Star Trek Command Badge

For halloween I want to be the red guy on the away mission, lol. It's sad cause I don't think a lot of people will get that joke.  Anyways as part of the costume I need a starfleet badge.  As I am a student my budget for this is zero.  So i had to improvise. 

Step 1 Materials

Tools:
-Scissors
-Printer

Materials:
-Glue Stick
-Aluminum Foil
-Card paper (I used business cards)
-badge template

Comments

[hossweightlifter]

I seem to recall a little keyring flashlight resemblign this....

[avocadoman]

nice pin it looks really authentic and i get the joke

[cannonwashburn]

The ironic thing is that, that night I hurt my hand.

[Chirpoff]

Heh heh, I'd have worn blue. (Not one to tempt fate :) (Hope your hand's ok, BTW) Aluminum foil and cardboard is AWEsome- especially with Star Trek!!!

[Kia.S]

I GOT THE JOKE!!!! Very cool!!!

[splazem]

Awesome!

[barry_allen7]

This looks awesome! And it is so simple! Thanks for the Instructable!

[kd1uc]

But Scotty always wore red and he never died.

Cool Job.

[jsaucedo]

Scotty did die. He died in the episode "The Changeling" of the original series. It's just that he got better.

[ultralegomaster5096]

Scotty was killed by a space probe called Nomad, but the probe returned him to life.

[Gracie Ann]

how ironic

[rawknexstuff]

He was verrrrry lucky.

[willrandship]

But he never went on any missions :P he had experience as an expendable

[rawknexstuff]

That's true... :P Wait, how can you have experience as an expendable? You would practice "expending" and die... hahaha :)

[slowbass]

COOL!!!!

[aocampo]

Grossssso! Hasta ahora el badge (de bajo costo) con mejor terminación que veo en la net.

[hermionegranger]

I'm so disappointed I don't get the joke. Great badge! My first one came out amazing, a little rough on the edges. Really good instructions.

[sonofspikerr]

ThinkGeek.com has a shirt and its redlike taht and it says expendable on it :) awesome

[cad97]

5* for the awesome joke dude :D

[Iam4NUru]

You are going to die my friend...

[red-king]

 red guy on an away mission... you're going to die =P

[cannonwashburn]

Yes I'm aware of that.  That's what makes this costume funny and the reason I want to be the guy in the red shirt as opposed to kirk, sulu, or spock.

[JAGGIE]

Capt Picard wore red on TNG.

[tinkerC]

TNG onward used Red as command, 1701 era, however, had Red as security.

[cannonwashburn]

I also considered the idea of creating burn marks or scars with blood on my face, lol.

[red-king]

 nice... haha.

[rawknexstuff]

I get the joke!! By the way, 5* and now your average is 5*.

[amberlove]

Haha lol, the red guy- who always dies lol!

[TFElite]

I think this instructable has one of the highest ratings I've ever seen. Nice job!

[NolanFinn]

There are a few different kinds of badges.  I made a template with a few different kinds http://sites.google.com/site/nolanfinn/Startrek_Badges.pdf .  I hope this it helpful to someone.

[debpix]

Great templates.

[Julie9479]

This was exactly what I was looking for - thank you so much! 

[atomiclizard]

Badges?! We don't need no stinking BADGES!

[willrandship]

I love that show :P Weird Al rocks

[neeley]

Oh poor you and your red shirt. Hope there are no killer plants or clouds.

[kelseymh]

Ran across this I'ble in the "related" list.  Most excellent, and a pretty good look to the final badge!  Somebody somewhere really needs to build one of these with Bluetooth and a speaker/mic embedded.

[007dna]

 I did this for my costume because the pre-made badge was crappy. Thanks! This really helped. 5 stars.

[twocvbloke]

You should have put a nasty looking burn mark on your shirt to look like a phaser burn... :P

[cannonwashburn]

great idea, would have added to the joke for people who watch star trek.  Didn't want to ruin sweater, actually still wear it. 

[flamespinner1]

 I have a Question. Is it the red shirt people die on an away team??