The Universal Greeblie
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Ten points if you know what this is... No reason for making it other than practical modelling nostalgia, but if you have a use for it, please feel free.
Wavefront.obj format only, no textures provided. Should work in any 3D program which supports .obj files.
Unzip into any folder where you normally store objects.
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I knew what it was from Adam Savage talking about it.
ah cool, thank you for that bit of trivia!
Back in the days of physical model-making for sci-fi movies such as Star Wars, Alien and many others, model-makers would often raid parts from plastic model kits (a process known as "kit-bashing") to use as extraneous details on their models. George Lucas coined the term "greeblies" for all those little bits of add-on detailing, and one greeblie in particular became such a favorite "go-to" piece for Industrial Light and Magic's modellers that it earned the nickname "The Universal Greeblie". The part was from a 1/72 scale model kit of a German WW2 railroad artillery gun, and it was popular because it could be used as an interesting bit of detail regardless of the model's scale. Plus it looks functional and has curves which catch the light well.
ok, I'm curious what is it? Looks like some kind of pressurized hatch door?
This made me very happy to see. I have a little pile of universal greeblies I made by casting a rubber mold of one and then re-casting in resin.