Adam Savage Geeks Out Over EVA Foam Scale Maille!

[@MuchProps]

Thanks so much for the kind words and showing off my helmet. You are a legend and the Tested crew is awesome too. Can't stop smiling. You made my day, month, year etc. Glad to see others get excited about awesome products put out by Ben and Stephanie. 😁👊

[@skrimper]

I can't imagine how happy it made you to see Adam plop that helmet onto his head while geeking out 😆 great work!

[@drath5679]

Credit where credit is due way to go @Muchprops I follow you on all of your social media and it's cool to see two of my favorite prop makers come together

[@wobblysauce]

That work is great... you don't need to do it 100%, but the 90% gets you there.

[@thorzyan]

You made some epic gear, kudos!

[@GoldSabre]

Yo your helmet looks absolutely incredible, it makes me want to describe the armour people wear in TTRPGs with more detail and colour than a generic "metal helmet"

[@Bingogame544]

I will never get tired of adams love for every level of making

[@beckymurphy4714]

"Adam Savage Geeks Out...About Everything!"

[@HungryHungryShoggoth]

His enthusiasm really is contagious

[@ZekkSkywalk]

Adam, you know what this means, right? You need to deck yourself out as one of the Rohirrim in Lord of the Rings. Grind out a sword, put together some chain and scale mail, and answer your king's call.

[@coredumperror]

The beacons are lit! Gondor calls for aid!

[@o.s.2056]

@@coredumperror Forth, and fear no darkness! Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered, a sword-day, a red day ere the sun rises!

[@jamesgreen5298]

"Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, And the bright hair flowing?"

[@SlyBlu7]

Probably the best use of this stuff honestly. It doesn't flow with same weight as the metal "real deal," so you lose the illusion a tiny bit when it hangs free. But the Rohirrim stitch their armor down to the cloth underneath. You could layer this stuff over a hard plastic chest armor and it would look excellent. I just wouldn't let it hang free from a helmet or such.

[@TestarossaF110]

grind out? full foam or riot!!! would love to see an full foam realistic armor and set that Adam can make with this stuff and his skills.

[@tested]

EVA Foam Scaillemaille Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/stephaniechan/foam-armory-eva-foam-scaillemaille Foam Armory: foamarmory.com Helmet by Much Props (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHWymmOah5aHgrs)

[@johnpaul11112]

First hour

[@hawtzauce5897]

Tis but a flesh wound... Ur arms off... 😂

[@thenerdyarab7622]

Link to Much Props channel?

[@EddieLopez711]

Hey Adam... time to add ro your cap suit.

[@tested]

@@thenerdyarab7622 kzbin.info/door/T_lSF6J9uKh_UaGPtjGokg

[@EvilTedSmith]

I love the foam chain mail from Foam armory. So glad Adam is telling the world about!

[@DesertRatPainting]

Soon we'll have some fantastic Shardplate cosplays with this scale mail.

[@nuclearduck13]

I'm looking forward to that!

[@jaelncampbell4479]

I thought I was the only one! I’m reading the storm light archive now

[@gildedbear5355]

I see the Cosmere, I like.

[@KuraiLunae]

Not enough people know of the Cosmere. Glad to find another fan!

[@darceew]

Omg yes

[@brandonyoung-kemkes1128]

What an awesome Progression of innovation. It’s nice to get to see a prototype grow. And also what a beautiful gift that helmet is.

[@cooper5324]

I feel like if you have a loose knit and add some weights on the bottom it would move and flow more like maille. It might be problematic if you want something really durable, but it would be interesting to experiment with different techniques to sell the maille effect.

[@SkeleTonHammer]

If you ran/glued a strip of material down the scale (on the side it won't be seen) that is connected to the weight instead of attaching the weight directly to the scale at the bottom, you could let that strip take all the "hang" of the weight and drastically reduce the damage done to the actual foam scale itself, I wager.

[@goldcd]

My guess is that the 'flow' of mail is combination of the weight and lack of friction between the pieces. I've 3D printed mail out of plastic and whilst light, looks/feels correct. My guess is that the problem with the 3D foam is that the pieces have a fair amount of friction between them (being rubbery foam and all). Maybe coat the pieces in something that'll harden, as you assemble the rows? (Although might be a pain as likely to stick all the scales together..)

[@carolbaker2773]

@@goldcd Thats an interesting idea thought. My first gut feeling would be to dip just the scale part in resin and leave the weave bit. Like have them hang from the circular top with dowel rods. I dont know though how the foam would handle the heat from the resin reaction or if the resin will stick to foam in the first place.

[@beckymurphy4714]

@@goldcd I did a suit of dragon armor (helm, pauldrons, cuirass all had scales; greaves, sabatons and bracers had flat scales) and I used regular Krylon spray primer followed by hand-painted acrylics. The result is the foam sort of...dried out, but is still flexible. When you run your hand down the scales they sound like actual scales.

[@ev6558]

Agreed, this stuff is very obviously not real maille. Doesn't lay or move properly, not to mention that it has no sheen that metal should have so good luck doing anything that looks properly historical instead of just some black fantasy armor.

[@murdmeatpopsicle381]

You could probably "scale" (hehe) that up and do dragon scale armor! Looks amazing!

[@twodumbgamers9285]

Hehehe

[@harleyrobertson73]

We need to see a foam amour helmet or gauntlet build with this scalemail 👍🤘

[@optic_scythes]

Needs kickstarter to get project going

[@kristyvenable2043]

Here’s the build by Much Props. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHWymmOah5aHgrs

[@harleyrobertson73]

@@kristyvenable2043 thank you 👍

[@Patriquinc]

I can’t wait to see someone use this to make the Captain America suit.

[@escherbleakwood4862]

Thats 100% what my plan is 🙂

[@CommanderLobo]

Or a classic Aquaman suit!

[@Saintbow]

I'm going to use it for the arms of Endgames Thor's armor.

[@blackshadow-_-c9441]

But the captain america suit isnt chainmail or scalemail though.

[@bored_boar]

@@blackshadow-_-c9441 I think they're referring to the classic comic suit with the scale mail.

[@thesausage351]

I’m a pretty humble bloke, but I’ve always wanted to put a full suit of armour in my hallway. Maybe one day I’ll be able to do it.

[@spaceman9599]

I'm also intrigued by the possibilities of carbon fibre Japanese laminate armour

[@Briguy1027]

Impressed with Adam's knowledge of artistic and crafting techniques.

[@FredrikHaugen]

This would look soooo much better in a movie than the "knitted and metal-painted" chainmail you see in most tv/movie-productions. You can use this on extras a bit from the camera while the main actors wear modern/real thing.

[@sarahchapman3082]

Loved seeing this video and ended up backing the creators on kickstarter hoping to create my own beautiful pieces for costuming. Unfortunately over almost 2 years later and still have recieved nothing from them and no response either.

[@flintsardog]

Your enthusiasm is awesome!

[@naomismith3106]

Thomas over it much props is amazing not only is he an awesome maker but he is a school teacher and we just need more people in the world like him.

[@Djynni]

I'm so impressed with the foam armor building pieces! Just genius what they have done! I also really love that helmet!

[@ARockyRock]

My entire family is geeking out over this as well.

[@kasbakgaming]

As someone who has done full hand crafted crafted chainmail for about 12 years, I am of course biased, but nothing will ever beat the feel of actual rings for me. Even if it's just aluminum, the way it moves and actually has some weight to it makes a huge difference.

[@lDrFuManchul]

The real use I see here is to make better movie hero armor. So the actors don’t have to train how to wear and won’t hurt themselves while doing light fighting scenes.

[@rdizzy1]

Yeah but cosplaying all day long is exhausting to walk around in real metal chainmail.

[@kasbakgaming]

@@rdizzy1 I've made a shirt of English 4-in-1 out of aluminum suitable for cosplaying. It weights about ten pounds, but spread across your entire torso, that's nothing. I've spent entire weekends in that shirt at conventions and never had a problem. The difference is the time factor to make it. With this foam stuff you could probably put it together in a weekend. My shirt took me over four months to finish. Just depends on how much time you want to devote to the craft.

[@ev6558]

@@rdizzy1 Then you need to see a doctor or put down the cheetos. You shouldn't be getting exhausted from a few pounds of armor.

[@rdizzy1]

@@ev6558 Well , yeah, I'm an average American. But aside from that many of the people doing cosplay are also tiny women, like 90lbs.

[@xero1951]

I said Dude right as you did when you pulled out the helmet. Dang that looks good

[@traciakierman1]

WTG Ben and Stephanie! It's exciting to see Thomas's helmet featured as well.

[@forgotn42]

I love that the title is a call back to the previous video.

[@843jack1]

can't wait for my laser cutting machine to come, just from looking that this video I have made my own of this scale mail in three different sizes. can't wait to create my own armor sets.

[@jamesreynolds1275]

Love Adams reaction!!! I would be the same way!!

[@melslix]

dude! you need to open a gallery or museum for all these costume and prop pieces

[@Guru_Swami]

Wow, that helmet is absolutely stunning!

[@DrewSpeedDemon]

This is gonna revolutionize movie and theater productions.

[@SlyBlu7]

The intersection of speed, accuracy, and cost looks spot on. I can tell that it's not real scale/chain because it doesn't move or hang with the same weight as metal armor. But for someone who doesn't want to spend a ton of money on premade steel items, or a ton of time making their own from wire or sheet, and who would rather walk all day in 5oz of foam instead of 5lbs of metal and leather - yeah, this stuff is awesome.

[@philabot]

Much props is an awesome channel, I have been following years!

[@MuchProps]

😁👊

[@MrFarnanonical]

I'd like to see a full maille hauberk made from foam, painted, and everything. Then again I'd also like to see how well you could make a knitted maille hauberk and how realistic it looks after it's painted and everything. You know exactly what I'm talking about Adam. The Chainmail from all the old great movies set in the high middle ages. My favorite examples being The Adventures of Robinhood, the 1938 movie with Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, and Basil Rathbone, AND also in Monty Python and the holy grail.

[@Macalicious]

I ended up making my AoA Loki cosplay by cutting out over 500 pieces of foam scales and painting them individually... Never again. I'm so happy this came out!

[@Deckard575]

Just pledged, one step closer to my Kurgan armor getting finished.

[@engineeredlifeform]

'Highlander' is one of my favourite films, and back in the day, I had a leather jacket with chainmail hanging off the shoulder a la Kurgan. I was in the local comic book shop and a chap came in wearing a raincoat and Diadora trainers a la MacLeod. . The look on the owner's face was priceless.

[@Deckard575]

@@engineeredlifeform I'll pop a pic on when it's a bit more complete. I do have a version of the Kurgan Briefcase sword to complete as well.

[@TylerSnyder305]

I'm not even into this whole costume scene ( only do Halloween costumes and never pop culture or fantasy ...ect ) and I think this is cool. The idea that one can so easily create chain maile and achieve a full suit of armor in probably just a week or two with some help from a KZbin tutorial is great for kids.

[@RodThePuppetGuy]

ADAM thank you for inspiring me to start my own puppet channel. YOU ROCK!

[@1COMIXMAN]

I remember about 20 years ago helping a friend collect soda and beer cans for the aluminum. I thought he was gonna cash em in but nope. He cut them in thin strips got a a really thin wooden dowel and rapped the aluminum strips long ways around the dowel and glued on side I side of it then when the glue dried he flattened em with a rubber mallet then curved em into rinds useing the mallet and a thicker wood dowel. Then he just startle weaving his mail armor useing solder to join the ends together then he took a Buffy and polished it. Man that looked really good.he was a larper. His outfit was a mix between a light food soldier and a viking. The next time he made scale armor. He used leather to wear it together and more cans. Ugh my hands hurt just from the memory of cutting out those scales from the cans. He rolled the edges of the scale so they weren't sharp then painted then gold. He went full Viking that year.

[@Matt_E_96]

ok, i freakin want that helmet... it's amazing

[@MuchProps]

😁👊 there is a free template for it on my video where I built it.

[@Darkbirdy]

That mail + that helmet = Tested VR Season 3!

[@DeadNotSleeping789]

Awesome! I can't wait until they work on different sizes, then I'll definitely be buying.

[@andrewjeisenman]

Oh goodness, you could totally do a lightweight version of the 2002-style scalemale Captain America from the comics for like, the 1st time ever

[@Kurock1000]

100% unrelated. I was playing Civ 6.. and BAM Adam Savage quote, read by Sean Bean it was terrifyingly awesome. "Let’s get on our knees and pray. I don’t know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics yet?" - Adam Savage

[@Original50]

That tennis-elbow do-hicky works!

[@edbe7385]

I unsuccessfully tried this at home. I used my Cricut using chain and scale mail patterns and was never able to get them to "knit" properly. The foam that I'm using is 1mm which is too thin / soft for the chain mail, the scale mail seemed to be better for that foam however I still couldn't knit it. Would love to see a fully vetted video on the topic that covers the knitting process in more detail.

[@hannahstewart5337]

I just bought some of this stuff at a con! I'm so excited to use it!😁

[@TMWriting]

I don't know how that reads in person or how it handles, but that helmet looks spectacular in this video!

[@MuchProps]

😁👊

[@jarl_fontan]

I have never watched this channel but I know who you are. That being said, your excitement was infectious and I smiled like an idiot watching you geek out over this. Some day I will need to get my norse armor made from this stuff because i looks amazing and I imagine it will be less expensive than the real deal.

[@beckymurphy4714]

And the little pop-outs from the rings can be used as rivets, like Odin Abbot is doing on his Mechagodzilla suit.

[@angelicgoon5252]

Your videos have my signing back up for college to finish my applied science in manufacturing degree

[@SP_3333]

Love it. Thanks for sharing this.

[@KristofferEk]

so will you be making your own foam armour with that stuff as a "one day build"?

[@jamesbruce1975]

I think this is great for cosplay but honestly I think the value in this will be extras in cinema. Lord of the Rings showed us that nothing quite compares to real armour (minus the mail) and real weapons in the hands of your hero actors. But an economical way to give a similar level of quality to every extra in a film... that's a game changer!

[@zaqway]

I was wondering "is this a reupload? seems strange, since nobody mentions it in the comments... and then around 0:30 Adam answers the questions of my inner monologue. Great to see this project/product evolve and progress!

[@kristofferhellstrom]

Wow.. That looks amazing

[@EthanfromEngland-]

Really amazing. Those scales could be used for so much more than armour as well! Fantastic looking helmet

[@TardisPilot2004]

That’s super cool! I’ve been wanting to do a Dark Souls cosplay, that stuff might be perfect.

[@LazyBunnyKiera]

Yes! i wanted the scale mail too. Times like these i wish i had a laser cutter so i could DIY some with different shape scales. Since i like the idea of dragon scale and other scale styles.

[@justinespirit2]

Ah yes something for an Aquaman cosplay!!

[@xXCREEKSTARXx]

This is awesome for costumes and sorta stuff.

[@georgiede]

Wow! My castmates on the national tour of Camelot would have appreciated this!

[@BulletMagnetMan]

Wow! That's amazing!! Might be time for me to armour up.

[@Clonewar501st]

Yay i luv much props he makes awesome stuff so cool to see this on here i watched him make it last week👊🏻🤘🏻

[@MuchProps]

😁👊

[@jofknoll]

now thats going to sell very well

[@JLikesStarWars]

Guys today I went into Hobby Lobby and they had this stuff for sale!!! You can actually buy this and make foam chainmail yourself!!

[@williamhart4896]

You guys at foam armory are very cool in Calgary lol I'm in Edmonton and backed your Kickstarter at bronze level

[@kennethwinkelman3530]

That certainly puts my beer tab chainmail shirt project to shame.

[@thechumpsbeendumped.7797]

That helmet looks amazing.

[@saberwarthog]

Just got the early bird Brass level on the Kickstarter, I can't wait to see what can be done with this !

[@WookieWoman]

Ok... This is pretty freaking cool.

[@adamsavage356]

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[@MrGlennJohnsen]

That helmet and material is so pretty!

[@freqenc]

I would geek out too. That's amazing.

[@Duplicitousthoughtformentity]

If you have a postage service with dragon messengers, would you say it’s Scalemail?

[@wilfredodiaz8743]

Looks amazing!!!

[@anothergoogleuser]

Thanks for sharing.

[@Yora21]

Great stuff for the cost and time it takes to make. But is there a way to make the chain and scale look less stiff? The foam is both very light and springy, while chain is both heavy and flexible.

[@Bail.e_y]

I love armour and vikings and this helmet is incredibly cool

[@slyful8358]

Sending good vibes from The Bay!

[@Theregoesfame]

A great video for the future: Foam scrap and what to do with it! There's lots of small buts here and it'd be a shame to let it go to waste.

[@inigomontoya6968]

Flipping fantastic!

[@americanmechanic909]

Adam, i would love to see what your personal idea of what a full plate suit of armor should look like, but for cosplay.

[@bonbon3709]

THIS IS FOKEN AWESOME

[@kaptainkc0016]

Hi Adam! I was just wondering, what happened to all of your awesome raptor suit videos? I really enjoyed them! 😃

[@TheVergile]

cosplay of the future: foam chainmail with built in arduino that plays metal clanking sounds based of a footstep counter

[@nuyabuisness7526]

I would love to see someone do something larger like a scale shirt or sleeves and see how it handles wear and tear. I would think you would need to layer it on some other material like fabric if you wanted to get away with larger pieces, or be able to mount something else to it.

[@amiejo]

Could you add an option to purchase the cut file/svg of the pattern for folks that have a cutting machine/cricut and want to cut their own? (For personal use, of course)

[@Ventuskeymaster]

I love your cosplay videos, plz keep doing more different ones.

[@something0ranother79]

glad you tried the helmet on, was wondering if it was built to scale

[@BomageMinimart]

This totally fucking rocks!

[@Jeffthermite]

Thats BEAUTIFUL!

[@Chess_Hoss]

Truly awesome, I would like to see them make dragon scales.

[@chrismanuel9768]

That's... amazing

[@jiorts]

now if they could made bigger scaleplates and maybe some round ones without a pointy tip, or just rectangular ones would be awesome

[@ericdebernardi2291]

I love you for spelling "maille" right ❤️ sick of people (even in the reenactment/archaeology/history community) spelling it bloody "mail"!

[@jimbeam8338]

"Mail" comes from middle English "mayle" which is taken from the French "maille". Different =/= incorrect

[@fancydeer]

wow, this is amazing. I wonder how durable this stuff is?

[@consciouslasagne354]

wow, awesome! very nice.

[@Scott_A]

That stuff is awesome 👌

[@WolfRose11]

Soooo.... It's basically made of knitting with foam. Cool. And I started writing this comment before he said it was knit together. 😅

[@sailingeric]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing

[@DragonessKim]

It looks brilliant, but that foam is so fine. How durable is it? =S

[@rummskullvonchang]

Business chain in the front, party scale in the back.

[@StuartMaginnis]

Still wish it was just Adam on his own.