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'''Greebles''', also '''greeblies''' (singular: '''greebly''')<ref>[http://www.partsofsw.com/v8parts.htm Visible V8 Opersting Engine Model]; ''Quote:'' "If we can't give a name to something we call it a 'greebly'. Greebly is a word George Lucas coined on ''Star Wars'' for something you can't otherwise define." |
'''Greebles''', also '''greeblies''' (singular: '''greebly'''),<ref>[http://www.partsofsw.com/v8parts.htm Visible V8 Opersting Engine Model]; ''Quote:'' "If we can't give a name to something we call it a 'greebly'. Greebly is a word George Lucas coined on ''Star Wars'' for something you can't otherwise define." |
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- Frank Burton, Property Department Head ''The Empire Strikes Back''</ref> |
- Frank Burton, Property Department Head ''The Empire Strikes Back''</ref> or "'''nurnies'''", are parts harvested from plastic modeling kits to be applied to an original model as a detail element. The practice of using parts in this manner is called "[[kitbashing]]".<ref name=FuturePast>{{cite web|url=http://future-past.com/interview/charlesadams.php|author=Fronczek, Steve|title=Interview: Charles Adams|publisher=Future-past.com|language=en|date=January 20, 2008|access-date=September 8, 2022|archive-date=September 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909215543/http://future-past.com/interview/charlesadams.php}}</ref> |
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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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The term "greeblies" was first used by effects artists at [[Industrial Light & Magic]] in the 1970s to refer to small details added to models. According to model designer and fabricator [[Adam Savage]], [[George Lucas]], Industrial Light & Magic's founder, coined the term "greeblies".<ref>{{cite web |title=Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Kit-Bashing and Scratch-Building! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfvtGrhYk0I&t=1196 |last=Fameli|first=Joey|website=YouTube|publisher=[[Adam Savage's Tested]]|date=6 September 2018|format=video|access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref> Ron Thornton is widely believed to have coined the term "'''nurnies'''" referring to CGI technical detail that his company Foundation Imaging produced for the ''[[Babylon 5]]'' series,<ref name=FuturePast/> while the model-making team of ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' referred to them as "'''wiggets'''".<ref>{{cite web |title=What Are Nurnies |url=https://www.lededesigns.com/what-are-nurnies/ |publisher=LEde Designs |quote=One FX group in the UK who built the space ship for '2001: A Space Odyssey' called them wiggets.}}</ref> |
The term "greeblies" was first used by effects artists at [[Industrial Light & Magic]] in the 1970s to refer to small details added to models. According to model designer and fabricator [[Adam Savage]], [[George Lucas]], Industrial Light & Magic's founder, coined the term "greeblies".<ref>{{cite web |title=Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Kit-Bashing and Scratch-Building! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfvtGrhYk0I&t=1196 |last=Fameli|first=Joey|website=YouTube|publisher=[[Adam Savage's Tested]]|date=6 September 2018|format=video|access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref> |
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[[Ron Thornton (visual effects designer)|Ron Thornton]] is widely believed to have coined the term "'''nurnies'''" referring to CGI technical detail that his company Foundation Imaging produced for the ''[[Babylon 5]]'' series,<ref name=FuturePast/> while the model-making team of ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' referred to them as "'''wiggets'''".<ref>{{cite web |title=What Are Nurnies |url=https://www.lededesigns.com/what-are-nurnies/ |publisher=LEde Designs |quote=One FX group in the UK who built the space ship for '2001: A Space Odyssey' called them wiggets.}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Greebles, also greeblies (singular: greebly),[1] or "nurnies", are parts harvested from plastic modeling kits to be applied to an original model as a detail element. The practice of using parts in this manner is called "kitbashing".[2]
Etymology
[edit]The term "greeblies" was first used by effects artists at Industrial Light & Magic in the 1970s to refer to small details added to models. According to model designer and fabricator Adam Savage, George Lucas, Industrial Light & Magic's founder, coined the term "greeblies".[3]
Ron Thornton is widely believed to have coined the term "nurnies" referring to CGI technical detail that his company Foundation Imaging produced for the Babylon 5 series,[2] while the model-making team of 2001: A Space Odyssey referred to them as "wiggets".[4]
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Greeble (modelmaking).
References
[edit]- ^ Visible V8 Opersting Engine Model; Quote: "If we can't give a name to something we call it a 'greebly'. Greebly is a word George Lucas coined on Star Wars for something you can't otherwise define." - Frank Burton, Property Department Head The Empire Strikes Back
- ^ a b Fronczek, Steve (January 20, 2008). "Interview: Charles Adams". Future-past.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2009. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- ^ Fameli, Joey (6 September 2018). "Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Kit-Bashing and Scratch-Building!" (video). YouTube. Adam Savage's Tested. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "What Are Nurnies". LEde Designs.
One FX group in the UK who built the space ship for '2001: A Space Odyssey' called them wiggets.