Star Trek -The ULTIMATE Starfleet Combadge Replica (TNG / 2360s Era)

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This is an attempt to build the ultimate Starfleet badge from the 2360s/The Next Generation-era shows (All of TNG and early DS9.) After countless pieces of reference and primary sources for the real combadges made for the show, I've created what I believe to be the closest, most accurate representation of the combadge from Star Trek: The Next Generation. A great deal of help came from using the amazing casting of a screen used badge available from Xscapes Sci-Fi Props. If you don't absolutely need to do a DIY badge, I 100% recommend Xscapes as their replicas are high quality and I can't imagine any better! Their combadge is available at http://xscapesprops.com/ Two badges are included in the download. "export_finalHardEdgesv1.stl" is based off as close of reference material as I could find, including a casting of a real badge, but may not be accurate in all cases. I've also included "export_softEdge_oldModel.stl" which is the latest version of my previous attempt, which in hindsight is not too accurate but was based off a single picture of another badge. There is variance in a lot of the screen used badges, so variance between these really is normal. I'd recommend the hard edges badge as it's more complete and comes out cleaner! I'm posting this under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike license. The exception to the rule is producing these for fan-films or fan productions (including games and digital projects) you may use the model however you need to with attribution to myself. Please get in contact with me if you'd like to print this model for Etsy/eBay or for sale in any capacity.