House of the Dragon's Props Workshop!

[@tested]

All episodes of House of the Dragon S2 are now streaming on #StreamonMax. How House of the Dragon Made a Massive Ballista! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJDGi59oiLWLl9U How House of the Dragon Makes Dragonfire: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGTTZaOqgNhlkJo The Swords of House of the Dragon: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXi9hmOohpenatU Adam Savage Tours the House of the Dragon Action Prop Storage Facility! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHitq6Z3p7mCgas

[@Happy_Cheese_Real]

Hello Adam. I watched Mythbusters and it was epic with all its crazy science experiments. Found out your channel and it is very EPIC🎉🎉.

[@deanallenjones]

the wood working on the chairs was next level. Can't believe they do all that from scratch instead of repuroposing somthing. Amazing work

[@Cosmicmayo-v]

I made the etched nickel silver parts, cool to see how they get used! Love the house of dragons prop videos, looking forward to see if you did an armour one as I also etched alot of stuff for them!

[@Outland9000]

Very interesting technique! Give's me a lot of ideas and inspiration for some little projects I have in mind. Thinking about making a three-part teak wood DM screen with Soss invisible hinges and a scrollwork etched nickel silver edging.

[@tested]

Very cool!!!!

[@Outland9000]

@@tested Should be nice... maybe I post on Insta'.

[@Outland9000]

@@g60force lol

[@wherknprogress]

@@Outland9000 i actually understood everything you just said... and it sounds awesome!

[@dorknuckle]

Adam you were so polite and genuinely interested what a gentleman. What interesting lives people lead! Who knew this was a job - just wow!

[@yesterlife]

It's fantastic to see that not everything has to be done using CGI Although it slightly blows my mind to think how much it must have all cost 🤯 But whoever picked up the tab I salute you . An epic in every regard !

[@arghjayem]

You do realise CGI isn’t cheap right? In fact it is often just as if not more expensive than practical sets and props?

[@superkaboose1066]

That wood working was insane, and the amount of work for that massive city, so well done.

[@daveco1270]

The amount of money this show must spend on details that 90 percent of people don't even notice, is insane. Like those 3 wooden chairs. The guy that made them does amazing work but I couldn't tell you if I saw them in the show or not...and I'm pretty sure the camera wouldn't know the difference between painted silver and actual applied metal. Whatever HBO is giving them for a budget, at least they're putting that money on the screen. I want one of those chairs. That guy could make a nice side business recreating the HOD Kings Chairs and selling them.

[@beden653]

To tell the truth, I noticed these chairs back in the first season and was amazed by the quality (even considering that the details are hard to see in the series). Even then it seemed authentic and comfortable to me.

[@at0mly]

You say that but then you go watch shows that don't do this and just shoot on the Volume and you really feel the difference.

[@Gundumb_guy]

Yea and it’s a shame that the half the writing is shyte this season.

[@JolynBowler]

@daveco1270 Not insanity... pure genius. We would notice! 💙🌻💙

[@plainnpretty]

I would notice

[@SuperDesignermatt]

It’s so great to see Great British movie craftsmen and women showcased on Tested. Ghostbusters and now HOTD. The UK is killing it with production facilities at the mo! Makes me wish I’d changed industries before I was 30, now I’m 41 and it’s impossible. I was offered a Trainee SfX position by a friend who works on HOTD, but I couldn’t take the hit on finances!

[@annaventuree]

Back when the first trailers for season two aired, I noticed that the king’s council chair had more steel on it than it had during Viserys’ reign, and I was blown away by the level of detail that the prop modelers/designers/etc have put into this show. Each prop has a story of its own, and even though that story may go unnoticed by some, some people (like me) do notice them! I’m so excited that I finally found a video where someone is talking about these chairs. I’ve been obsessed with them since the trailer! 😅

[@reluctantme5183]

When I did antique furniture restoration ... I had insetted brass, lead and ivory inlay into needed areas of such real world pieces. It was fun and unique being a part of each pieces history and providence. Nice work on House of the Dragon's props!

[@sithinstructor]

It's so good. Not sure how many people appreciate how much work that is. They are works of art.

[@JXZ2]

One of my favorite hobbies that I never tried to do myself, making models. I have built RC truck kits and things like that but I have never built a model and I absolutely love seeing them and watching them be built. It's something I want to get into, soon. Thank you for sharing this with us, Adam. I know a lot about RC, perhaps the combination is inevitable.

[@hermesz_]

I remember that Tom felt guilty for destroying the set too

[@Watchmedome3017]

This is too cool! Love it! The show is really making up for seasons 7and8 of Game if thrones

[@seanmcdonald4686]

Adam, you have the absolute best haircut/hairstyle that I’ve ever seen on a balding guy. That may sound like a back-handed compliment but it really isn’t. I’m a guy with thinning hair who has been looking for examples of good haircuts for guys like us. I hate haircuts that just try to hide the issue; beyond just looking cowardly they usually don’t work, and when they do, it’s often only from certain angles. I was looking for examples of guys who embrace their thinning hair and cut it to look as good as possible. In my opinion, you’re the gold standard. I sort of doubt that you’ll ever see this, but if you do, thank you.

[@pyroman32123]

Wow, honestly thought maybe 1/4 of the amount of work would have been put into something like this. like foam, cast, paint, done. Incredibly impressive basically all of it was actual wood/metal! Ty for the inside peek. Id love to do this kind of work, but yeah, financially cant do a ton alone to build a portfolio, need something like that to get in with a group like this lol

[@Gilles17000]

those épisodes are awesome and we discover so much on the behind the scene of the props ! there is so much that is done and that we never really see on screen, but if those details were not there, we would notice it immediately, something would feel wrong.

[@stevemuzak8526]

They went full Weta Workshop style on that show. Insane attention to details

[@mooferoo]

This series of videos has been great. Basically they're just genuinely making most things.

[@EastyyBlogspot]

I love miniatures and bigatures so much

[@Sharp_Stone]

Yeah Adam wants to have that chair for his cave now x'D

[@xwiick]

Furniture makers everywhere!, Design something Like this. I don't want furniture to look from the future. I would happily eat meals or play boardgames, heck ill even watch KZbin in a chair like that!

[@nathkrupa3463]

Awesome work sir 👏 😊

[@HarryNansen]

I imagine that Adam wants one of the chairs for himself when the series is done, and I think I know which one he'd prefer the most!

[@matthewkantar]

Interesting building the chairs are in, would like to learn more about it.

[@georgetropicana9317]

That tiny hammer would be a fine addition to Adam’s collection lol

[@geraldstiling3735]

A thousand years of aged chair ..🧙🏼‍♂️."Can you have ready for next Tuesday 😂

[@StuSaville]

Of all the despicable things Aegon did on the show, smashing his dad's model was the worst.

[@fayedunaway8]

Fuck the Lego set. Give him space, his son just died.

[@biffboffo]

The furniture maker is an artist.

[@86fifty]

0:20 - he looks... like me! I've never seen anyone that looks LIKE ME so closely that I'm sure I'm not related to! I just... I just can't fkin get over it. I never see red-bearded men in anything! This is so trippy!

[@fpham8004]

Funny when watching the props alone is more satisfying than watching the series.

[@pinkeinke2]

Cool!

[@timaidley7801]

It's a pleasure to see really good craftsmanship, and to see how it was all done. But there's another very distinct pleasure in watching someone else who understands the process of craftsmanship really appreciate the craftsmanship in someone else's work. (Also - what would be a good gender-neutral alternative to the term 'craftsmanship'?)

[@tested]

Really appreciate that comment, thank you.

[@Trench777]

The throne is magnificent!

[@Kumimono]

One wonders, if, minor, imperfections, ever make it to the finished story? Like, during shooting, some bit of a throne, snagged a cloak. The actors did their thing, and in a later scene, we see a craftsman smoothing out that snag.

[@DixonErHands]

FYI, Plex has a live channel that runs the earlier seasons of the OG crew of Mythbusters 24/7

[@KSMechanicalEngineering]

Great video

[@timfitzsimmons8663]

The design planning for cutting out an effectively 2-D metal piece to be pressed and hammered onto a 3-D chair is an interesting challenge

[@arghjayem]

It’s historically how things like that were done! 🤷

[@ellblake]

3:17 this is incorrect. As Viserys clearly explains to young Alicent, he does not make the models. The stonemakers do the work. Viserys does the research and tells them what to make.

[@Thomas_Esson]

Still seems like valid phrasing; perfectly reasonable that his hand-drawn plans might become simpler due to diminished abilities from aging / illness, yielding simpler carvings.

[@jonnil1997]

Are there not scenes in season one where he does some hand work on it?

[@domjones-of-wales]

I want that chair soooo much ❤

[@МарияИвликова]

Destroying the model was kind of symbol of Aegon destroying the House of Dragon itself. I like the dragon's heads on chair, so cool👍

[@davidjames1389]

So who's chairs were those btw? There are so many different castles and lords on this show it's hard to keep track of them all. Lol

[@Thomas_Esson]

The small council in the Red Keep - seating the king, the hand, the master of coin, the master of ships, etc.

[@AaronSof]

Crazy how much work goes into the background that you don't see on screen. The rest of the crew could learn something about effort and commitment.

[@bodyrot2794]

My take on 3-D printers I’m sure is not a popular one in regards to model making. Although more convenient and accurate it’s like a musician that doesn’t write their own songs. It’s just not quite the same, just a little less impressive.

[@sarahwhite5785]

It just makes me sad that time that used to be spent creating with hands, really making something, is now spent in front of a screen and essentially cleaning up and assembling prints. It's impressive but ends up looking almost CGI it's so neat. 🤷

[@theboxflower]

Kinda hard to watch this knowing that the shorter season and lack of a real season finale was due to budget. Definitely a part of me that would have preferred ikea furniture and a satisfying ending

[@ELFBOYMUSIC]

Elves are the future of rap music

[@marypasco2213]

Is ‘House of Dragons’ PRE or POST ‘Game of Thrones’? Or something else altogether?

[@Thomas_Esson]

pre-GOT

[@marypasco2213]

@@Thomas_Esson - TY

[@bgtyhnmju7]

11:58

[@ReedCBowman]

Seems weird to me that Adam is so surprised it's hand carving. It would take much more time and effort to CAD that stuff than to carve it. If you needed half a dozen identical ones to abuse and destroy on set, then I can see it, but otherwise, it would have been weird to me if they had CADed it instead of carving with gouges and chisels.

[@SophiaAphrodite]

It is cool to see the practical effects this show. I thought GoT was one of the worst shows ever so have not bothered with this. Does not mean I cannot appreciate the work that goes into making it all.

[@NaenaeBoy]

Be nice if you did stuff on tbe actual set building. The construction of sets is always ignored

[@zachmoyer1849]

i sometimes wonder if adam hears the timelines and thinks "i would have had to have this done in two weeks". lol the model is impressive but 8 months?

[@arghjayem]

Because they’re doing more than just that one model. Shit takes time to be done right. And you think Savage just knocked up a camera ready model in a couple of weeks? Production on the Phantom Menace began in 1994- 3 years out from filming and four years from the release date. They were still building props and models for shots right up until filming began and whilst the shoot was going on. It takes a lot of work and a lot of time to make decent props and models for a production. Knocking things up in a couple of weeks is how you end up with the kind of work found on the Rings of Power! 😂

[@zachmoyer1849]

@@arghjayem Pretty sure that team just worked on the model, and I misheard; they said 3.5 months, which is more realistic. But Adam said how he knocked up a model of the Jawa Hangar in a day for a trailer back in the day. I'm not saying it's a 1:1 comparison, but it just seems these guys have generous timeframes, even given modern techniques like CNC milling and printing. Your example of Episode One includes writing, making the concept art, and location scouting, but the prop and set building took place over about a year before filming, and presumably with more workload. Ironically enough, the budgets are pretty similar with inflation.

[@davenelson8187]

Just think of the monies they could recoup if they sold off these props! In time, maybe…

[@Thomas_Esson]

Well, Heritage just unveiled a GoT studio auction, and the showrunner is a collector with a podcast all about collecting, so I'd expect it's likely.

[@ronw86]

Did Kari and Tory really have to ride the bus home after failing the lie detector test

[@JH-ne7mr]

Did you uncover anything that looked like a decent storyline and not just filler in that workshop at all? 😂

[@MauseDays]

I had no clue until today that GOT HOD used practicals along with matt smith being the headliner and this i gotta check it out now

[@cornerliston]

Lovely. One cause for irritation about props is the physics. It's not synced with real physical behaviour and ruines the impression. And the always so funny situation when an actor carries a box, bag or such, and it's so obviously not filled with anything.

[@purefoldnz3070]

George sure isnt happy with the production of the show right now.

[@lip03pd]

Oh man.... That 1st guy with the westerose model....... If Adam savage wants to know in detail about your model DO NOT! Give a 7 or 8 word answer! If Adam had asked me to explain in detail something I'd made, I would talk..... For hours 😂 just to have the time with him shooting the breeze about model building, what a waste of an opportunity to deep dive with one of the greats 😢

[@uriituw]

Let the interviewee speak. Stop answering for him!

[@Tensen01]

He's not answering for them, he's repeating what he thought they said because he's struggling to understand what they are saying through their accent.

[@uriituw]

@@Tensen01 He isn’t able to repeat what they say. He doesn’t get to hear what they say.

[@schmeat2717]

All this amazing work, for lackluster writing. Sad. Why have writers for shows and movies become so terrrible??

[@Bassquake76]

All thats left is it needs better writers!

[@kieranstevens5535]

And a bigger budget, HBO (WB and Zaslav) keeps cutting theirs, the rewrites were a product of the budget cut.

[@E50creative]

HI ADAM

[@shaggycan]

The show looks great, but the writing.... Got to S2E4 and I couldn't believe the obvious traps fallen into and bad decisions everyone made. There is this cliche in GoT that every win must be simultaneously undercut by a loss that is wearing thin with me.

[@J_ads2000]

That’s exactly the source material. This whole war is just a plot device to kill the dragons. Rhaenys going alone to rooks rest after Luke was just killed is what George planned. Book spoilers… Moondancer and Sunfyre both flying above dragonstone at the exact same time is written as a coincidence to kill a dragon off. Seasmoke arriving at tumbleton the same exact time Vermithor was getting enraged. Causing three dragon deaths. Syrax just landing at the dragonpit to die… George’s crappy writing. Point being, they can’t fix George’s story. When they do deviate people hate it. When they don’t, they get the blame.

[@MotSter]

IMHO house of dragons sucks. and FACT ill be glad when this advertising spot for them ends.

[@jonnil1997]

Even if you dont like the show surely you can appreciate these amazing props, the thing this channel is about anyways. Even if I didnt like the Ghost in the Shell remake I still loved seing the really cool props and all the work that went into it.

[@th3corruptone]

He really needs to stop talking and trying to tell them how to do their job. "You do this, you do that" No. Stop.

[@J3llybeanAray]

AVP 👽 We are using return shuttles/ on emergency 🦺/ at least one /