Fleetfang Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Howdy Scouts! I'm acting as a TB ambassador for one of my garrison's members who works on Endor Commandos. She recently was approached by someone looking for the ERC rank badge for a biker greeblie, so she was inspired to get started on making a new mold. But she wants to know if she's on the right track. Unfortunately, she's a bit of a Rebel, and I don't think she's interested in joining another discussion forum, so here I am. I've provided her pictures of the end result of MonCal's research thread, but if anyone here could confirm that she's on the right track, that would be aces! THANKS! Recently' date=' a guy working on building Scout armor stopped by the Endor Commando forums at the Rebel Legion looking for an Endor Commando rank badge. Hestated that the greeblie from the thermal det on the back of a Biker Scout was the Endor Commando rank badge cut in half. Obviously, since I never made a Biker Scout costume, I had not paid much attention... anyway... this is a photo of one of the actual Endor Commando costumes at one of Lucasfilm's displays.... so...in theory...the Scout greeblie is the left half of the badge in the photo above. I do have a sculpt of the Endor Rank Badge....and had been considering re-making it because it is NOT accurate. Since it was not accurate, I would not sell one of the rank badges to the guy making the Scout as I felt I would be doing him a disservice... however... in poking around I have come to the conclusion that almost every Scout costume I have seen (both in person the last couple weeks and via images sent to me by Brian and Mark Berry) it would appear that everyone one makes their own? And they are all different? So....since I have decided to re-make the Endor Commando rank badge, I would like to make a sculpt for the Scout Greeblie as well..... This is some of the things I have learned so far....that the height of the greeblie is about 3cm to fit in the depressed area in the thermal det. In theory....this is a photo of an actual Biker Scout greeblie that was taken also at an exhibit of the costume: So.... I have begun work: the white pieces in the photo are my current Endor rank badge...I have gotten farther and will update with some additional photos... anyway... thoughts? is the information I am working with accurate? and... if one of you would be so kind as to maybe copy and paste this at the Pathfinder detachment to see if anyone there would like to comment...or send photos... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Here's my greeblie, with the correct kit part used in the middle. And here's the centre part on it's own for clarity. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Schph Gochi Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Thank you for that great photo of that middle piece! That will help in trying to construct an Endor Rank Badge that is more accurate. I also plan to finish the Scout greebie I started though now that I can actually see what It looks like, I can see that I am not even close.....lol..no big surprise....my eyesight is not good and trying to pick out detail from the small and grainy photos I was working with was torture. This is what I have so far.... I really could not make much out and was also using this image of the Endor rank badge from a photo from one of the exhibits. I had never seen the Endor costume in person so I am not sure where the costume actually was exhibited. Do you happen to know where the original part comes from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dart Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 The original model piece that Chef posted comes from the 1:12 Tamiya Ferrari 312T4 model kit. The piece itself goes on the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Schph Gochi Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 wow....well...the books I have read always did state that the prop builders loved to "kit bash" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleetfang Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 Keep it up, Phyllis. Even if you think it's "way off," what you're working up is still miles above the "three squares and a circle" that many older Scouts (including myself) are still wearing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Schph Gochi Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I am moving forward...and this is pretty much the final on the greeblie.... .I do have to clean up the paint with some wetsanding first... and then I will be ready to mold it... Once I make the mold of the Scout greeblie...I will cast only the portion which is the Ferrari piece and add that to the Endor rank badge to make sure they are idential...then will make a separate mold of the Endor rank badge....getting close to the finish line... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Schph Gochi Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Well...this is the first cast out of the mold...it has to be cleaned up a bit... not great... but not bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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