Adam Savage Builds a Homeworld 3 Spaceship!

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We partnered with Gearbox Publishing for the launch of Homeworld 3! Adam Savage invites former ILM colleague Fon Davis to the workshop to build a 20-inch model of the Hiigaran Interceptor using materials Adam inherited from the old ILM model shop and their combined decades of modelmaking experience.
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3D Modeling by Darrell Maloney: / thebrokennerd83
Shot by Joey Fameli and Josh Self
Edited by Joey Fameli
Music by Jinglepunks
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[@tested]

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[@AaronTureRonAbrahamsson157]

Wow

[@FREEMAN-bq9im]

Great work.... 😊

[@DominikoPL]

? no, I don't think I will

[@PJthePlayer]

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[@DominikoPL]

@@PJthePlayer I have a problem with affiliated links that don't disclose that they're affiliated links. As you can see, the admins have already edited the links to bitly to try and conceal the fact that they are affiliated, which proves that they have sinister intentions. Go ahead, tell me why would they change the links so fast and in such manner

[@cynicalmamc]

More of this please, I could watch you and Fon build models all day long especially when they end up looking like this. The Frontier from Starfield just pips it of course but this is my second favourite model from a game that you have built, Homeworld rocks!!

[@timstewart384]

Ditto

[@ModernCollector]

Seconded!

[@owenrichards1418]

Thirded!

[@jamfjord]

Hear hear!

[@5XM-Film]

Perfect team.. Adam & Fon 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@emilyrobinson6080]

I got my start model making by assembling paper models from the original Homeworld 1 and 2, after school while watching mythbusters. This feels like coming full circle in a way.

[@tested]

!!!!

[@shapeshifterboogie9853]

You can see that these two spent a lot of time together and that they are true professionals. Although they have two different ways to get the paneling done, they know that they can rely on each other to get it done on time. The builds are super valuable. Watching them I am almost transported back in time. And watching them both at ILM working on a movie prop!

[@mackthemaker9518]

As someone who’s done large 3D models for conventions and a museum under a time-crunch, it’s very humbling (yet enjoyable) to watch two old pros get it done. I’ll echo what others have said, “more of this, please!”

[@kylehill]

Love to see you and Fon together again!

[@tested]

Thank you, Kyle! Always a very special day to have Fon in the shop.

[@Schwarzgeist89]

FIG Backer and Homeworld Fan here! Love to see this! Been 20+ years waiting for HW3. Cool to see some big names appreciating the franchise.

[@EVAUnit4A]

Fig backer here too! ...I can't find my game key, to unlock my copy, and I don't wanna pay for it a second time. T_T

[@leonpeters-malone3054]

Fig packer number 3 and playing it already. Though to be honest, I got into the Fig for the reprint of the art book.

[@Schwarzgeist89]

@@leonpeters-malone3054 So you got the Art Book Bundle like I did…nice!

[@Schwarzgeist89]

@@EVAUnit4A contact Gearbox Support

[@Schwarzgeist89]

@@EVAUnit4A Contact Gearbox Support👍

[@MikeDuguay-bo9ti]

I love love LOVE that Adam is excited to learn/try salt chipping. I am in total awe of their focus and ease and familiarity with the entire visualization/build/ paint process. The uber-nerd conversation about vinyl masks and friskets was squeeing-flapping-tastic! ILM was my childhood dream job. Today, I just build for me and for fun.

[@davidgutting4317]

I’ve 3D printed a negative vaccume forming mold in ABS complete with vent lines, bolt off undercuts, and a tube cooling passage for compressed air to get the extra detail and surface greebles. The porous qualities of FDM make it a fantastic vaccume forming mold process. FYI, don’t use PLA for this, the hot plastic sheet will destroy the mold details almost instantly. Use ABS or PETG to get repeated parts

[@mephidross7817]

I really enjoyed watching this. So fun to see different techniques collide and work together for a final product. Beautiful job gentlemen and lets not forget the videographers and editors, excellent job! Applause for everyone on the team.

[@tested]

Really appreciate your taking the time to let us know ...

[@coolin7105]

Finally more of my favorite content - Adam building space ships! Its really cool to see the changes 3d printing brings to the process compared to the older ship model builds

[@jeffsaxton2051]

The Vac-U-Form machine was made by Ron Charles & Associates (RC Vac-U-Form) in Wilmette, Illinois (Chicago area), circa 1988 to 1991. ​​I recently inherited the 8 x 11 size machine from my old employer, a St. Louis area professional model shop that just closed. That machine was $450 new in January 1990.

[@liemyip159]

According to the US Inflation Calculator, that's $1,075.36 in today's money. Take care of it!

[@jeffsaxton2051]

@@liemyip159 Oh I intend to. I used it all the time when I was working, and find uses for it still. I was quite lucky to get it when the old shop closed, as the machine is so hard to find on the used equipment market.

[@jeffsaxton2051]

The 'Deluxe' model allowed for use of 9" x 12" sheet stock; the 'Deluxe XL' was made for 12" x 18" sheet stock, and the 'Supra Deluxe' used 16" x 24".

[@jeffsaxton2051]

The 'Deluxe' model measured 24" tall, and the footprint was 13" x 10.5". It weighed about 35 pounds.

[@spacepiratecaptainrush1237]

homeworld ships have always been exeptinaly designed from one to three (and the Cataclisum expansion of 1) every single ship is somebody's favorite starship

[@ericpayne9091]

HW1 Taiidan destroyers, babyyy

[@TheStonehammerFiles]

This is so inspiring! I did not realize one can use a 3d print base and just add plasticard for paneling! I work at a packaging making plant and I can take scrap home. PVC, PET, PETG, HIPS and others of varying thicknesses. Thank you, Adam and the rest of the Tested crew for showing me a new way to make models!

[@karlranseier6885]

There are some amazing tutorials and builds in the warhammer community. Just look for warhammer and scratchbuild or kitbash.

[@BlankPicketSign]

He may be an Engineer, but it's moments like this that prove that Adam Savage is an ARTIST! That's why Math, Science, and The Arts are so vital to have together!

[@dragonshair]

I absolutely and totally agree on all aspects of this. In Sweden, children are actively encouraged to take up the arts at school, especially music. When I was in secondary school (year 7), here in Australia, most schools had music classes, but only a few, like mine, had musical instruments for us to learn. I have always thought that it is a shame that art has always had to take a back seat to Math, Science and English. They should be treated equally from the time a kid enters school until the day they leave.

[@jamfjord]

​@@dragonshair 💯👍 two sides of the same coin; complementary tools we humans use to (try to) make sense of the world around us.

[@Ogrekin]

I am always amazed when you all talk about a technique I have been using for a long time for my WWII models and I just assume you would know it. The Salt weathering has been a staple of WWII and historical models for a long time. I am glad to see you discover something I just assumed you knew.

[@shaunlewis286]

Plus the fact Bill Doran used it on helmets etc, I also thought they would have known it

[@cloneyA]

This is absolutely my favourite type of tested video. I could watch Adam and Fon making space ships till the cows come home. Also as a messy noob of an airbrush user it was very heart-warming to see Fon, an undisputed master with spilt paint all down his airbrush hand!

[@Elukka]

Homeworld designs are like the perfect synthesis of Chris Foss-style coloration and patterning with Star Wars-style functional-feeling mechanical design. Seeing that being built and them gushing about panel notches and putting little details in the gaps is great. I do 3D models and all this stuff makes me go "Yes! I know! These people speak my language!"

[@cryophile]

I am lucky enough to be Facebook friends with Fon. He talks about his ILM work pretty frequently, and it's great to see what he is doing now. I can't wait until the next NDA is up!

[@cameron_bowe]

Videos with old colleagues are simply a joy to watch.

[@FPdesignfab]

Fun build. The shop is looking good. Cool to see the legacy ILM - 32Ten parts cabinets in good use.

[@Tclans]

I love the sparse videos when Fon pops up. They are like the golden ticket video between al the other good content. Can’t get enough of this guys energy and has great stories to boot!

[@Pacodude02]

I absolutely love the homeworld games! Seeing Adam putting together a ship from the game is an awesome intersection of worlds for me.

[@firstyoutubehandle]

I love all of the formats, including the raw audio Adam-only builds; but this is great too! More variety!

[@tonyfox45]

Its so much fun to watch Adam and Fon "nerd out" on these builds. It's weirdly therapuetic to watch two people, who clearly like each other, working on something they are passionate about. Just goes to show, you can make the 13 year old grow old, but you can't always make them grow up. Nice work fellas. Glad to see some of the "old skool kool" for movie model making is still around.

[@johnanon6938]

Getting to paint it nice then add the weathering reminded me of how fine-scale models in 80s and 90s gave me that sense of excitement and dread of screwing it up. And yes shiny can be too shiny, but also the model paints back then would look too uniform and matte/dull for actual rust. My secret was to use actual rust mixed with matte clear enamel or lacquer been so long I forgot which. Anyways in the basement was a glass jar with vinegar, salt and some scrap metal or even crushed tin cans. Once in awhile I'd remove any metal left then slowly drain the jar, refill it with water and let sit overnight to "rinse" the fine rust particles and next day slowly drain most of the water then let it sit to dry. The what was left was a rust cake that easily crumbled into super fine powder. Cost was a few pennies and some time, results on models... priceless. ;)

[@Eremon1]

Could not possibly care any less about the game, however I could watch Adam build models all day. And Fon Davis? Come on, this is golden.

[@tested]

Fon's SO GREAT.

[@ElChris816]

I could watch this being done all day long. I'm sitting here hypnotized throughout thios entire video. Amazing work gents.

[@TheRealOtakuJoe]

My now two years ago pre-order collector's edition arrived yesterday and boy did it not disappoint. The Khar-Kushan mother ship model which as internal LEDs is huge, and absolutely gorgeous. I'm framing the lithograph picture that came with it.

[@rogerroberts5857]

So cool watching two buddies hang out and have fun. It felt like I was in the cave with them except we didn’t get to hear the war stories and banter I’m sure they were having

[@Jenthura]

Two artists in the same space, working together and creating an object of beauty is such a JOY to watch!

[@soulphisto79]

Such a fun and informative build. Thank you for taking us on this journey. I remember my buddy in model railroading using the salt technique to weather bridges, and leaving some salt under the rust coat gave such a neat texture that paint alone just wouldn't convey.

[@rageofachilles7400]

Fructose medium hair spray in a spritz bottle sprayed over an area then sprinkle the crushed rock salt on that. The hair spray makes it easier to work with. using water with salt can leach the salt into the paint or form a crust, which can be useful for certain finishes. The hair spray gives a cleaner finish.

[@TooLazyToFail]

This was so fun. I love how working with the vacu-former always feels like trying to grab a feral cat.

[@Mrscottishman1243]

I absolutely love the ship designs of Homeworld!

[@TheHalcyonAnon]

They never fail in this regard.

[@paulclancy4221]

I absolutely love watching your model building collaborations. The brain storming parts are great to watch. I love that you both had different approaches, but end up with one consistent product. Still don't have a spray paint booth!!!.....come on Adam. Wet salt to give the effect of scraped paint.....genius.

[@random007nadir]

The Homeworld aesthetic was heavily inspired since the first game by the paintings and designs of Chris Foss. The 3D modelling people really did a great job with each of the games.

[@benlzicar7628]

I LOVE THIS BUILDER CONTENT. Please do more projects like this in the future!

[@oxide7]

This was an AMAZING video. Two Absolute masters, and good friends, working together on a SPACESHIP! More of these, More Fon!

[@EvilGenius.]

I got some of the best advice from Fon about 13 years ago. He told me in a video call about all the different kinds of creative art skills I wanted to do and to make props is to be innovative and a production company! Not just a studio. An listen to what the project is saying to you. Thank you, Fon! You can do the same paint trick with a spray bottle, water drops, sand, and sugar! I found a net trick with fine window screens. Lay a piece over the top of your foam or model paint over it then pull the screen off and it will give a cool 3d effect to your work!

[@Freelancer221]

Fons reaction when you talked about the perforated plate of your vacuum form machine made my whole day.

[@bodugok]

Adam, it is a testament to the expertise of both you and Fon that were able to recreate the Interceptor ship so closely.

[@brymanxl]

I loved this so much! I hope to see Fon on here much more, he seems like a super cool dude!

[@user-bu8tb8fb3x]

The salt trick that Fon describes is something that I learned from Warhammer 40K. Cool to think that there's so much cross-over from what you can learn hobbying and what can be used by professionals.

[@M6Props]

This is pure magic - two legends sharing so much passion and institutional knowledge in a build. More of this please - this type of build is so much fun to watch!

[@Merennulli]

Great to see two people having this much fun on a project together.

[@subliteral]

This is a really special video , wherein we get to see two seasoned professionals performing the art and craft of modelmaking at the highest level. This is legendary content , and I sincerely doubt you'll see such knowledge & skill applied to this kind of work anywhere else.

[@MagicSwordKing]

One thing I have loved about every single Homeworld game, including 3, now, is how cohesive the design language is for the ships. You’re absolutely right, the designs are unique enough that they aren’t obviously derivative of other sci-fi properties. This interceptor, yes, it has four winglets, but it is very clearly not an X-Wing. What’s more, each of these ships have consistent design with the other ones built by the same faction. This interceptor has a similar profile to the Scout but it’s more purpose-built, this is a pure fighter and you can tell. Likewise, the fleet bomber is recognizably Hiigaran but has quite a different, broader profile owing to the role it fills. You can tell at a glance who built every ship in Homeworld, and how different groups approach similar engineering challenges. Even in the original game, where polygon counts were limited, they did a great job distinguishing between factions. Kushan were more rectamgular, Taiidan more triangular, with Kadeshi and Bentusi ships being the curviest designs, befitting their more mysterious, alien vibes. Can you tell I love Homeworld?

[@halcyon_starlight]

Watching Adam get excited as he builds stuff never gets old.

[@andrewstueve2407]

When I want to be awed by painting detail - I watch PLASMO do a model. Weathering, scratched finishes, oil streaks, etc. Just crazy detail.

[@CBrama1]

Loved Fon so much, hope to see more of him on the future!

[@tested]

Yes! We love Fon.

[@michaelvonfeldt9629]

I could watch hours of Adam and Fon building and talking it out. Masters of their craft

[@jamfjord]

Wouldn't it be great to see Fon more often on the channel? I'm here for Adam every time, of course, but I used to enjoy seeing Kayte, Mel, Norm and other makers doing their thing more often as well. It's just fun to see accomplished people like Fon and the Tested team making stuff. Especially spacecraft models 😍

[@needaman66]

Great to see you old guys playing together. Thanks for letting us in.

[@FizzerUK]

Such a joy to watch 2 awesome geek craftsman having such fun together! I envy you 🙂

[@NardoMini]

More of this please. I’d love to see you both make ships from scratch, from the same universe but either side of the war, good versus evil and how elements of them being from the same universe would mean they work together

[@tested]

We really had a lot of fun with this build.

[@janajeffsilvernickelladventure]

So Amazing to see you all working together to create this beautiful Ship. Adam, Fon, Norm and the rest of the crew, Great Work!!!

[@matatath]

I hope there’s more videos in the future with me Davis. This was fun to watch and the idea ping ponging is a great thing to watch unfold.

[@randyshea3703]

The salt technique is called "Salt Masking." There's another variation where you spray hairspray on the model and the salt will stick to the hairspray. Then you can remove the salt by brushing it off under gently running warm water.

[@huntercressall9610]

Sanding panels: my eyes are watering at the very thought. Love the x-acto stab-n-place. So many memories.

[@chrishechtl8330]

There is a software package, possibly more than 1 that can convert bump, normal, displacement, and other maps to details on an STL or other file. There is a video on Blender Secrets about how to do it. I would imagine it is something like creating a lithophane? It is cool to see them mix 3D printing with old school panel and greeble additions though. The salt trick and weathering is wicked! I am surprised they didn't put lighting in though. I'd love to see a model kit of that. The other models are cool!

[@lorcannagle]

I've been doing salt weathering on model kits, mostly Gundam for years and it's so satisfying!

[@Engitainment]

I can't even explain how cool it was to see these two legends work on a design that is so dear to my heart, from childhood to now. Thank you for making my memories a reality! (Also, HUGE thank you to the editors for ducking that vacu-forming noise and saving our ears, much obliged!)

[@lordspork]

Seeing professionals do what they do best is a joy to watch.

[@amiel4808]

More please. This is the perfect format for a series. Also please build a mothership now!

[@DarkLord-7]

Wow! And I just got home to start installing Homeworld 3. I hop on youtube while I wait and see THIS! Today's a good day.

[@Yoshimitzus]

It was awesome seeing you two work together, please more of this!

[@EnterTheFenix]

Ive always been a huge fan of the design language from the Homeworld universe.. ever since the original

[@Krefey]

Loved the campaign (got early access by a few days due to backing the crowdfunding campaign). Felt very Homeworld. I'm always envious of your workshop and all the cool projects you get to do! But love learning from the projects you get to work on!

[@LuminousSoL]

I can't believe I'm watching you guys build a Homeworld ship with my own two eyes! I feel like a kid again lol

[@CDRaff]

37:00 My dad used PFS First Choice v3 which was released for DOS in 1989 as his preferred word processor at his law office until he died in 2010; I get you Fon.

[@beavschannel5217]

I love Homeworld, and it was great to see you guys work on such an amazing model from the game. I really hope when Star Citizen goes Gold, that you're able to give one of their ships the same treatment.

[@MagnumN117]

So great to see 2 professional model makers at work and having a fun time!

[@josray2557]

I love seeing the old schoolers do what they do. What an entertaining video. This is always what I wanted to see on movie magic back when I was a kid. I make vehicles and stuff in zbrush for an action figure line and this is basically how I do panels. It has to be simplified but same concept.

[@paullambert4445]

Beautiful build! I have been a model builder all my life. Plastic, slot car, radio control. Vacuum forming for the sections was a fantastic idea. Thanks 🎸🔪

[@shakestheclone1995]

Spectacular. Do more!

[@TheGameBoy56]

I’m so happy we got to see somthing Adam did a while ago and go right back to his old self Crazy

[@joelmulder]

I’d absolutely love to see you guys build more spacecraft!

[@codemonkey2k5]

I love that these processes are being immortalized forever in video so that the artform is never unintentionally lost.

[@Geostationary0rbit]

feels good to hear the designs of the homeworld ships recognised for the amount of effort that went into making them feel visually distinctive in a landscape oversaturated with scifi ships.

[@MrGreenAKAguci00]

We need more of these. Maybe ones that are less time consuming but I very much enjoy watching you two work.

[@leftoverthoughts2275]

I once experimented with salt weathering. I was making a diorama of an old man reactivating a barn-find Bren gun carrier. It's good for bottom edges of car bodies, where rust bubbles start.

[@xarvous]

Hell yeah, Fon AND a spaceship! Scale model spaceships sponsored by [new sci-fi game/show/movie] are always fun videos.

[@stamfordly6463]

I maintain that Homeworld has some of the best world-building of any SF game and it dates right back to the fluff that someone lovingly created for the original. Back when games came in big boxes the manual could be a joy in itself and the writer of Homeworld's created a genuinely interesting and different society for Kharak that made you sad when it got blown up. Other great examples of manuals would be Tie Fighter's novella, Battlezone '98's secret history of the space age and Independence War's space combat primer.

[@nikonshooter71]

More of these. I love seeing multiple people in the shop working on something. Great length of time also.

[@CaptainBrawnson]

I love the Homeworld aesthetic. It was very uniquely informed by how few polygons they could render in the first game, since it was one of the first true 3d RTSs, so shapes were always very bold but simple silhouettes, and then evolved in the second and now third games to keep those simple geometries, but to make them make sense with tons of subtle detail. And I think they found a perfect design language to speak to that with this ship, taking inspiration form contemporary aerospace the same way plenty of sci-fi does, like Star Wars did, but with aerospace inspirations of the 2000s instead of the 60s and 70s. Sort of as if an X-wing were designed by Lockheed-Martin Skunkworks. All those panels have saw-toothed edges you'd see in stealth design, while the main body is one long compound curve with a flared center line, no right angles anywhere, even the little stabilator wings are canted like v-tails. It's a very simple, elegant design, but a LOT of thought went into it.

[@ralphmourik]

This is a great build! The first Homeworld game was my all time favorite RTS to play back in 2000. I cannot join in on the giveaway due to me being on the other side of the world so I just now ordered the Collectors Edition on Amazon 😁👍

[@user-hz7mo1zn5k]

I can't believe,the perfectionist in you is able to let go certain mistakes, but I guess if under certain time constraints. There's really no such thing as a perfect model. Keep up the amazing work. I love it .

[@patrickhennessy510]

What a great build! I just wish Dave Fogler could have been there with them. That would have been an epic build!

[@tested]

No argument here!

[@user-fx6or9wh2k]

such a delight to witness 2 masters at work in their craft

[@Ivanovitch2885]

The salt technique sounds amazing for meteorite or debris strikes.

[@YouGuysAreAmazing]

“That was the thing that surprised me when I started making spaceships.” 😁 Loved watching the build!

[@VoidFish]

Man, only if the devs put this much effort into the game like the effort you put into that model.

[@tarsus84]

That salt technique for paint chips is something ive done forever for scale models, i use hairspray instead of just water, it helps the salt stick better

[@SuperFriendBFG]

Hello Tested, a big part of the inspiration for Homeworld's ship design came from the Terran Trade Authority books from the 70s.

[@Alvadar65]

This, the time you built battle star galactica stuff with Aaron Douglas and the starfield stuff has been some of the best stuff you have done. Not even because its video game stuff, its just something about the process and the sheer weight of knowledge on display. Seeing you get immersed into something like that is fantastic particularly when you get to do it with friends. It also feels super cozy, wish I could do this stuff for a living. The other work you do is obviously fantastic too, we are talking "what flavor of ice cream do you like?" like sure I have a preference but its still all ice cream!

[@dominicdussault95]

I loved loved this video, bring on the videos with Fon and Adam, absolute Joy both of them

[@mcborge1]

Exellent work! If someone want's to make a Homeworld film, they have their first filming minature.

[@owenrichards1418]

I love CGI, but it's wonderful to see you guys doing it old-school and bringing a digital model into 'real' 3D space!

[@alfgundersen1058]

Hey there. it is so super cool. I think it's so cool now that you're making models and it's so cool that you have a friend from the old days, I hope you do it again👍👍👍👍👍👍👍