Learn more about G4's relaunch here: g4tv.com/blog/what-is-g4 Adam Savage's One Day Builds: EPIC Spacesuit! (Part 1): th-cam.com/video/0FKxM-zNZBk/w-d-xo.html Watch "The Beacon" short film featuring these spacesuits here: th-cam.com/video/SswGAImAlls/w-d-xo.html Machinist Brett Foxwell: www.bfophoto.com/ Designer Christine Knobel: instagram.com/thestarflower/
I think the diameter measurement should be oversized, so you can proceed with the cut. The remainder will have the flattened parameter. Also, why not just do your thing and Greet Elon's Mars Crew. On Mars Nice work. Sorry edit, the chord measurement. You want a chord, basic eh
Hey Norm and Tested Crew! These videos are striking the perfect balance between the detailed DIY videos Adam did in lockdown, and your skills as editors and directors.
One of the things I love most about your videos, Adam, is how you present the problem first. Then I think, "okay, I think I might approach a solution in /this way/," and then I get to see you come up with /your/ solution -- it's a nice moment of connection, to think of your mind (albeit in the past) and my mind working with and against a common conceptual problem, and then contrasting the approaches (yours generally being better, because of your skill and experience).
Example -- me: angled rear struts for the stand ("Donning Rig", in homage to Neal Stephenson)! That would line up with the angle of the ladder (assuming it's angled)! (And then the absolute anticipation of seeing what /you/ do)
The articulation of those arms is fricking impressive! I did not expect it to fit so well and operate so flawlessly when he first tried it on with the visor in place. Dope, man. Totally effin dope.
I'm so happy to have discovered this channel! I've been binging on the 'one day builds' for the last few days while recovering from a medical procedure. I loved Mythbusters back in the day and to see Adam here with just as much enthusiasm as on that show is just heartwarming. What I especially enjoy and respect is how (unlike most TH-camrs) Adam hasn't turned himself into a soulless salesman, ordering us to like and subscribe every 5 minutes. Instead, what I feel when watching these episodes is that I'm being let in on Adam's genuine working day. Bravo and thank you, Adam for your authenticity and enthusiasm.
It's exactly the way evolution has worked for millions of years. Testing different "designs" and trying out, which ones work best in the given (changing) circumstances, e.g. environment, climate, predators etc. And basically that's the fundamental difference between science and religion. Religion believes that there is a divine creator who designed everything from scratch and then built it as planned. But evolution has shown us that nature just builds many different things, changes them constantly and then some of these designs prove to be more successful.
Adam is such a father figure to all of us!! Providing so much knowledge while constructing is knowledge we can all walk away with and use to advance our own endeavors!!
I find myself smiling a lot watching Adam brainstorm and work, I see what my wife before she passed away used to say we are so alike. I too used and still do occasionally taking photo's of how far the build has progressed or an area I am either happy or unhappy with. As now I am single I have moved my workshop indoors in my lounge to be precise, so now I can just walk from my bedroom to the lounge, and sometimes if I am unsure of something now I can put it next to me or on the chest of drawer's to muse or ponder on how it looks to how functional it is. Now no way am I in Adams league I am capable in all aspects of my hobby, yes I build fifth scale gas offroad trucks and buggies, for myself and other's occasionally. So now you can see why my wife never let me bring them in the house especially the crash damage or just breakages along with winter rebuilds those smelly as in the smell of two stroke petrol and oil mix are not coming in my clean and tidy house I sometimes mange to get as far as the conservatory and only the electric ones, and only passing through lol. Myself I would have used an magnetic latch maybe electro magnetic so any emergency you could get out reasonably quickly. The stand I would have made from Lexan or Plexiglass similar style construction also magnets to hold the suit on the stand easier and quicker release set up. just an idea I have been toying with while I watched part 1 which I enjoyed and could not wait for further episodes.
I so can relate to Adams creative process when it comes to designing stuff especially 3d. A drawing is great to begin with, but seeing it built you have a better ability to see problems, adjust and to solve or add new ideas to it. To me a drawing is a guide to start a project and the adventure and creative buzz of discovering along the way (especially after problems) is really hard to describe to those who don't understand. It is one of the things I love about creativity. "Happy little accidents" or learning something new things in the process that you will use for future ideas.
The excitement in Adam is so obvious when something fits n works. You my friend are not a designer, not a modelmaker, you my friend have the heart of an engineer
Stryker (medical device company) makes a helmet structure WITH a fan system to suck cool air into your suit to prevent fogging the visor (and suffocating). we use them in surgery.
Considering Adam's history with space suits I'm sure the incorrect visors are not useless and that somewhere in the future he will find a use for them,
An amazing build. And to imagine that Adam is indirectly contributing to ACTUAL space suit development. That's so incredible. Go Adam Go! Go Adam Go! Go Adam Go! I wonder what innovations of these suits will be noticed by actual space suit designers. Looking forward to Part 3!\ By the way, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone at Tested AND their families.
Why when I see the PA system do I think about Dr Evil in Austin Powers 2 😆 Seriously though this is such an enjoyable build to watch, the thought process that goes into it. Can't wait for part 3.
Man I would totally pack up my entire family and leave everything I have to start a job like this...this is absolutely the most amazing thing to me. I would change anything and everything for an opportunity like this! Great stuff keep up the great work!
Best kind of latch for something like this, MAGNETS. No mechanism to break, can be opened quickly in an emergency, will not require the occupant to be able to reach the latch handle. Remember this thing is a replica. You can always build fake latches to make it LOOK real.
You're quote fallowing the description of the door hinge "I described a very abstract thing with no visual aid" made me realize I do the same thing. Especially I'm pretty sure I learned to explain like you did on Mythbusters minus the chalk board, my wife gets rather frustrated with my lack of visual aid (out of laziness)
I watched this build when it came out but I'm currently rewatching for inspiration and background noise while I work on a Mr Freeze costume. I'm currently working on the upper body armor and am using fiberglass for the first time to achieve the look. Just sanded the first coats and am about to apply more resin.
Just for the fit tests I would lather on some Original Barbasol shaving cream inside the dome. Allow to dry then wipe it off. That's what I do to bathroom mirror, and inside truck windows and side mirrors.
the rear castors on the suit holder if you bolt a bar on the outside both sides so they run down you can put a brake castor in place. When you dress or work on the suit you push down the bars and it will lock off making life easier. It also means being able to transport on a truck or van,
Watching this made me realise all the reasons I am not a creative person or designer. Not because I do not lack the imagination.... More I am frightningly practical. The headlights whilst Adam is considering asthetics and look... all I am conaidering is glare when you are in the suit. That said; a great series to help deal with a bout of insomnia! :D
When I was watching Adam open the package with the custom visors I thought to myself "If that were me, they would screw up my order and send me the wrong measurements." It's nice to see Adam has similar luck.
32:00 -- Adam is talking about "We're a week in..." "Oh, okay. That's sounds like a wrap-up to camera. I'll just wait for the next episo- Wut? An hour to go? Nice!"
So much fun! I had The Beacon up and when Adam talked about a specific he wanted for the suit at the point he was in the build, I would look at the completed suits and marvel at how he took the abstract and made it real. Gunther, Norm great video. Again it felt like I was in the Cave. Joey, Norm your editing is smooth and seamless. I really like how you all work together to create content that informs, educates, and entertains. Thanks so very much.
Such a great build - again thanks for being such an enthusiastic explainer / designer / maker - I totally get the 'I have to build to design' thing - that is totally me! thanks Adam and happy Thanksgiving!
One thing that might be neat would be using a multi-color LED inside a clear lens, for the alert light mast. You could run it blue for normal operation, plus switch it to red as a distress signal. Machine tools do it with a stack of independent lights and lenses, but that takes up more space and looks sloppy on a moving suit.
You talk about the suit as a hazmat suit and I think about Big Daddy suits from the game Bioshock. Lots of grime and dirt and that great 1930's through1950's aesthetic on those suits.
I feel like a rear mounting stand would have fixed a lot of issues. Plus, then you could have custom built stairs integrated into the stand and I feel like you could make that look pretty bad ass. Also, a mount you have to back into would allow you to see the suit in all its glory. It would look like a full display unit with a matched rear mount. It would also look way more clean!
The thing that causes that safety light to make the suit pop is a little sprinkling of red. Most artists will agree a sprinkle of red makes a piece pop.
Adam, If you need to think and design in 3D you might want to get 'Gravity Sketch' for your Oculus. It allows you to sketch and ideate in human scale in a 3D digital space.
I’d have thought you’d want to just turn the original stand around so you were stepping out of it. That way you could fix it or join it to the ladder for added stability, it would be supporting the majority of the weight at the back, and it would show off the suit. Also more like the suits as it they were stored mounted to airlocks on the side of a station surface, instead of having to put on inside then go out another airlock.
Was wondering if you considered building the stands out of bent aluminum or steel pipe. it would definitely be sturdier and more stable, since it would be heavier.
Love the addition of the strobe. It transforms the suit from a concept and adds the feel of a working suit. Edit: I’d be tempted to fit a laser level in the light bar as a 3d scanner. It would be great from some smokey glamour shots
The laser rangefinder idea is solid. There could be a display on the bottom of the light bar that would be visible through the top of the visor. In fact it could be a multifunctional display and still be out of the users the majority of the time.
As I watched you go through the layout process and then realized that you had to turn it over and redo it I was right there with you….. been there done that more times than I care to think about it! Why is that? Are our brains wired in such a way that we can’t seem to learn that part of the process? Don’t know???
When you're talking about the visor and trying to get a specific look, I can't help but think of Bernadette Banner talking about the costumes for Hamilton, and trying to get "the lines" of the clothing of a specific time period -- then I realize that there is a particular insectoid look for a lot of these suits, which makes sense: it's exoarmor, like insects, and if we're going to build something successful, dollars to donuts says we're going to end up with something that looks like an insect (because their design evolved through natural selection). The pure-bulb look would be all wrong. But cutting the visor on the slant nails it, and reminds me of an insect's eye. I'm no entomologist, so I can't say why (I mean, certain insects *do* have bulbous eyes), but it just hits me in the gut as "right", too.
And I see how you think about going back to the previous bulbous look, when contemplating all of the other things that are going to have to go on and around the visor. Such an interesting process!
Learn to integrate a waist belt into your support straps. Hiking backpacks do it for the same reason- it's important to keep weight off your shoulders to help with fatigue.
I vote Adam needs to be cast in a movie as a crazy scientist but he HAS to act like himself, because he is chaotic good by default and no amount of writing could ever make him more entertaining than he is naturally
Learn more about G4's relaunch here: g4tv.com/blog/what-is-g4
Adam Savage's One Day Builds: EPIC Spacesuit! (Part 1): th-cam.com/video/0FKxM-zNZBk/w-d-xo.html
Watch "The Beacon" short film featuring these spacesuits here: th-cam.com/video/SswGAImAlls/w-d-xo.html
Machinist Brett Foxwell: www.bfophoto.com/
Designer Christine Knobel: instagram.com/thestarflower/
Which link is for the refrigeration unit Adam mentioned?
Refrigerated Cooling Suit! video th-cam.com/video/z_Ti4GP0ntE/w-d-xo.html
3D printers are beautiful. Even sizing up your clips/buckles.
I think the diameter measurement should be oversized, so you can proceed with the cut. The remainder will have the flattened parameter.
Also, why not just do your thing and Greet Elon's Mars Crew.
On Mars
Nice work.
Sorry edit, the chord measurement. You want a chord, basic eh
I still haven't forgiven G4 for what they did to TechTV.
I love how the older Adam gets the crazier his hair becomes. He’s the like the real world equivalent of Back to the Future’s Doc Brown.
Or the original, Albert Einstein
He's just got style man!
I had the same thought! Adam just makes me smile!
he's starting to look like jeff duuun-haaam's peanut!
He looks like the teacher I had in product development😂
Hey Norm and Tested Crew! These videos are striking the perfect balance between the detailed DIY videos Adam did in lockdown, and your skills as editors and directors.
One of the things I love most about your videos, Adam, is how you present the problem first. Then I think, "okay, I think I might approach a solution in /this way/," and then I get to see you come up with /your/ solution -- it's a nice moment of connection, to think of your mind (albeit in the past) and my mind working with and against a common conceptual problem, and then contrasting the approaches (yours generally being better, because of your skill and experience).
Example -- me: angled rear struts for the stand ("Donning Rig", in homage to Neal Stephenson)! That would line up with the angle of the ladder (assuming it's angled)! (And then the absolute anticipation of seeing what /you/ do)
The articulation of those arms is fricking impressive! I did not expect it to fit so well and operate so flawlessly when he first tried it on with the visor in place.
Dope, man. Totally effin dope.
totally agree the build is super amazing, but man those arm pieces blew me away
Thank you for putting part 2 out so soon 😭 absolutely loved part 1
Stay tuned for part 3 next week!
@@tested yeeeeeeessssss
Using a hot poker to sear the rivet holes in the nylon straps is an amazing tip! Tell me I'm not the only one that caught this
I keep an old tip for my soldering iron just for this purpose. It works really well.
@@shavedwookie699 I do the same with the woodburner I have for EVA foam. 👍
timestamp?
@@ShamWerks it's between 0:0 and 1:28:00
@@ShamWerks It's at 18:56 .
Love when he uses his ruler tattoo.
Also spandex and fiberglass technique still blows my mind. Never thought of that.
I'm so happy to have discovered this channel! I've been binging on the 'one day builds' for the last few days while recovering from a medical procedure. I loved Mythbusters back in the day and to see Adam here with just as much enthusiasm as on that show is just heartwarming. What I especially enjoy and respect is how (unlike most TH-camrs) Adam hasn't turned himself into a soulless salesman, ordering us to like and subscribe every 5 minutes. Instead, what I feel when watching these episodes is that I'm being let in on Adam's genuine working day. Bravo and thank you, Adam for your authenticity and enthusiasm.
When you tried it on with the visor I was suddenly reminded of the Tintin space suit. That would be a cool build.
OOOH! For real! That would be so cool!
Prepare for copyright infringement suit though, the Hergé Fundation is known to be merciless...
@@ShamWerks hey that's two suits for the price of one ! But yeah you're right, they have that reputation.
Bigger worry for me is that, even though don't play or watch much Among Us at all, I cannot unsee it looking like a white Among Us character.
@@trankzen148 great pun
"I have to build something in order to design it." AMEN! I'm exactly the same way.
It's exactly the way evolution has worked for millions of years.
Testing different "designs" and trying out, which ones work best in the given (changing) circumstances, e.g. environment, climate, predators etc.
And basically that's the fundamental difference between science and religion.
Religion believes that there is a divine creator who designed everything from scratch and then built it as planned.
But evolution has shown us that nature just builds many different things, changes them constantly and then some of these designs prove to be more successful.
Adam is such a father figure to all of us!! Providing so much knowledge while constructing is knowledge we can all walk away with and use to advance our own endeavors!!
What a treat this series is
Thank you! We're glad you think so!
I find myself smiling a lot watching Adam brainstorm and work, I see what my wife before she passed away used to say we are so alike.
I too used and still do occasionally taking photo's of how far the build has progressed or an area I am either happy or unhappy with.
As now I am single I have moved my workshop indoors in my lounge to be precise, so now I can just walk from my bedroom to the lounge, and sometimes if I am unsure of something now I can put it next to me or on the chest of drawer's to muse or ponder on how it looks to how functional it is.
Now no way am I in Adams league I am capable in all aspects of my hobby, yes I build fifth scale gas offroad trucks and buggies, for myself and other's occasionally. So now you can see why my wife never let me bring them in the house especially the crash damage or just breakages along with winter rebuilds those smelly as in the smell of two stroke petrol and oil mix are not coming in my clean and tidy house I sometimes mange to get as far as the conservatory and only the electric ones, and only passing through lol.
Myself I would have used an magnetic latch maybe electro magnetic so any emergency you could get out reasonably quickly. The stand I would have made from Lexan or Plexiglass similar style construction also magnets to hold the suit on the stand easier and quicker release set up. just an idea I have been toying with while I watched part 1 which I enjoyed and could not wait for further episodes.
It's really great seeing the shop a hive of activity!
I so can relate to Adams creative process when it comes to designing stuff especially 3d. A drawing is great to begin with, but seeing it built you have a better ability to see problems, adjust and to solve or add new ideas to it. To me a drawing is a guide to start a project and the adventure and creative buzz of discovering along the way (especially after problems) is really hard to describe to those who don't understand. It is one of the things I love about creativity. "Happy little accidents" or learning something new things in the process that you will use for future ideas.
I so feel Adam on the "taking pictures of the work and mooning over them". Indeed the best part; taking moments with the progression.
Just now finishing this Part of the build, with G4TV having just announced they are done. Bitter sweet suit build.
I think this build series might just be my all time favourite Tested content.
Thank you! We're so glad you're enjoying it!
Probably the best video series Adam/Tested has ever done.
I'm glad!
The excitement in Adam is so obvious when something fits n works. You my friend are not a designer, not a modelmaker, you my friend have the heart of an engineer
Wow. A small step for Adam Savage, a big leap for man kind ! ! !
This is so cool, not just because a new spacesuit is being born but also because of all those little details on how NASA does stuff.
I thoroughly enjoy his rambles lol and then he apologies thinking we didn't want to hear it.....its always interesting watching this man
Stryker (medical device company) makes a helmet structure WITH a fan system to suck cool air into your suit to prevent fogging the visor (and suffocating). we use them in surgery.
I never would have thought of pop-riveting into plywood. Great tip!!
Considering Adam's history with space suits I'm sure the incorrect visors are not useless and that somewhere in the future he will find a use for them,
You’re right and I’m already looking forward to that moment!
and find a way for acrylic NOT to crack or shatter when it's looked at.
never been a fan of hard shelled back entered space suits but this sold me on the design, the style is perfect the shape is perfect
An amazing build. And to imagine that Adam is indirectly contributing to ACTUAL space suit development. That's so incredible.
Go Adam Go! Go Adam Go! Go Adam Go! I wonder what innovations of these suits will be noticed by actual space suit designers. Looking forward to Part 3!\
By the way, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone at Tested AND their families.
This is better then some Blockbuster films. Great job Adam and team x
Why when I see the PA system do I think about Dr Evil in Austin Powers 2 😆
Seriously though this is such an enjoyable build to watch, the thought process that goes into it. Can't wait for part 3.
Thank you! Watch for Part 3 next Wednesday!
I could watch Adam work all day long!!
Oh wait...I do! 😁
Central locking servos would be my choice to lock the back pack, awesome work!!
Man I would totally pack up my entire family and leave everything I have to start a job like this...this is absolutely the most amazing thing to me. I would change anything and everything for an opportunity like this! Great stuff keep up the great work!
Just start! don't have to move, pick up your tools and start a project like this.
Best kind of latch for something like this, MAGNETS. No mechanism to break, can be opened quickly in an emergency, will not require the occupant to be able to reach the latch handle. Remember this thing is a replica. You can always build fake latches to make it LOOK real.
Yeah, an electro magnet with a small power supply you could turn off and on could be air tight also!
"F....in' magnets, how do they work?"
Magnets could lock gloves, boots, and helmets on and off quickly!
Doesn’t have to be electro magnet. Rare Earth magnets could do the same without needing the electrical power requirements.
@@ThePurplePunster ya, and in the event of a power loss or battery failure, they wouldn't de-magnitize, causing the suit to drop
"I'm ok to go" Love the Contact reference!
"Let me show you something you'll like" bounces around the shop like a child 😄😍
I can tell the editing in this got some particular love. Good work Tested team :)
Thank you for redrawing the lines.
You're quote fallowing the description of the door hinge "I described a very abstract thing with no visual aid" made me realize I do the same thing. Especially I'm pretty sure I learned to explain like you did on Mythbusters minus the chalk board, my wife gets rather frustrated with my lack of visual aid (out of laziness)
I watched this build when it came out but I'm currently rewatching for inspiration and background noise while I work on a Mr Freeze costume. I'm currently working on the upper body armor and am using fiberglass for the first time to achieve the look. Just sanded the first coats and am about to apply more resin.
Simply your best build ever! 💚🇬🇧🌱 Awesome dude🫶
Just for the fit tests I would lather on some Original Barbasol shaving cream inside the dome. Allow to dry then wipe it off. That's what I do to bathroom mirror, and inside truck windows and side mirrors.
the rear castors on the suit holder if you bolt a bar on the outside both sides so they run down you can put a brake castor in place. When you dress or work on the suit you push down the bars and it will lock off making life easier. It also means being able to transport on a truck or van,
Watching this made me realise all the reasons I am not a creative person or designer.
Not because I do not lack the imagination.... More I am frightningly practical. The headlights whilst Adam is considering asthetics and look... all I am conaidering is glare when you are in the suit.
That said; a great series to help deal with a bout of insomnia! :D
i love the blue "worklight", but how will the supervisor know if something gone wrong if it doesnt change to red?
When I was watching Adam open the package with the custom visors I thought to myself "If that were me, they would screw up my order and send me the wrong measurements." It's nice to see Adam has similar luck.
I like Adam and his work,.. Ah, the drive of enthusiasm.
I love how excited you get because I get excited just watching you what a wonderful build
He said it all at the end "Dude what a pleasure!"
Does Mr Peanut - strike an image? Top Hat and Cane? Awesome build !!!!
32:00 -- Adam is talking about "We're a week in..."
"Oh, okay. That's sounds like a wrap-up to camera. I'll just wait for the next episo- Wut? An hour to go? Nice!"
So much fun! I had The Beacon up and when Adam talked about a specific he wanted for the suit at the point he was in the build, I would look at the completed suits and marvel at how he took the abstract and made it real. Gunther, Norm great video. Again it felt like I was in the Cave. Joey, Norm your editing is smooth and seamless. I really like how you all work together to create content that informs, educates, and entertains. Thanks so very much.
Such a great build - again thanks for being such an enthusiastic explainer / designer / maker - I totally get the 'I have to build to design' thing - that is totally me! thanks Adam and happy Thanksgiving!
Love that the space suit is FART proof! 'You could fart all day and not smell it.. I put a HEPA filter in there!' - highlight of my day!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
One thing that might be neat would be using a multi-color LED inside a clear lens, for the alert light mast. You could run it blue for normal operation, plus switch it to red as a distress signal. Machine tools do it with a stack of independent lights and lenses, but that takes up more space and looks sloppy on a moving suit.
I'm really excited that you kept your thumb at 2:12 😂
Adam's cave is better stocked than my local "big box" store currently!
I love all of these space builds. Keep up the great work.
Loved this one. Great work and can not wait to see whats next.
What you liked about the light so much that you couldn't quite put a finger on is that space ships have communications and lighting arrays.
When you put the dome up beside it I remembered an animated movie. Planet 51 the suit looked like it.
Adam. This is fantastic.
20:05 - putting the clip on your tattoo to measure it for some reason feels really badass to me.
You talk about the suit as a hazmat suit and I think about Big Daddy suits from the game Bioshock. Lots of grime and dirt and that great 1930's through1950's aesthetic on those suits.
Un Freakin Believable! Brilliant.
I feel like a rear mounting stand would have fixed a lot of issues. Plus, then you could have custom built stairs integrated into the stand and I feel like you could make that look pretty bad ass. Also, a mount you have to back into would allow you to see the suit in all its glory. It would look like a full display unit with a matched rear mount. It would also look way more clean!
what a great fall guys cosplay!!
Great build .. Just brainstorming here how about something like Loc-line connectors for adjustable lighting , camera , tool , accessories ect.
The thing that causes that safety light to make the suit pop is a little sprinkling of red. Most artists will agree a sprinkle of red makes a piece pop.
The dials on a space suit are obviously for awesomeness. (1:09:00)
They get stuck on 11 a lot.
Adam, If you need to think and design in 3D you might want to get 'Gravity Sketch' for your Oculus. It allows you to sketch and ideate in human scale in a 3D digital space.
One of those “I see it in my brain, just trust me.” Moments 😂😂
Love I got this series. Great work all around Tested.
Building the space suits like in the movie in real life 😮🎥
Lookin pretty "Buck Rogers " my fiend !!! I am liking it. ;)
Amazing build, can’t wait for part 3
I love that you’re already planning training so you can manage wearing it 🤣
Holy CATS! This build is freaking EPIC!!!
We could use these refrigerated space suit designs out in the desert to stay cool while working !👍
I’d have thought you’d want to just turn the original stand around so you were stepping out of it. That way you could fix it or join it to the ladder for added stability, it would be supporting the majority of the weight at the back, and it would show off the suit. Also more like the suits as it they were stored mounted to airlocks on the side of a station surface, instead of having to put on inside then go out another airlock.
Was wondering if you considered building the stands out of bent aluminum or steel pipe. it would definitely be sturdier and more stable, since it would be heavier.
Adam, the suit is a anthropomorphic space ship, and it requires a Exomannequin to hold it up!!!
My favorite videos so far 😍🙌
JSC engineer checking in!
Love the addition of the strobe. It transforms the suit from a concept and adds the feel of a working suit.
Edit: I’d be tempted to fit a laser level in the light bar as a 3d scanner. It would be great from some smokey glamour shots
The laser rangefinder idea is solid. There could be a display on the bottom of the light bar that would be visible through the top of the visor. In fact it could be a multifunctional display and still be out of the users the majority of the time.
Reminds me of the protectors from the '5th Element' film.
Just beautiful work eh.
Cheers!
43:55 in one second Adam assessed all the possible outcomes of attempting to wear this suit in a vacuum.
"it's... one small step for Man... one giant toot... within my suit..."
As I watched you go through the layout process and then realized that you had to turn it over and redo it I was right there with you….. been there done that more times than I care to think about it! Why is that? Are our brains wired in such a way that we can’t seem to learn that part of the process? Don’t know???
When you're talking about the visor and trying to get a specific look, I can't help but think of Bernadette Banner talking about the costumes for Hamilton, and trying to get "the lines" of the clothing of a specific time period -- then I realize that there is a particular insectoid look for a lot of these suits, which makes sense: it's exoarmor, like insects, and if we're going to build something successful, dollars to donuts says we're going to end up with something that looks like an insect (because their design evolved through natural selection). The pure-bulb look would be all wrong. But cutting the visor on the slant nails it, and reminds me of an insect's eye. I'm no entomologist, so I can't say why (I mean, certain insects *do* have bulbous eyes), but it just hits me in the gut as "right", too.
And I see how you think about going back to the previous bulbous look, when contemplating all of the other things that are going to have to go on and around the visor. Such an interesting process!
Learn to integrate a waist belt into your support straps. Hiking backpacks do it for the same reason- it's important to keep weight off your shoulders to help with fatigue.
Amazing Work!!
I vote Adam needs to be cast in a movie as a crazy scientist but he HAS to act like himself, because he is chaotic good by default and no amount of writing could ever make him more entertaining than he is naturally
"... Im LAZY" ..... says the man literally building TWO Spacesuits!!!
"Lazy" people make good design choices because the always want to Keep It Simple.
Looking good, Adam. I have only question though: will it have an intercom beep?
Looks like the space suit the aliens used in the fifth element! Great work Adam.
this is going to look amazing
(Movie trailer voice) Adam Savage is riveting!