GreebleGreeble – Wikipedia : A greeble (/ˈɡriːbliː/ GREE-blee) or nurnie is a prominent detailing added to the surface of a larger object that makes it appear more complex, and therefore more visually interesting. It usually gives the audience an impression of increased scale. The detail can be made from simple geometric primitives (such as cylinders, cubes, and rectangles), or more complex shapes, such as pieces of machinery (cables, tanks, sprockets). Greebles are often present on models or drawings of fictional spacecraft or architectural constructs in science fiction and are used in the movie industry (special effects). |
Wall Greeble – Wise Engineering Works
These were printed by Shapeways. They are available as Wall Gizmo V3 – V3. Price current as of 12/10/2020 is $22.96 – which I find a bit steep. There were some issues I found which I will detail below :
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Wall Greeble – V4
I put the supports on the back side of the print – that part that faces the wall to hopefully reduce any support scaring showing. What I managed to do in the process was to rotate the print in the wrong direction – the exhaust opening ended up facing up during printing. It still printed fairly well .. enough so that I could see where I needed to make changes. |
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Wall greeble – V5
In the V4 test print I had the exhaust collar end angled down and the scaring from supports caused problems. Since that part of the model is highly visible it makes sense to angle that part up so any scaring will be on the fat bottom and not as visible if at all. In addition, additional supports to the area of the wall bracket will not be visible. |
Wall greeble – V5
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WEW Gizmos vrs Greebles The following SBS was from Gizmos printed by Shapeways some years back. Cleanup of prints from resin printers is easier than what was required with prints from Shapeways but the painting is surely applicable. The name change was simply me discovering that there WERE Gizmos which Hollywood and I suppose the...
Nice work!
Thanks Phillip. I created this in part because I have noticed details on factory walls etc. that while I had no real idea what they were .. appreciated the .. call it .. concentration of detail and figured that could easily help us modelers add detail to a blank wall. Now .. if I can get the prints to what I want I will be able to share. I suspect it will happen .. just gotta keep at it.