Adam Savage Examines SKS Props' Foam Armor!

Scott Pope shows Adam the custom fantasy armor made with SKS Props's cosplay and prop-specific foam line, and Norm chats with Steven K Smith about the making of HD-Foam and foam clay.

Shot and edited by Joey Fameli
Produced by Kristen Lomasney

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Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman

Thanks for watching!

[SilverBack_Props]

I’m using HD foam on my current build for a commission. It is really great. It’s easy to sand and form. Seriously it’s a good product.

[UncleJessy]

The details that they are able to get out of foam is unreal!! Loved seeing this and meeting these guys!

[kirikenkunthecoach]

I'd love to see you build with this adam, try create something random and see how far you can push the foam.

[Justrex]

I have been a fan of SKS Props for quite some time and their foam is absolutely the best! Steve Smith is such an amazing artist and the stuff he creates is always fantastic. A little daunting because he is so good at his craft, it's sometimes hard to come close. He and Scott Pope make an incredible team. So happy they got a partnership with Blick Art to help the cosplay community discover their incredible foam products.

[PlanetAlexanderProjects]

I'm so glad to see Steve's progress and success with his foam and creations! He manages to turn cosplay from science or engineering into pure art, which is always to amazing to watch.

[ballwelder]

I would like to see Adam use the foam clay.

[JohnPorsbjerg]

I love all this cosplayer showcases!!! all these people are super talented so it's nice to see them getting a shout-out! :)

[art_man-jhvk]

These guys are amazing!! I would love to see more of these guys on tested!

[chpper]

So my wife and I have always wanted to get into some cosplay, and this looks like it might be a nice low barrier to start with. All we have is knives and glue. No work bench, heat guns, laser cutters or vacuum formers. But this looks like we could start small with what we have.

[Noeland]

So cool!! That armor is amazing. Having seen SKS props in person, they’re just incredibly impressive. The foam is fantastic. And Scott and Steve are good people.

[dfcprops]

Just bought a roll... can't wait to get started. Need to plan a build...

Great work on the costume guys! Looks stunning.

[coregeek]

So awesome to see my buds Scott and Steve here!!! Great guys and a couple of incredible builders.

[EHCreative]

Just ordered from SKS props last week and was super happy with their foam products and service.

[SKSProps]

Thanks everyone for all of the amazing support!!! If interested you can see more of my fabrication work and info on HD-Foam at www.SKSProps.com also be sure to follow my Youtube channel for cosplay tips and tricks!

[Recabilly]

Wow this is awesome! Definitely going to be getting some of this for some costumes and props! I'm surprised at how inexpensive it is! Really makes this doable... I was expecting that puddy foam to be like $60 but it's under $20!

[ludeawakening]

That armor is awesome, but they did something that a lot of people do and it makes it look less real. I don't know why when there's horns on a costume, people paint them to almost match the color of the metal/armor parts because they shouldn't be that color. They should be painted more of an off-white ivory to beige color to make them stand out and look more real.

[LiliaArmoury]

at the end there where the cosplayer in the armour is talking about is experiences of running into people at cons and not taking costume damage reminds me of pax aus in my sister of battle costume where i'd have people run into me or i'd accidentally bump into them and then would immediately check they were okay partly because the armour took no damage

[seb]

10 days to build that armor! Good job! :O

[dadjake]

1:13 him in the background being like "'sup"

[mr.joshua]

Just so happens I follow them on Instagram and here they are. Nice!