all very good yes yes hey everybody Adam Savage here with a show-and-tell from my
shop this is my pet dragon say hello yeah oh yeah is this thing beautiful i
weirdly have not named him although it's pretty clear to me that this is a male
dragon I don't know why but it is and this dragon was made by Australian
special effects artist makeup artist and practical effects artist Kate Winslet
and I saw Kate with one of her dragons I think on Twitter can't remember exactly
where and I reached out and I commissioned this beautiful piece from
Kate and she built it over the next few months and sent it to me we have some
pictures of its construction yeah this is a gorgeous piece by a master
craftsperson it has so much character each of the dragons she makes is so
individual they oh I really getting it in the mail was even better than
witnessing it on camera the first time like just seeing up close all the little
details that Kate's puts into a piece like this and also just to be clear it's
like not super exotic in terms of the material choices at all there are some
basic at the foams there's some basic foam construction cloth construction the
paint doesn't look that exotic this is not outside the skill range or you know
exotic material range of most makers and yet when you see what somebody who's a
real professional can do with these things it's really lovely I won't last
much longer because my hand in this position is actually starting to hurt
I'm using a ring light which is actually giving these eyes a whole bunch more
wonderful life it's actually making them look like they move around oh my
goodness what an unbelievable thing look at this this is also all additive
construction this isn't sculpted in cast this is all built using all sorts of
different techniques but plastic work foam work there's some acrylic painting
there's a way in which seeing this in person is even more inspiring to me than
seeing it on camera I mean cuz it renders so so beautifully on camera
really just shameless advertisement Kate Winslet can also be found we'll include
links to her other social channels in the comments below
Kate I'm so proud to be a steward of one of your amazing pieces of art this
dragon it's just one of my favorite things in this space thank you guys for
joining me for this Show and Tell and I will see you next time
that's a muppet move hey everybody Adam Savage here from tested in my cave
I've been turned into a dragon by a wizard but that's okay cuz I can talk
about my own construction I made of foam cloth acrylic paint some nice glass eyes
I think you should okay
so cool he looks good good