270 Год назад

Nicely done, Norm. That 3d printing is a game changer. I feel like the bottom ring should come down a little. My brain wants the rings to be evenly spaced, but maybe that's just me. From the knee down doesn't get any of the LED light. If you brought that ring closer to the floor, that would solve the problem...and evenly space them.

@keithhanssen7413 Год назад

Yes, from the knees down isn’t well-lit. Could use some adjustment.

@Vincentflagg Год назад

Clear resin, or filament will be great, make it round. Or if using those black rings. Just make some cutsouts to the bottom so light pass through it.

@keithhanssen7413 Год назад

@@Vincentflagg I was thinking the printed rings should be grooved to run the filaments on the inside. This way all of the light would be aimed towards the figure.

@Vincentflagg Год назад

@@keithhanssen7413 I was thinking to use a Co2 and make the acrylic rings close looking to the one in the movie with the inner rings engraves. I have to watch again. Because I think those rings only where there when the robot was sitting. But then again I can be wrong.

@olsonspeed Год назад

Nice display upgrade to an iconic figure, Fritz Lang would be pleased.

@DGgraphicsNY Год назад

If you had 3D printed the lights channel on the outside would look much better

@Gator-fp6sz Год назад

I added 0603 SMD LEDs in the clear feet and a microcontroller to alternately brighten and dim the LEDs. I think it enhances the overall look.

@ubserrano8180 Год назад

It looks great! Just like she jumped out from the screen.

@eliotbrown4506 Год назад

Well done. Happy accident that one of those noodle dimensions just wraps around the figure!

@kevinconnery1974 Год назад

Very nice! I particularly liked how you incorporated the brass support as conductor-slick.

@nerdingforfunprops4487 Год назад

Nice to see another variation of this build. I went down a different route with mine, particularly with the base, which I found to be a bit lacking in the kit.

@mechachrist Год назад

I’m working on mine now. Once I start on the base, I plan to add the floor and the back wall with the pentagram. I’m also going with a silver tone for her since it looks closer to the black and white look.

@PlayerSalt Год назад

i may have gone with a silver under suit but i do like the two tone , rub and buff def does look good, NORM rub and buff the black rings gold !

@Matthew-h4n8g Год назад

Stellar! 💫👍

@tondelouw Год назад

I wasn’t familiar with the Rub’n buff, so that is a lesson learned. I like the way the assembling of the kit was filmed 👌🏼

@jean-marcgruninger9019 Год назад

i liked the lighting, nice idea.

@aserta Год назад

13:50 you can use some horse hair to tie them up to structures. That includes gluing the horse hair to surfaces to keep it in place. You can either keep the horse hair natural dark or bleach it.

@DrVenture45 Год назад

Just out of curiosity, why didn’t you design the channels so that the light filament wrapped on the front of the rings as opposed to on top? Even if it had to be secured using clear nylon thread, it seems like the rings would have had a more free-floating appearance.

@vkarmanskiy Год назад

The first gynoid technically

@human_cube Год назад

Cool

@jeromethiel4323 Год назад

Dangit i was gonna post that! ^-^

@GreyDevil Год назад

Can't say i love how the rub and buff looks, i think Norm could've hit it with a dry brush to even out the clumpyness because the gunk is really obvious in certain areas with a lot of details. Still i love the model and would like to put one together in the future :)

@marcpaters0n Год назад

Maybe another iteration of the rings could be more like the wheel of a bike, with a gutter around the circumference, so the lights would wrap around the outside.

@Dsschuh Год назад

NORM-excellent job!

@zoinomiko Год назад

omg everything about this is so fantastic!!

@pumirya Год назад

Cool video. Thanks for the contact.

@kjc1012 Год назад

Great music selection for the video, very fitting

@punishedprops Год назад

Excellent work Norm!

@AlanRorrison Год назад

NORM switch the bands out for clear filament .

@crispy9566 10 месяцев назад

I feelclike maker communitu is really sleeping on these LED filaments, they are amazing looking!

@gpckoleco Год назад

As always Norm is blowing us away with his talent, ingenuity and knowledge of what he does best. ell done once again 👏👏👏

@samphillips4925 Год назад

Metropolis is so cool

@Strangewerks Год назад

Great job Norm!

@marco5911 5 месяцев назад

Awesome! Nicely done.

@DannyIO Год назад

brilliant

@The-Story-Assassin Год назад

Great video. Thanks for sharing. Where can you get the LED silicone wire?

@epic5945 Год назад

Excellent and creative work.

@randallyons8745 Год назад

exceptional

@kentbrockman8837 Год назад

I've heard it called Ultima as well.

@richh5038 Год назад

fantastic job, i love it. i get so much inspiration watching you and adam

@VincentGuastini Год назад

WOW GREAT JOB!

@ThatVideoGuyTom Год назад

Love how excited you get when a project comes out awesome!

@renosummers7910 Год назад

Would love a model of Chronopolis. A film from 1982. I can't find it on DVD , RU-vid is good enough. Look it up

@Anticleric Год назад

That's rad Norm. Love it.

@MorrisonManor Год назад

Rub n buff tends to be "gloppy" A toothbrush helps clean up the excess product.

@DarkAltairx Год назад

thats soooo cool. wouldnt it be nice if the 3d printed material would be slightly transparent?

@zimmy1958 Год назад

Norm you nailed it, so cool.

@marccxxshammer6643 7 месяцев назад

Wow. Great work. 👍🏼

@aperturemaker 8 месяцев назад

Great work !

@none167 Год назад

Incredible! ❤

@aserta Год назад

Norm, you need a better pair of flush cutters. I can see from here that it mostly pinches the plastic, rather than snipping it. Not gonna name brands, but dropping money will result in a life time tool (if, of course, kept for model work).

@bentationfunkiloglio Год назад

That looks fantastic

@MurderinkAustralia Год назад

Nice Model, but in my opinion you should have printed the rings in clear resin Norm especially considering you have access to one..

@MrPleers Год назад

I have the HCG statue of Maria standing in our living room. Love that art deco design.

@mechachrist Год назад

The Rub and Buff was a good idea but the results were a little rough.

@GHILLIESARCADEANDMORE Год назад

Cool

@DrNothing23 Год назад

"Camera 1, go to Hel." ~Fritz Lang

@DecanFrost Год назад

Hey norm, that nipper is brutal. i can highly recommend the Tamiya Fine cutter model NO.123 item number: 74123 Its pricy but worth it and if you pre cut the sprues from the frame with your rough cutter first, the Tamiya will last a lifetime. its an extra step i know, but on the positive side it won't damage your model kit.

@funkyhomosapien1 Год назад

Good job Norm 🤟🏼

@woeshaling6421 Год назад

great job, looks impressive. the next step, which might be near improbable, is animate it. the micro motorization seem a nightmare to achieve

@laucaminhaaguiar6925 Год назад

Great!

@larryfontenot9018 Год назад

Having three of the lighted rings wasn't quite enough. They appeared in pairs in the movie, so if one is above the robot's head, one is needed at its feet.

@majstor76 Год назад

i think i would do rings with grooves for wire on outer side

@clearymc Год назад

Norm I miss getting your weekly opinions in podcast form. This is nice too though

@petermerz2704 Год назад

Looks great! 😎🇨🇦

@DenkyManner Год назад

RoboCop's design takes heavy queues from Futura.

@m.maclellan7147 Год назад

Nice build, Norm. The lights definitely added to it.

@celticarchie Год назад

I think we need to see more videos of Norm building kits. :D

@grimblade09 Год назад

Great video. The lighting turned out nice. Where did you get the power supply for the portable battery pack?

@nicolasbonini Год назад

I was thinking, why not print the rings in clear resin?

@stephenstott4970 Год назад

Hi, you can use silicone to glue silicone to thing's. Steve. UK.

@xenophiliusrex2501 Год назад

Some of these comments are absolutely brutal on poor old Norm

@cloudydaycauldron Год назад

If only you could make it walk around like in the movie on your desk lol

@karstenjackson-lange5516 Год назад

Shame it's not in clear plastic for the light to shine through

@viswanathanpather6849 9 месяцев назад

Excellent build. I don't see the files to print the rings in the discription. Am I missing anything?

@Puddingbat Год назад

Norm liked it, so he put a ring on it...

@Super_Mecha Год назад

More builds with Norm please!

@neilperry2224 Год назад

Queen the band own the movie rights to the film Metropolis, would you believe it

@KonradTheWizzard Год назад

I don't believe it. And here is why: I did some research. The copyright on Metropolis lapsed this year (again) in the US and some other countries. In Europe the rights are owned by the Murnau Stiftung - a foundation that restores and archives important German language films (it's named after one of the early star directors). The European copyrights will lapse into the public domain in the 2040'ies. Queen did use some footage from Metropolis in their music video for "Radio Ga Ga", including a sequence in which Freddy Mercury's face is superimposed on the robot. Queen and Freddy M. had contributed music to the 1984 "restoration" of the movie. Due to this they did have rights (i.e. a very broad license) to use and show the footage, they do not "own" the film as such.

@TheStockwell Год назад

No. They don't - and they never did. No offense intended! 😸

@TheStockwell Год назад

@@KonradTheWizzard The Queen/Metropolis connection is complicated. The film wasn't in terrific shape until the restoration which they contributed a song to ("Love Kills"). When they asked the film's producer for footage to use in the "Radio Gaga" video, they were told no. So, they had to use unrestored, public domain footage. I'm a silent film enthusiast and F.W. Murnau fan who is also into Queen. I THINK I know what I'm talking about, but who knows? 🤔 Best wishes from Vermont 🍁

@KonradTheWizzard Год назад

@@TheStockwell Thanks for the correction. I took my information from my rather vague recollections, a quick Google search and Wikipedia. So there is a more than fair chance that I'm at least half wrong. Besides that I glossed over a lot of details when and where the film or parts of it were public domain or not - I'm sure even the experts get lost in that story.🤔 I totally get your taste in films and music! One has only one set of eyes and ears - so only the best from each period is allowed to touch them - right? 😇