Outland badge

Hi
anybody on here made a metal marshal badge from "Outland" ?
I have the patches but now after a badge

I made resin versions.

Blad said:

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I made resin versions.

Very cool , do you have any screencaps to compare these with ?

Yes, but I don't think I can share them - a member here kindly sent me some close-up pictures of a real metal Outland Marshal badge given to him by Sir Sean Connery.

I know my badges are pretty accurate replicas, although if I made a master again I'd probably do the text slightly differently.


There is another version on ebay, which is OK, but not very accurate, as far as I know apart from the real badges, no-one has made a metal version of it.

There's a small picture here:

http://www.usmarshals.gov/history/badges/index.html

Food for thought - so if somebody was to do a run of these in metal

Can't see it would be worthwhile or viable unless someone made 25 or so.

Blad said:

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Can't see it would be worthwhile or viable unless someone made 25 or so.

What sort of price point do you think would be reasonable , £30-40

Megamicrofish said:

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What sort of price point do you think would be reasonable , £30-40

Thing is - it's not just casting in metal, to look 'right' you'd need to plate the gold parts and enamel the blue areas. It would probably be too expensive to get it done in the UK, £30-£40 would probably cover getting a small run made in China with a little profit.

Blad said:

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Can't see it would be worthwhile or viable unless someone made 25 or so.

If it helps, I'll take a couple.

Blad's resin badge is lovely -- I've got both versions -- but there's something about metal that's so... well, metallic!

That looks really good, does look like a copy of the original.

Are there any cheap foundrys in Holland?

Blad said:

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That looks really good, does look like a copy of the original.

Are there any cheap foundrys in Holland?

the foundry i use is very good as they do their casting in a vacchamber. Probably not a good idea with the 'recaster' policiy and all.

Well you can recast mine in metal if you want!

If your badge is cast from 'production-made' it's in that really annoying grey area isn't it? Recasting a screen-used prop is fair-game, recasting a second-generation screen-used prop isn't. Do we have any Prop Police on the board to provide a ruling?

Blad said:

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Well you can recast mine in metal if you want!

If your badge is cast from 'production-made' it's in that really annoying grey area isn't it? Recasting a screen-used prop is fair-game, recasting a second-generation screen-used prop isn't. Do we have any Prop Police on the board to provide a ruling?

Blad
How did you cast yours, was it from a screen used prop or was it built from scratch ? I only ask because if you built it from scratch then re-casting yours (with your permission) would be OK
and then I could have 1

Megamicrofish said:

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Blad
How did you cast yours, was it from a screen used prop or was it built from scratch ? I only ask because if you built it from scratch then re-casting yours (with your permission) would be OK
and then I could have 1

I think this is precisely why Blad suggested it.

Blad's badge was created, I believe, entirely from scratch, based primarily on photographic references. I'm sure he'll be along presently with more details, but in the meantime:

RPF Prop Forum: How to F'up a perfectly good styrene master

RPF Prop Forum: Outland Marshal's Badge

Thanks Gary!

Yep mine's built from scratch (twice!) and if anyone wants to recast in metal that would be perfectly fine with me. I have about 100 other badges & emblems I've made as well and any are available if someone wants to produce them in metal.

Wow! That's extraordinarily generous, Charlie!

Blad's created a lot of terrific badges in resin. If anyone out there has the ability to cast them in metal, you might like to ask Blad for his master list...

Then be sure to let the rest of us know what metal badges you'll be making available.

I'm glad you did as well! Looks absolutely beautiful in metal.

Man, I would *love* an all metal badge.

It would go well with this....

Damn, thats a fine looking badge.
Sure looks original to me ?

I had a Outland badge in metal but it was pinched from me long ago.

I hope somebody eventually makes a run of metal badges. I've been wanting one for years.

TheMechanic said:

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I hope somebody eventually makes a run of metal badges. I've been wanting one for years.

Agreed!

Who do we need to bribe?