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Below is a gallery of the latest batch of greeblies which – I think – now accounts for everything.
Firefly Ship Works Ltd. » Blog Archive » The Devil and The Details 2009
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From the top – notice all the pressure release valves and other “greeblies”.
Firefly Ship Works Ltd. » Blog Archive » Reaction Control Tower 2008
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Serenity has an exceptional number of greeblies in her design, even for a movie spaceship.
Firefly Ship Works Ltd. » Blog Archive » Greeblies, Part One 2008
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Notice the detailing along the edges – yet more greeblies that will be almost impossible to see in the finished replica.
Firefly Ship Works Ltd. » Blog Archive » The Gravity Rotor 2008
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Now don't expect the normal amount of greeblies you'd see on the hull of a heavily modified Corellian freighter, nor the play elements of a System set because some of these features had to be cut back.
unknown title 2009
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A new book - Inhuman Resources [Allen & Unwin] - lists 39 office greeblies.
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As you can see, there’s hardly a straight line here (like the gravity rotor yoke), there are just skads of little asymmetrical armor plates with lots of fussy rivets (like the midships’ carapace), and there are lots of little greeblies and bent and broken vents (like the, oh hell, the whole gorram ship).
Firefly Ship Works Ltd. » Blog Archive » Building a Firefly – Part Four 2009
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This week’s sculpture update focuses on just one particular set of greeblies – the exhaust cones on the back of the reactor.
Firefly Ship Works Ltd. » Blog Archive » Greeblies, Part One 2008
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Of particular note is all the greeblies you’ll barely be able to see in the final model the wire terminals at the base of the reactor or the connecting door inside the shuttle landing bay, come to mind.
Firefly Ship Works Ltd. » Blog Archive » Serenity Takes Shape 2008
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So, to make the Artisan Serenity replica as sharp as we can, we’re trying our best to capture as many greeblies as we can.
Firefly Ship Works Ltd. » Blog Archive » Greeblies, Part One 2008
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