First, some background:
So recently I purchased an item from Propstore of London that was advertised as a "Promotional Peackeeper ID Tag". I have never seen this promo piece before, and I kept track of almost every Farscape piece of merchandise back in the day, especially props (as some of you may remember). It was also odd that if a promo piece, it has no copyright stamp anywhere. However what caught my eye about this piece regardless was that I recognized it as the exact base of what was used for the Peacekeeper Wars Ident Chips.
Different from the flat aluminum chips used during the show, this one is thicker, with indented and cutout details, and an attached necklace hole on the top. If this was indeed a promo piece, or crew gift at some point, I believe this is what the prop dept later used the mold when they needed some for PK Wars (much in the same way that they used the Creation Ent. pulse rifles and other available replicas and items at the time because of the small budget). This exact chip design can be seen below on Braca, and a closer shot of one from a PK Officer costume that was auctioned off ages ago.
So as for the run, I'm molding this metal promo chip and will cast copies in resin like the originals, that will then be painted with automotive Silver, inset details painted and then covered with a weathering wash as shown, and finish with a black deer hide strap that they used on these versions. I plan to keep the price around $30-40. I'll be molding this and making a few for myself regardless of interest, just figured I'd see if there are still any Farscape fans around here.
If there is preferred interest, I could also do coldcast aluminum powder resin versions for added weight and metal appearance, but that would obviously cost more.
Original "Promo" Ident Chip
So recently I purchased an item from Propstore of London that was advertised as a "Promotional Peackeeper ID Tag". I have never seen this promo piece before, and I kept track of almost every Farscape piece of merchandise back in the day, especially props (as some of you may remember). It was also odd that if a promo piece, it has no copyright stamp anywhere. However what caught my eye about this piece regardless was that I recognized it as the exact base of what was used for the Peacekeeper Wars Ident Chips.
Different from the flat aluminum chips used during the show, this one is thicker, with indented and cutout details, and an attached necklace hole on the top. If this was indeed a promo piece, or crew gift at some point, I believe this is what the prop dept later used the mold when they needed some for PK Wars (much in the same way that they used the Creation Ent. pulse rifles and other available replicas and items at the time because of the small budget). This exact chip design can be seen below on Braca, and a closer shot of one from a PK Officer costume that was auctioned off ages ago.
So as for the run, I'm molding this metal promo chip and will cast copies in resin like the originals, that will then be painted with automotive Silver, inset details painted and then covered with a weathering wash as shown, and finish with a black deer hide strap that they used on these versions. I plan to keep the price around $30-40. I'll be molding this and making a few for myself regardless of interest, just figured I'd see if there are still any Farscape fans around here.
If there is preferred interest, I could also do coldcast aluminum powder resin versions for added weight and metal appearance, but that would obviously cost more.
Original "Promo" Ident Chip
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