Adam Savage Excalibur Incognito

I hit the floor at Comic-Con this year in a full suit of armor that I built with Terry English. People figured out this was me in costume in about 3 minutes. There's video of my walk here: https://youtu.be/qnx1WiMETG0

Why armor? As background, I saw Excalibur when I was 14. I loved it so much, I went home and built myself my own suit of armor (and horse) out of cardboard.

Recently I called up master armorer Terry English, who designed and built the armor in Excalibur, and asked if I could learn to make armor with him. He said he'd been waiting for years for someone to ask.

Last month I spent a week at Terry's shop in Cornwall, designing and building the suit. Tested filmed it.

In the end, we made 120 separate pieces of formed metal attached with 400 rivets.

I did notice I was stopped less on the floor this year, I guess because I am usually dressed as an iconic character like Chewbacca or No Face.

This is my friend David Silverman, of the Simpsons.

The suit is made of aluminum, so it's actually quite light.

Norman Chan of Tested took all these photos. He's such a talented photographer.

A lot of people have asked if this was a really hot costume. It actually wasn't bad. I've worn hotter.

This was actually my longest walk on the Comic-Con floor I think in the history of doing Adam Incognito (which is 10 years now).

We tend to do Incognitos in the morning, since by the afternoon -- especially on Saturday -- you can't MOVE on the floor.

This was Incognito #2 out of three this year that I did at Comic-Con. If you guys like the photos, I'll most photos from the others. Video from the walk is here: https://youtu.be/qnx1WiMETG0