Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Aliens Colonial Marines Shoulder Lamp!

Adam's next big costume project has begun, and it's a painstaking replica of the Colonial Marines armor from the movie Aliens. As part of that ongoing project, he has to fabricate several prop pieces that fit onto the armor, including a distinctive shoulder lamp worn by the characters. And interestingly, most of the components that make up this prop come from found parts that anyone can source online. Thanks to machinist and propmaker Victor Broadley for helping Adam source the parts for this build!
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[@Tony-dh7mz]

Ha! the 3D printer is the live CGI of today,

[@Valdarko]

where is the Prospect (2018) movie episode? i thought when that movie came out Adam would go crazy with the suits design, and its an independent movie with a very tight budget, there is a lot of DIY things in there, think you guys should take look

[@deelirious_one3893]

What’s with the band around your arm? Thanks for the vid! Always watch before I soeep

[@jesseshort8]

@@deelirious_one3893 I'm a bit behind here but better late than never, right? It's to support/relieve tennis elbow.

[@ElJohnerino]

Oh! Oh! Right at the end - That's for the motion tracker! EEP!

[@shadowhenge7118]

Cant wait for that one. Especially if he could get a working screen off an arduino build or something. Hell maybe even get it working with a motion sensor from a security light or something.

[@brianartillery]

@@shadowhenge7118 Or the motion sensor he removed from the alarm box here.

[@nline2blast722]

Hammer drill

[@chalaohp]

Is it??!!! Yey!!!!

[@Merennulli]

Thank you person in the comments. :)

[@JerryD9000]

I will never forget seeing my dad's fancy oil drain pan, painted black and about 6 of them, lining the wall of the Borg ship in star trek TNG. It was one of those appreciate the craft moments.

[@Sock66]

When Adam racked the action on the grenade launcher I had a good "Oh god thats satisfyingly meaty" chuckle, Im sure Im not alone there!

[@Squirrelking4395]

They had one on display in Leeds Armouries when I visited, sadly it was behind glass but my god did it look good!

[@jeremybeamer3029]

No, you are not.

[@dorsk84]

It's a cut down Remington 870 IIRC (I have one and it's like really satisfying to pump) with a SPAS-12 grip put on backwards....

[@Squirrelking4395]

@@dorsk84 plus a Thomson SMG in there somewhere.

[@robmoab3410]

It measures "micro changes in air density" This was my dad's favorite line from the original alien movie. Miss you dad.....

[@grayeaglej]

Microphone, its a Microphone. Glad you had a good Daddio. ^-^

[@hullinstruments]

Lost my mom this year and in the process of losing my dad. I am very sorry and I hope that with the time and the sadness fades a bit and you remember all of the good things.

[@wayneclayton5426]

'Guess we won't need this motion sensor any more' - famous last word for a colonial trooper

[@sledgesworld]

Put Her in charge. Great line. Just love the Uncut Movie.

[@jacobbaczkowski7924]

Adam, I can't express enough how much joy I get watching you on KZbin. It reminds me of being a kid watching Mythbusters. I'm very glad you found another platform to express your creativity and knowledge, and show off your craftsmanship to an audience that should be paying for such a professional talent! Thank you so much, I hope you have a wonderful day and happy belated Father's Day!

[@rustyforceps1012]

I’d like to see you build the “bathroom buddy” from Gremlins.

[@MagnaRyuuDesigns]

When you run out of the Brown Bess. Vallejo color number 871 is a pretty spot on substitution

[@PepperPete11]

Hey thanks for that.

[@fleamarketkeanu]

Defo just screen shotted this; I've been trying to figure out how to paint my 40k army, and felt inspired by the Brown Bess

[@pharmit24]

Ironically I just finished watching Aliens for the first time and loved it and while watching it I was like I'm pretty sure Adam Savage have done one day builds from the movie and here I am!

[@katbairwell]

Oh that's brilliant, it is one of those films that I wish I could see for the first time once again!

[@Lethgar_Smith]

@@katbairwellThat's why people watch reaction videos. it's a way for people to relive that experience vicariously through another.

[@katbairwell]

@@Lethgar_Smith Ha! I never understood why they were so popular, now I get it! Thank you!

[@mickeypye2593]

guy actually updates a Chicago typewritter with a digital readout and housing ... the vid is on youtube

[@OMrkithO]

He is gonna build all the props, sets and the actual alien from that movie and remake it in the man cave! XD XD

[@TheAngryAstronomer]

When Adam gets to prop building it's game over man, game over.

[@RS-ls7mm]

Maybe we can build a fire, sing a couple of songs.

[@thomasbecker9676]

He built a replica of a replica.

[@FUBARguy107]

Damn it I miss Bill Paxton so much.

[@claushollen]

Why don't we put him in charge???

[@alaric_]

They mostly come out at night, mostly.

[@ArcticFox63]

Excited for the Pulse Rifle. One of the most iconic movie weapons.

[@fen4554]

The sound of the underbarrel charging handle makes me weak in the knees. Sounds like the good one that adam has is made using real shotgun mechs.

[@89ludeawakening1]

@@fen4554 it is a real shotgun. It's made from a Remington 870 with the firing pin removed.

[@danielclement2832]

Great! Nice to finally see good details on how that light was done. Looking forward to the motion tracker! Weird seeing the pulse rifle brown, but yeah, lighting. Thanks Adam! Thanks Tested team!

[@SciPunk215]

... in which you get to see a cup and rag as Adam does his painting off camera. LOL

[@calvinmesser5428]

Hi there Adam I'm so happy that I found that you do this type of things on KZbin I absolutely enjoy watching you make all the different costumes and props you make it brings joy to me to watch all the awesome things you build

[@jaimeborges5885]

Awesome build! Aliens is one of my favorite movies of all time. Looking forward to more Aliens related builds.

[@mrKozmoz]

I love how the handle for the motion tracker is instantly recognizable

[@asoncsm101]

Hi Adam, Just wanted to say thank you so much for the shoulder lamp build tutorial. I’m building one at the moment from genuine parts and the orientation of the video camera light “vents” was nearly driving crazy! Thanks again Wilsy

[@MatchaMakesThings]

It's insane to me that someone would care so much about such little details about a movie prop recreation. It's even more insane to me that Adam can make me care so much about it. I found myself saying "well of course you gotta switch that Adam if it isn't same as the movie" I've never even seen Alien. Thanks for making, and thanks for sharing!

[@Ciderwinder]

The larger vaned section of that lamp is used on the Sentry Guns.

[@fen4554]

First time I saw Aliens was on TV and it was the extended cut. Fell in love with those sentry guns. When I finally got to see the movie again and it was the theatrical cut, I waited and waited for the Sentry scene and it never came. I was so confused for years until I learned there were multiple cuts.

[@TheWeirdSailorMan]

@@fen4554 Damn it to hell with the damn cuts, I wonder which version did I watch... I wish they keep the movies together, we can always take a break, not just chop it up to hour and a half then feel like I watched an rushed 15-20 minute episode instead of a movie.

[@tobynobel5671]

Found parts are my favorite builds! It's what I can relate to. I am still learning anything scratch built. The Smugglers Room is a great channel for found item props, however they specialize in Star Wars only.

[@RGC-gn2nm]

I taught infantry OCS back then. This movie was in our curriculum of how not to lead by rank. Every weapon and system in aliens actually inspired many real life copies

[@Americandegen]

Aliens is my absolute favorite movie and I love the colonial marines. I built the armor out of cardboard and different parts and pieces for my local comic con a couple years back

[@genesisbuilds1095]

I hope Adam can add a Motion Tracker to the set. It would make a great found parts build since it's all off the shelf stuff. The tracker ping added so much tension in that movie. I'd like to see how he would tackle a functioning screen with current tech.

[@Dannyboyefc]

Red thing at the end...

[@repletereplete8002]

I'd like to see it too as in the film the hero prop used a crt screen and could only be shot from one front angle as you'd see all the guts of the tv hanging out otherwise.

[@thomasbecker9676]

There's no current screens that are the correct dimensions to fit the slide viewer.

[@genesisbuilds1095]

@@Dannyboyefc oh yes... should have watched the very end.

[@genesisbuilds1095]

@@thomasbecker9676 I have one in my tracker but it only plays a video of the effect.

[@geiroveeilertsen7112]

21:03 The tiny little Humbrol paint can REALLY took me back to my youth and making and painting scale models ❤️

[@xw6968]

It took me back to my grandpa's basement. The good smell of this paint hehe.

[@matthew-maxhall948]

Can't wait for all this! Been trying to build props from the movies for years! Be interesting to see the motion tracker if he does one, as I have built one myself and it needs some motivated tiny tweaks 😁

[@snorpenbass4196]

...oh man. I remember those old Humbrol tins. Way before Games Workshop started dominating the market for model paints. My small town had two toystores, one was this oldschool store with a huge train set diorama with trees and bridges and everything (the owner collected model trains). And one shelf was entirely Humbrol paints. I got a VF-1 Valkyrie model for Christmas when I was about eight or nine (1985-86), and bought the paints myself, it was gorgeous, white and red. Long gone now, lost in a move. But the memories just seeing that little tin...

[@oobihdahboobeeboppah]

Hey ah, Adam. Would it be ok to show a still of the real prop in scene w/o the studio sending their xenomorph attorneys after you? I just watched A2 but don't recall what the original lamp looks like.

[@NASR20]

Have always wanted a set of USCM gear, might have to take this on once I get my current projects out of the way... Thanks for the inspiration!

[@Isaac_Norman]

Every time I see Adam paint something I wonder why he hasn't built himself a paint shaker. But not a traditional one, the Savage version that can handle anything from spray cans to the miniature bottles.

[@RjWolf3000]

T-Shirt Idea: “Add a little **whistle toot** right there.”

[@JessHull]

if only t shirts had built in speakers.

[@patricksanders858]

Dont forget the palm whack and table tap too!

[@TheWeirdSailorMan]

@@JessHull Wish it don't, that thing is already annoying as it is. If someone would have that on speaker safe to say he she would lose it forever if I am around.

[@teacupoctopus]

I would so buy this

[@HandyHanderson]

I just love how you explain some stuff by whistling.

[@wartang]

I was half expecting to see you pull out the actual prop when you said "let me pull out some reference material."

[@Talicey]

Anyone else having mad anxiety about how his laptop was sitting during the first time lapse 😳

[@wbradburn8871]

It has gone to the floor before, at least once.

[@carlosbovia6813]

That´s what got my attention the whole time.. was waiting for the damn thing fly to hell and Adam make one of his famous scenes... hahahahaha...

[@TheShonz]

he has done a time lapse before where it was sitting precariously on a unstable surface as he was working in time lapse it made its way to the floor once for sure and seems it happened again! As it inched towards the edge the tension was unreal!

[@Engitainment]

Absolutely nerve-wracking, I was waiting for it to topple the whole time

[@carlosmondragon6639]

You Sir are the man of all men. God bless you and thank you for your time and wisdom

[@FeedNFS]

I bought that lamp, the Reflecta 3002, at a flea market. It really gets very very hot! Thought it would be a useful light source for taking pictures, and when I searched it found out it's apparently used on Aliens and this video. Nice build.

[@WiredWorkshop]

That looks awesome!!!! Can’t wait for the motion tracker now. I’m currently working on a custom facehugger stasis tank

[@xmetal280]

Replicating these found object props is probably significantly more difficult than the initial creation. When they first made these they could slap anything together without a care other than how it looks, but you have to find and position and sculpt everything to fit the creative randomness

[@RudeSteps]

I love Aliens props! Keep up the good work :)

[@freqenc]

While painting the light, it looked like Adam was painting a "Drive-In movie speaker".

[@JessHull]

who it totally did !

[@alanwhitaker3952]

awesome build, looking forward to more....

[@harleyrobertson73]

I've been watching mythbusters on Pluto tv and its really cool to see the difference between Adam then and now over a period of nearly 20 years

[@Storyracing387]

Adam, have you made any replicas of the weapons from Aliens? That would be cool to see. Love your stuff 🔥🤘

[@the_str4ng3r]

This was so immersive I was smelling Adam's paints by 34 minutes near the end. Loved this build, Adam!

[@alexmilo]

You can get batteries of all types that charges with micro USB plugged directly into the battery! Not sure how much less capacity they have, but charge convenience is huge for me.

[@anssimyllymaki1624]

Aliens Colonial Marines are one of my favored sci-fi characters!

[@itarry4]

The whole set concept and emersion is easily one of the best in my opinion. Apparently Scott made the set have only 1 way in and did other things to make the actors feel trapped and help them get in the right frame of mind when acting. Directors who do stuff like that always get a better reaction etc from their cast.

[@exewingfundraisers883]

Fantastic, scared to heck when you drilled a support bar in to the lamp and handle, but hey, looked like it worked well.

[@metalstormarms]

Awesome! You've gotten ahead of me - I'm planning on starting on my Colonial Marine build after DragonCon :)

[@andrewstarkey2483]

Hi Adam, Great build. Also nice to see you do Aliens props.

[@hotdogreen]

There isn’t much I envy in life … but your workshop is definitely on the list 😀

[@KaidasLibrary]

Us in the aliens legacy costume group rarely if never turn our lamps on because of the heat. We have the breakdowns of every single prop and costume, what the founds parts are with names and ID numbers

[@Lego51]

Whats the part he holds up in the end. It looks like the motion tracker body but what is it from?

[@KaidasLibrary]

@@Lego51 it's a kango 426 rotary hammer drill. It's the main body of the motion tracker

[@RocketPunchHero1]

YES! A shout out to the RPF forum! Always a pleasure to watch the legend at work.

[@thomasbecker9676]

Legacy is a better board for Aliens stuff.

[@PaulElderDesign]

@@thomasbecker9676 “Fuckin’ A!”

[@dadtype2339]

That's great!!! Now, we just need 25 more! Nice job brother!

[@andyholloway4807]

The shop is suspiciously clean and organized in the opening shot.

[@MrTheMighty]

It occurs to me that my job, graphic design, has a lot in common with prop making in that we create assets when we can, but when time or customer budget are major concerns, we usually just use purchased assets.

[@itsabughunt6310]

More Aliens please! Love it!

[@krqkan]

That satisfying "click" when pulling the forend of the rifle.

[@jmalmsten]

I am pretty sure that huge handle teaser at the end is for the Motion Tracker. I do find it funny that similar devices are now available for focus-pullers on film sets. Basically the device makes a single-slice 2D depth-map of what is in front of the camera. Usually with a single line LADAR if I have understood things correctly.

[@3DSage]

I would like to see more found parts builds! :)

[@knightsofrreee7961]

When it comes to weathering, oil paints are boss- plenty of time to piddle around with them and easily corrected if you're not happy. Thinned oil paints over an acrylic clearcoat and once you're happy , and the oils are properly dry, clearcoat it again.

[@brianartillery]

When Derek Meddings was working for Gerry Anderson in the early 1960's, injection moulded polyethylene housewares were THE new thing. A lot of them were familiar tools, but in funky new shapes. Meddings and his team would go to the local branch of Woolworths, and buy loads of washing up bowls, lemon squeezers, colanders, tea and coffee dispensers, etc., and build miniature worlds with them. Dressed with greeblies, painted, weathered and detailed, and then lit and filmed, you'd never guess what they were (apart from the lemon squeezer behind Thunderbird 1 in it's launch silo).

[@NickHarpham]

Soooo cool !!! You sir are an artist 🎨.

[@Sebastian__.]

This is why Adam is MVP!

[@michaelmclaughlin3152]

Next shop upgrade: Painting Booth.

[@ender4555]

He's commented before that the reason he doesn't have one (aside from limited space) is that there are apparently a lot of regulations and permitting required to build a paint booth in CA. I imagine they are concerning capturing the VOCs/chemicals instead of simply exhausting them directly outside.

[@grayeaglej]

Cardboard Box, Box Fan, Paper HVAC Filter, Roll of DuctTape. Done. Why people spray paint all over the place makes no sense to me.

[@chriscmoor]

@@grayeaglej Exactly. I've used the same refrigerator box and cheap box fans for years. When I'm done, it folds flat and stores behind a door.

[@madmakes7993]

While we're here talking about Alien. I finally got my Alien preorders from Weta. The Alien Mini Facehugger is the coolest figurine I've ever owned. Big Shout Out to Weta collectable department!

[@billthetailor]

Adam! I'm surprised you don't have some form of paint booth, even just a furnace filter on box fan.

[@PepperPete11]

MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cept for some reason that piano wire really bugged me. lol. But can't wait to see what's next!!

[@halrager]

I got so nostalgic hearing the 'clack-clack' when Adam shook that Koh-I-Noor pen...

[@charlie9ine]

The hardware store is always the first stop for me. A guy just wandering the isles looking for something indescribable

[@BB-ju2eg]

Great trigger discipline Adam. Good job sir.

[@MB-nn3jw]

An original Super Intruder alarm is rare to find and expensive, and the marine torch is even harder to find. There is some $$$ spent on that build.

[@SulacoBoy]

Truth!

[@lgerback34]

Heck yeah!

[@michaelwilder5932]

The original prop didn't use the screws to hold the halves closed. There is some sort of bent metal bracket that is screwed to the top. You can see it in the Prop Store photos. Specifically the one looking at the back.

[@sledgesworld]

Love the Video. have a book signed by HR Geiger, and a small piece of Armour. my two grown Ups now own them as i have no space for Books etv. But thank you adam i bought a £10 90 Degree torch, like the one you use , and it lives in my Left pocket. and you wont believe the amount of times i use it. Glad to be a Patron. PEACE.

[@AWARHERO]

4:57 Adam: "I'm not going to destroy it." 4:59 Adam, proceed to destroy it...

[@blatatnerror3074]

Adam uses old & found things to make a new thing... Adam's Salvage ?

[@fen4554]

Actually really clever.

[@grndkntrl]

"Savage Salvage"

[@GT-oq4jj]

By far my favourite movie rifle. The pulse rifle kicks A

[@markwarren7959]

The first time I saw "Aliens" as a kid, I went with some friends for the first showing at Akers Mill in Atlanta. It's a Friday morning, all pumped up getting into it. Then the scene starts where the Marines are in the Atmospheric Processor, going down the dark stairs with the lit up floor levels. All of a sudden Kurt Russell is climbing on top of a cage whispering to some women in the cage. My friends and I are like "Kurt Russell's in this movie-KICK ASS!!!" Some kung foo fighting broke out and we're thinking "what the hell is going on here? The theater lights come on and they tell us that they got the wrong reel. We had morphed from "Aliens" to "Big Trouble in Little China" in an instant.🤣 They gave us passes to come back at a future date. I will never forget that day because it was so funny and we were bummed out at the same time.

[@Dylfunkle]

So neat!

[@stevezytveld6585]

Hey Man. Just wanted to say thanks. Your one of my sanity points. Especially when you talk about your process. Because, end of the day, it's the process is what counts. Have you heard about CoSy (Costume Symposium) happening here on The You Tube on August 19 - 22, 2021. It's for people who love Vintage and Historic Dress and Costumes and Cos Play. Last years festivities can be found under the moniker of CoCo Vid. Cheers. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve) Ottawa/Bytown

[@chrisdocherty7608]

Great ODB as always, thanks for taking me back to the time when Alien(s) was still frickin awesome (please Google 'the "jinkies" Scottish slang' for equivalent :-)). Always a pleasure to watch your work Adam. Glad to hear there's more tough hombre builds in the pipeline.

[@Wizzard033]

I LOVE Humbrol paints. I used them for slot cars modeling and anything else that I wanted a Perfect finish.

[@rioncitylife1917]

hi Adam, big fan of the Aliens movie very good thought it was the best one, looking good Adam great job id use that light in my basment, lol

[@matguy1000]

I'd just set down my "Molotow Liquid chrome' pen 5 minutes before you busted yours out LOL That thing is kinda spendy (about $14 USD) but SO worth it. It like drawing with mercury and its lasted for over a year and still goin strong. You can even get em at a craft store, but go online if they don't have the name brand.

[@PeaceLoveAndGuns]

Mmmmm so happy we got as little M41A action...

[@xanimate]

This is the first time I enjoyed someone not beeping an Alexa command 😂😂😂 Thank you Adam ☺️☺️☺️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Wanton110]

Props made in the UK, Military props.. Our old muskets and rifles were known as Brown Bess' so makes sense the colour would be Brown Bess Also you can sand down the sides of those bulbs to get more light out.. or even cut panels out and put colour gels.. like I did for my hippie van :D wouldn't suggest it for mains voltage use though. And I would have taped the lamp in place like an on site bodge

[@Spookssga]

OMG, Humbrol paint. I havent seen one in years. The last time i saw one was over 20 years ago, which was about the last time i used one. 😮

[@calvingreene90]

What is this magic of a prop replica that is actually useful to keep around the house.

[@damientonkin]

I think the brown green confusion of the props was deliberate. I can't remember the reason off hand, maybe the green would have messed up the keying. I'm thinking of doing some functional replicas of the headsets and I'm going to have to add multiple colour options. Also Bluetooth and wired I guess.

[@TheHoldich]

On the colour of the pluse rifle, Ian Much of Bapty recently confirmed that the screen correct colour for the hero pulse rifles is not brown bess but was a combination of colour washes based on a ww2 german grungrau. Some of the surviving PR's were later repainted in the humbrol brown bess but this was after the film wrapped.

[@rowdyprouty9478]

Weird, I just started one of these yesterday, I'm also working on all 3 motion trackers! Trying to use all original parts but it's HARD to find some of that stuff!

[@mumblesspeedtalker5526]

One of my favorite movie aliens 👽 also I didn't realize they were made from a random assorted items.

[@dave61242]

Propcicle. That was outstanding. I have a stomach ache now from laughing

[@joeblascreations1557]

Seen a few humbrol enamel paint on eBay in that color. Cool

[@messagedeleted1922]

Awesome Aliens is my favourite movie franchise.

[@donaldevans5752]

another great video

[@BStrikerL]

Damn it, now the Seiko Pulsemeter is about to be even harder to get hold of :)

[@milothetinker]

Also, you should put a light coat of neatsfoot oil on your leather. It will help with longevity

[@smashino]

You should get rechargeable AA batteries. It's the same process anyway. You need to get them out and put new in, but instead of throwing them away you recharge them. More environmentally sound.

[@itarry4]

It's actually very close and anyone who doesn't use them until they totally die out would actually be better off using the normal ones. Rechargeable batteries are much worse for the environment in terms of manufacture and what's left when they are done. Yes if you keep using even when they don't hold the charge like they used to then they are better but unfortunately most people dump them as soon as they don't last as long as they did.

[@itarry4]

@@_CJ yhea I'm not saying ada shouldn't use them just they need using right to be beneficial for the environment.