We’re back with more episodes of Model Behavior! Bill comes by the studio to help us experiment with a new vinyl cutter, the Cricut Maker. While we cut tiny decals to deck out a sixth-scale figure, we chat about the uses of vinyl decals and stencils for propmaking and modelmaking, and Bill gives some great advice about how to make the most out of the material.
Offworld Episode 10: Orbital Debris in “Gravity”
This week, Ariel is joined by Dr. Christianna Taylor and science youtuber Scott Manley to talk about the movie Gravity! While the 2013 film has been picked apart in popular media, we focus on the topic of orbital debris and how real astronauts and the ISS grapple with its presence in Earth orbit.
Best Versus Popular – Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project – 8/14/18
We talk about fact checking in journalism, the return of Patrick Stewart to Star Trek, and the Academy Awards’ announcement about a new awards category to celebrate popular film. We also go back through the past five years of film releases to speculate which recent films would have earned that title.
3D-Printing a NASA ACES Helmet for Adam Savage!
We’re trilled to welcome a new member of the Tested family: 3D modeler and prop maker Darrell Maloney (aka the Broken Nerd)! We’re big fans of Darrell’s work and YouTube videos, and are starting a new series of collaborations between him and Adam. In this first video, Darrell goes over his process adapting a model made for vfx work to be 3D printable, and the 100+ hours of printing needed to have it come out right!
One Week at Weta Workshop, Part 4
The big practical effect in the film is a blood spurt, and to achieve that, we learn about the various kinds of blood rigs that Weta can attach to Adam’s arm. Things get a bit messy with testing the rigs. Joey goes on a location scouting trip and gives Adam some options for the shoot, which is coming up fast!
PROJECTIONS, Episode 56: Pixel Ripped 1989 and Star Trek Bridge Crew TNG
We review and recommend two VR games this week: Pixel Ripped 1989 and Star Trek: Bridge Crew’s TNG expansion. The first is a nostalgia-rich tribute to the handheld consoles of the late 80s and early 90s, while Bridge Crew’s first DLC puts us on the bridge of the Enterprise from Star Trek: The Next Generation. This is what VR was made for! Plus, a sneak peak at our Magic Leap episode coming next week.
PREMIUM – Ask Adam: Earliest Memory?
Every week, Adam takes a question from the Tested Premium Member community in the comments section below or on social media (tagged #AskAdamSavage) and answers here. This week, Adam recalls his earliest memory. What’s your earliest memory?
Awesome Animated LEGO Sculpture!
The best custom LEGO sculpture we saw at this year’s Bricks by the Bay was this animated MOC called “Treasure of the Snake Queen”. Essentially a Disney dark ride made in mini-fig scale, this towering build depicts a band of adventurers as they embark on a journey through different lands to face the Snake Queen. We chat with builder Flynn de Marco about the concept, layout, and lighting of this incredible build!
Adam Savage Paints an Astromech for Magic Wheelchair!
Adam takes part in one of the team builds for this year’s Star Wars-themed Magic Wheelchair project, painting up a scaled R2-D2 dome that’ll go on a Jedi starfighter. Follow along as Adam goes through the process of masking and painting this Carbon 3D-printed part, and then heads to Comic-Con for the project reveals!
Episode 461 – Make It So – 8/9/18
As you would expect, the gang is stoked about the return of Patrick Stewart to Star Trek, and we talk a bunch about our hopes and fears for Picard in the new era of Trek. Plus, Google’s Android Pie in tech news and robot empathy in a Moment of Science. We unfortunately recorded this episode the day before the Magic Leap launch, so we’ll be talking about it next week!