Adam Savage's Week at Weta Workshop, Part 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Adam spends the day in master swordsmith Peter Lyon’s shop, making a steel dagger that will be the hero prop for the film. While Adam gets to grinding the blade, we also visit Weta’s props department to cast a few different rubber stunt daggers for the action sequence. Adam then heads to the paint shop to get the hero and stunt props painted to match!
Shot by Steve Unwin
Edited by Joey Fameli
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WHAT MOVIE IS THAT YOU GUYS ARE MAKING? PLEEASE I CANT SEEM TO FIND THE ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO
Did they not cast the hero prop to make the stunt props? Seems like that would have been the easiest way to replicate?
:Scene start:
Adam - "what a beautiful center punch!"
Peter - "i don't even remember where i got that center punch."
:Scene ends:
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Master Craftsman humbly sharing his knowledge
"We're taking it a little bit too far"
The motto of Tested since 2017!
Thank you for these videos. Such a joy to watch. He is such a craftsman. Loved how he cut the blade on the grinder freehand.
Everybody that works at Weta is so nice. New Zealanders are so pleasant!
Just amazing craftsmanship there. Really interesting to watch!
58:49 - Denatured alcohol is a generic term for alcohol (typically ethanol) that has had something added to make it taste bad (but might still be technically safe for human consumption). Methylated spirits specifically refers to the addition of methanol, consumption of which can make you go blind or even die.
All that knowledge is priceless.
Cant wait to slap a cut off blade on my bench grinder! Always fun seeing someone else's 'normal'.
Very cool. Loved watching this. Now I'm going to lose an hour of sleep, but worth it!
Beautiful swords
Beautiful boys
Adam "Right right right, yes yes yes" Savage.
Could you insulate the edge with a dense fiberglass material? Obviously it will still transfer from the steel but I would think it would minimize in that area
I love the casual warthog in the background at 12:55
I did the tour there a few weeks ago and you can get right up to it. Awesome piece of work that.
Peter would destroy Forged in fire 🔥 that cutting wheel, 😮
Wow this is the most nteresting thing i have ever seen. I misspent my life as a nurse i should have been a sword maker
Curious what project he may have referred to at 34:20. I guess they have been there early mid 2018, so maybe Mortal engines would a bit short timed though...
The Witcher 🤞
I'm thinking The Lord of the Rings series Amazon is working on? Maybe?
I know some people who were working on the live action Mulan, that would've been around the same time I think.
Adam now that your working steel, I would live to see you tackle a damascus steel blade. Just build a forge already lol.
guys... The idea that Tested puts on a production of a short film and in the course of that production you employ all the extended family and their shops.. super exciting, I love it.
phenomenal work, thanks for sharing
I realize that armor and weapons are different. I kept wondering if any of the Terry Gillium training aided in any of this?
Hey Adam, you should check out Alec Steele's TH-cam channel. He's an amazing blacksmith/sword maker and he's a huge fan of yours.
I really like how you laid out the graphics at the bottom at 1:30
"Do you have a bottom on this?"
"No...Do you want one?"
"I guess I'm willing to try without" xD Ballsy
I just had to comment on how these awesome people dress and act so casually. Ahh, New Zealand
Would that possibly be from the lotr TV series? Adam cameo confirmed???
He said feature, so I'm guessing no
This is the weaponry for the Weta Feature Adam and Richard Taylor made a couple of years ago: th-cam.com/video/XV7qb5Ct3J4/w-d-xo.html
42:34 looks like a Neiko center punch. The're great!
12:50 the gad damn Warthog in the background!
we also just want to know more about that centre punch
Fun game ...down a shot each time Peter (aka Captain Sweatpants) blinks 😃👍🏼
I’ve crunched the numbers ...aaaaaaaaaaaaand one shot should do ya☝🏼😆
I wish that there were captions for this, at least during the grinding bits... The sound of the grinding was so loud that I couldn't hear anything that was being said...
Bathory Tshirt 👍
I want the dude's t-shirt badly....
that centre punch is $8 here in Australia they are awesome i can send you one if you want
Peter is attempting to blind Adam with his version of science here...
so Adam would love to meet whith some Baltimore guy's That Works with knife and sowrds too
Anyone notice the Warthog from Halo in the background?
12:50
Yeah, just noticed it...damn I want to see more of that.
*TOOOOO MANY DETAAAILLLLSSSS* 😭🏃🏻♀️
@42.33 Is that his Excalibur helmet?
I LEARNED ALL THESE NEW SWORD TECHNICS YEARS AGO FROM MICHEAL CTHULU
N.B. CAPS LOCK IS BROKEN SO IMNOT SHOUTING, JUST UNABLE TO FIX IT
Love this series. But RIP my ear drums on this one. Warning for headphone users.
Should colab with alec steele that would be sick.
Now, I'm drunk, but at the 13:00 min mark there is a lifesize motherfucking Warthog in the back. Correct me if I'm wrong.
18 seconds into this video and I get an add...damn you nationwide.
what are the chances that the new feature they are working on is Dune?????
15:20 Yeah that's not ideal, an angle grinder first of would've probably been better... but a bit slower
It always hurts to watch Adam make something beautiful and then beat it to hell.
What are the earpieces that they have on?
Hi Adam
What does he say at the beginning? Which blade? Oakrust? Orkhurst?
Orcrist, it's one of the swords in The Hobbit.
@@SuLokify Thank you for replying! Now I get the reference!
@@StonedSpagooter Glad to help out, it's a somewhat obscure bit of lore and totally understandable for someone to have difficulty with English (in this case New Zealander) accents.
59:10 I first heard that wagon repair story in the Belgariad series of books by David Eddings. It's always stuck with me :D
"But that piece goes underneath," Garion said. "No one will ever see it."
"But I know it's there," Durnik said, still smoothing the metal. "If it isn't done as well as I can do it, I'll be ashamed every time I see this wagon go by--and I'll see the wagon every day."
Got it from the same source and it's something that went straight in to the core make up of small teen me. Been carrying it as part of my approach to life ever since.
@@markireson9537
I cannot begin to tell you and the original comment-er how hopeful your own personal origin tale makes this old broad feel. Especially with today’s cult of stupidity coming at us from all sides
What an incredible teacher this guy is.
Ive been obsessed with Weta since I was a kid and watched LOTR when it came out. Considering going to New Zealand for my honey moon for the sole purpose of touring Weta. the husband can come if he wants. I wanna go there so bad
Do it! NZ is worth it for so many reasons, and Weta is one of them. It's such a beautiful place. I'd say take ypour time, and try and see different parts of the islands. Go on drives, look at the surroundings, try and get some views of the nights sky. It's such a lovely place, I can't wait to go back.
I'll take you of you leave your husband 😉😉🤣
@@knifethrower9733 creep
Adam becomes so sombre and attentive when he's really trying to learn something new.
I've noticed that too. He's a true expert himself but manages to flip the switch into humbled spunge learning mode very easily. I'd like to hear his advice on learning...
It's classic ADHD Hyperfocus.. I go exactly the same way when I'm deeply fascinated with something new.
I misread that as “attractive” and I was in full agreement
12:58 warthog casually chilling in the background
I'm beginning to doubt this man's swordmaking skills now that the sweatpants have disappeared.
I honestly think he watched the video and got self conscious aye.
@@Bambi_Sapphic He should own it. Few things are more badass than a swordmaker in shirt-tucked sweatpants
SumGuy NamedJamie I don’t know if he woulda seen the video, but seeing as all the Weta people we commenting on how hot it was I think that might have had something to do with it.
He put on shorts, for the real heat-treat work.
Yeah but the work rest disappeared for the grinding, so it evens out.
As kiwi I appreciated seeing the tallest drink town milkshake cups 29:11 anyway fantastic series this
Man, i would give anything to work at Weta!
You almost certainly could if you really wanted to.
move to wellington and try getting an apprenticeship
@@Imkiritai yeh maybe not anything
@@Ididathing hahaha very well :)
You must have a tat.
(Precisely filing something is) "faster than doing it all over again"
That's some quality wisdom
I am actually surprised Weta doesn't have a few knives and swords around the shop especially for distressing other prop swords and daggers. The most realistic distressed look on a Guard or a Pommel is blocking a blow or being used to strike a helmet on a head.
Who else will never build anything that Adam makes but watches every video just because you like seeing him work?
I think most of his fanbase does. Except for the small few who do creative acts and hobbies.
I'm quite the opposite in this case. I'm currently working on a knife out of 1095 carbon steel and usually only get to 10% of these vids. Heat treating/annealing this way is new to me though. Could possibly try out.
I sew, embroider, dye and bead fabrics and very much appreciate his respect for seamstresses.
Looking forward to doing more leather work and love the space suits.
I made LARP-Weapons 20 years ago and would like to get back into that again ;)
Weta Sword Guy, Adam, and a 1 hour+ video :> oboy oboy oboyyy :>
Peter Lyon has balls of steel for using a cutting wheel like that @15:37.
His hand would be gone in a split second. Definite bad ass
I love watching artisans doing their craft and explaining what they're doing.
Yeah, it feels like they are revealing trade secretes that we're not suppose to know about. Pretty cool to see how these people work. Amazing!
I love watching it too especially when they are passionate about it, really watching anyone doing something they love is so much fun
I see to work at Weta a tat is mandatory.
Love when Adam geeked out on the center punch.... "who MAKES this?"
That center punch is a Shinwa Adjustable auto punch.
lol, I've been looking for that part but couldn't find it. Guess I'll have to watch the whole thing
Can get excellent quality center punches at "Aircraft Spruce & Specialties."
Here it he punch in NZ. Its fuller brand. www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/fuller-auto-centre-punch-3mm-red-and-silver/p/249631
@@dteeboon Thank you sir.
Amazing work and such talented and skilled craftsmen. It's amazing how skills Adam ventures to learn for his passion.
My stepdad did stuff like this. Used to LARP, had full armor and everything. Got pretty brutal. Was extra as an orc.
How awesome is that! I play DnD, I know, pretty tame, but to be an extra as an orc! Whoa! That takes gaming to a whole other level. :D
True definition of happiness, doing something you love for work.
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We keep hearing about this museum quality truck replica, is there any pictures of that? The intrigue is real!
anyway, this was awesome to watch, thanks for sharing it!
YES! been waiting for this episode!
i swear, i could watch these two talk about blade making for like an hour...oh perfect!
the video has one hour 😂
I just love these Weta (Here's a trick) Workshop videos lol
I worked in the Perth Mint making blank gold coins. We would start with a 25kg ingot, run it through different size presses to flatten the bars out. The bars would get warm but not as warm as 22k gold (and below), gold and silver would give you 3rd degree burns direct to skin, man, dirty and hot. 9999 gold was the best.
41:36. Adam always works to the exact dimensions and the guy say we just eyeball it...love it 😊
Is the feature he can't talk about the Lord of the Rings Netflix series? ;) I'd love to have that light blue resin sword 35:35 , looks badass!
Trust me filing is only fast when you're using power tools to do most of the heavy removal. I forge knives and don't have electric grinders, saws, or Sanders. I do all the cutting and filing by hand and it always takes longer then I think it's going to. It does move fast on things like copper, bronze, and aluminium though. That's why I like working with copper, it's like molding clay. I could use power tools but I really like making things by hand. Or maybe I just like to punish myself. I can't really tell anymore.
This highlights my main issue with many films. We do not get to enjoy the talent, skill and experience of the amazing people behind the props that the camera just passes without care. Thank you for doing this.
2 totally qualified makers making a dagger. It's interesting watching the interaction and the crazy fast teaching and learning process. As seamless as a computer teaching a computer.
you should almost ask "alec steele" youtuber" if he wants to make a dagger for you
In the model making book, will the chapter on filing include instructions on how to work your tongue? It seems to be counterbalancing something, or perhaps sensing the amount of filing dust in the air.
I want to live at Weta just learning from Peter and the team. It's a joy to watch Adam and Peter just patiently going over tricks and techniques.
also 42:34 I think the centre punch could be a Neiko Automatic?
Jeus, how hot was it that week!? First five minutes with each new person, "well it's really hot today so it'll..."
All jokiing aside, it's interesting to hear how much just the ambient temperature affects each craft. And how aware everyone is about how it's going to change the way they work.
Anyone notice the Halo Warthog in the back ground at 12:35 !?
Man theze guys at weta are awesome. Would love to do that for a living. As it stands i work in manufacturing but its all silicone quartz so lasers do all the work. Never get to get my hands dirty actually making something at work.
They are working on 4000 swords? Then they must be working on Amazon's LOTR series. Whoops cats out of the bag on that one. Btw you can visit this workshop on the WETA tour.
Well the video was taken at least somewhere mid 2018, if not earlier. So it might be something else but I am not sure either.
@@lal12 What other project would require 4000 swords? Plus they would need to get them done in advance.
@@purefoldnz3070 didn't really know it either. But mid 2018 seemed a little bit early, in my memory the planning for lotr wasn't complete at that point, might be wrong though.
@@lal12 Its been in the works for a while. And they did ask Peter for help. Plus amazon could easily afford 4000 swords.
Nope. Was Mulan. And that was total weapons not just swords
ok, I wasn't thinking a dagger would be appropriate for a particular thought experiment, however that actually looks really nice, and isn't that heavy or bulky from the looks of it.
Great vid Adam and crew. B)
What can you say. ..Peter Lyon's is amazing.
Enjoying all the NZ accents
god i love seeing the respect two smart people have for each other whilst having a conversation.....rarely seen in society unfortunately.
I could watch hours of this.. im saving the making a strider sword episode because I know I will want to run out and build one soon as it finishes!
Would you look at that, he's dressed himself up a bit.
Normally I would get bored watching something for a hour like this but it ended and I went, what? Over all already? Great stuff !
id love to see Adam do a real forging project with Alec Steel. Oh the things they could learn from each other.
I love what you can see in the background at 13:18~
Gotta say, wish I would've seen the sweat pants put back into action.
I just watched the sword grind days ago, but it had a lot of explanation where I had no idea and it took more than 20 minutes to get to work.
Every time I see metalheads in such a creative environment like this, I just couldn't feel more proud.
Why? I don't see the correlation between the music genre you dig and the ability to be creative.
@@mr.berardine1694 its because I'm wearing a Bathory shirt. Look'em up
"Oops, I made a clean spot"
#classic.
Good show. Would love to see an episode of Peter making a legit battle ready sword.
What a beautiful dagger