Iconic to the Star Trek franchise is the combadge communicator. To celebrate the release of Star Trek: Prodigy – Season 2, available on Blu-ray on November 12, we’ve created a DIY Star Trek Prodigy Combadge Vinyl Sticker you can print and add to any of your favorite items, including water bottles, coffee mugs, laptops, notebooks, and even your car!
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DIY Star Trek Prodigy Combadge Vinyl Sticker on water bottle
DIY Star Trek Prodigy Combadge Vinyl Sticker
The Star Trek Prodigy Combadge core uniform communicator badge is known as the All Good Things Alternate Future Variant combadge used to represent the Starfleet insignia in a potential future reality (in the late-24th century). The future combadge was introduced in The Next Voyager series finale “All Good Things.” It was also seen in Deep Space 9, Voyager, and now Prodigy. We have directions to make your own DIY Star Trek Prodigy Combadge Vinyl Sticker.
How to make a DIY Star Trek Prodigy Combadge Vinyl Sticker
This DIY Star Trek Prodigy Combadge Vinyl Sticker was done with a vinyl artwork cut with the Cricut Maker.
Supplies for your DIY Star Trek Prodigy Combadge Vinyl Sticker
Cricut Vinyl (permanent)
Cricut Self-Healing Mat
Cricut Maker 3
Cricut Transfer Tape
Basic Tool Set (Weeder, Scraper, Scissors)
Directions for your DIY Star Trek Prodigy Combadge Vinyl Sticker
- Ready your art file in Cricut Design Space. The custom file I created is available for download here: Star Trek Prodigy Combadge.
- Apply your Cricut Vinyl (permanent) to the Cricut Self-Healing Mat; use the Scissors in the Basic Tool Set if you need to trim your piece of vinyl before adhering it to the Self-Healing Mat.
- Load the mat into the Cricut Maker 3.
- Follow the directions in the Cricut Design Space to cut the file.
- Remove the negative Cricut Vinyl (permanent) pieces, leaving only the desired cut image on the liner (this process is known as weeding). Using the weeder (found in the Basic Tool Set can make this process faster and less tedious). I also love the Cricut BrightPad, which makes this process even easier.
- Apply Cricut Vinyl (permanent) following the directions on the packaging with Cricut Transfer Tape.
- Gently place the Cricut Transfer Tape (adhesive side down) over your cut design, starting in the center and moving out toward the edges. Use the Scrapper found in the Basic Tool Set to burnish (rub or polish) the Cricut Transfer Tape onto the vinyl. Peel the vinyl away from the liner at a 45-degree angle.
- To apply the vinyl decal to the product, carefully place the Cricut Transfer Tape with vinyl decal onto the product as you would like it to appear. Burnish the Cricut Transfer Tape onto the surface, starting in the center, moving out toward the edges. Use the Scraper tool to smooth.
- Peel the Cricut Transfer Tape away from the vinyl at a 45-degree angle. If the vinyl sticks to the Cricut Transfer Tape, simply burnish the Cricut Transfer Tape onto the vinyl with the Scraper and peel away again.
- Enjoy your masterpiece custom DIY Star Trek Prodigy Combadge Vinyl Sticker!
How to Make the DIY Star Trek Prodigy Combadge Vinyl Sticker without a Cricut
If you don’t have a Cricut, you can still make your own DIY Star Trek Prodigy Combadge Vinyl Sticker! Instead of using the art from the Cricut Design Space, you can download this PDF version of the Star Trek Prodigy Combadge art as a template to cut your vinyl by hand using scissors or an exacto knife.
- Print the PDF to scale so the Star Trek Prodigy Combadge is the correct size for the product on which you plan to place the sticker.
- Trim the white paper close to the edge of the template.
- Trim your vinyl to match the approximate size of the template you just printed and trimmed.
- Place your template on top of the vinyl and gently tape the template to the vinyl with a few pieces of scotch tape.
- Using a pair of sharp scissors, trim around the back of the template and cut out the shapes as needed for the artwork.
- Remove the template from the vinyl art you have cut out.
- While using Cricut Transfer Tape and the scraper tools as above in steps 6-10 aren’t essential, they will help you apply a transfer more neatly to your finished project.
- You can also gently peel the backing away from the vinyl and gently apply it while slowly pressing down the vinyl while pulling away the back from underneath the vinyl as you go along.
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About Star Trek: Prodigy
Continue the epic adventures throughout the cosmos in the all-new Star Trek: Prodigy: Season 2 Blu-ray and MOD DVD. Join this extraordinary motley crew of young aliens who must figure out how to work together while navigating a greater galaxy, in search of a better future. These six young outcasts know nothing about the ship they have commandeered—a first in the history of the “Star Trek” franchise—but over the course of their adventures together, they will each be introduced to Starfleet and the ideals it represents. Dive deeper into this season with two all-new featurettes including exclusive cast & crew interviews only available on DVD & Blu-ray!
Star Trek: Prodigy: Season 2 will be available on Blu-ray and MOD DVD from Paramount Home Entertainment and CBS Home Entertainment on November 12, 2024.
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