Adam Savage Geeks Out Over EVA Foam Scale Maille!

Adam checks out the latest foam armor design from his friend Ben Eadie's Foam Armory project. Inspired by the reception to their EVA craft foam chain mail kits, Ben and his collaborator Stephanie Chan have developed a laser-cut foam scale maille that can be woven into helmet and other armor builds. Adam is impressed with how lightweight and durable these foam armor scales are while looking like distressed metal. Check out the Foam Armory campaign to get your own set!

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[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. 😁👊

[Bingogame]

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

[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.

[brandonyoung-kemkes]

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.

[EvilTedSmith]

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

[cooper]

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.

[DesertRatPainting]

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

[harleyrobertson]

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

[murdmeatpopsicle]

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

[thesausage]

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.

[Djynni]

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

[Patriquinc]

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

[Briguy]

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.

[traciakierman]

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

[naomismith]

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.

[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!

[ARockyRock]

My entire family is geeking out over this as well.

[philabot]

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

[melslix]

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