Dredd 2012 Custom Badge (3D Printed and soon to be molded)

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MisterXero

Member

• Jan 16, 2013

• #1

Hi All. I recently watched the recently released Blu-Ray of Dredd and was very impressed. I think I have found my Halloween 2013 costume. I don't even care that most of my friends and family don't know who he is! I decided to start with the the most iconic part of Dredd's costume, the badge. I spend way too much time on CAD every day so using 3D was a no brainer. Here are some of my WIP pics:

I then had the models printed at our local vendor:

I also got the idea here, (thanks andyface), to do a modular badge in case other people wanted their own custom badges.

Next step, trying to cast the badge with brass powder. It'll be my first simple mold, so let's see how this goes!

 

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Colinjohn

Active Member

• Jan 16, 2013

• #2

cant see the pics mate are u shareing the stl ?

 

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MisterXero

Member

• Jan 16, 2013

• #3

Colinjohn said:

cant see the pics mate are u shareing the stl ?

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I'm having issues sharing via Microsoft SkyDrive. I thought I was doing it right, but maybe not.. :facepalm Sorry, I have to get this resolved.

 

Last edited: Jan 16, 2013

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MisterXero

Member

• Jan 16, 2013

• #4

Figured it out. It's fixed! Enjoy the pics.

 

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SlimeTime13

Well-Known Member

• Jan 16, 2013

• #5

looks great!!
will u be making a run of badges?

 

chuckyAPP

Sr Member

• Jan 16, 2013

• #6

Best badge ever! You did Ann awesome job. Oh.....and i need one please. :

 

benhs1898

Master Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Jan 16, 2013

• #7

Looks great!

 

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MisterXero

Member

• Jan 16, 2013

• #8

SlimeTime13 said:

looks great!!
will u be making a run of badges?

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Thanks for the positive feedback guys. I would like to make a run of these. Of course I need to actually mold one first. As I stated, I have never done a mold before, but I do know the steps and little tricks here and there.

I'll keep you posted and maybe a few more wip pics here and there. When I'm complete, if there's still interest, we'll see. As you may have noticed, I'm a new member on here, so it'll be a little while before I can make any announcements. :$

 

JudgeLusk

Member

• Jan 17, 2013

• #9

Looks awesome, great job! I need a custom badge at some point soon, so I'll keep you in mind for sure.

 

Bloody Bones

New Member

• Jan 17, 2013

• #10

Impressive

 

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MisterXero

Member

• Jan 17, 2013

• #11

Here's an update with some cast badges:

First castings

The Rookies:

The Seasoned:

The Hardcore:

For some reason, the weathered pics don't show much of the brass color. Must be the lighting. They started out the same color as the rookies, but with various degrees of weathering.

 

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Grilledeggplant

New Member

• Jan 17, 2013

• #12

I'm working on a dredd costume as well... Please keep us updated, love what you have done! Might need a badge from you as well.

 

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MisterXero

Member

• Jan 24, 2013

• #13

New and improved badges..

"Battle damaged" and "Standard issue"

This is a custom badge for my cousin for his birthday.

These are less weathered than the last batch. I think I went a little overboard last time. :lol

 

Primus Palus

New Member

• Jan 24, 2013

• #14

<--- Judge "Shields" wants one.

 

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MisterXero

Member

• Jan 27, 2013

• #15

So I had some time to kill.....

=D

 

JudgeLusk

Member

• Jan 28, 2013

• #16

lol! Look out, I hear Judge Kristof is a real hard-ass!

 

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MisterXero

Member

• Jan 30, 2013

• #17

JudgeLusk said:

lol! Look out, I hear Judge Kristof is a real hard-ass!

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Haha! You have no clue! :lol

 

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MisterXero

Member

• Jan 30, 2013

• #18

I just saw the PropStore auctions and it is a treasure trove of pics. I remodeled the badge and here are the results:

There are small difference between my Rev 1 and Rev 2 badges, but I am very confident that this one of the most screen accurate badges out there. Now to call in a couple favors to get this 3D printed and molded! :lol

 

Primus Palus

New Member

• Jan 30, 2013

• #19

My only concern with these badges without anyone getting a hand on a real one... what are you guys basing the size on? I'm not looking for the exact cm accurate. But, I don't want something to big/small and basically ruin the rest of the build (for the vest).

 

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MisterXero

Member

• Jan 30, 2013

• #20

That, unfortunately, is the part that no one seems quite sure about. The picture I had placed the badge close to a zipper pull. I took an average looking pull which looked similar and based it on that, (i.e. height=5 zipper pulls). Before that, I basically looked at how tall the badge was compared to the helmet and face of the actor and based it on my own face, (i.e roughly from my chin to eye). The good news is that the model is scalable, so whenever the true size is determined, I can scale the model since I know the proportions are correct based on the overlay, and print a new badge.

The kicker also is the fact that all the movie badges I've seen all look almost hand-made. There are subtle differences in all of them! Another example is the name itself. My model had all the lettering perfectly aligned. The real badge lettering looked like it was carved by hand.