Greeble
A greeble ( ) or "nurnies", is a part 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". Etymology. 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, while the model-making team of "" referred to them as "wiggets". Other uses. Greebles are also used to enhance interior sets. In "Star Trek", corridor walls were decorated with objects such as pieces of pipe, which extended  out from walls, usually with several fittings and a label implying it was an important part of the ship's infrastructure. In the movie "Alien", the interior of the ship "Nostromo" was thoroughly greebled. Art director Roger Christian said, "Let's have a go at it. So we recruited some dressing prop people, got a hold of several tons of scrap, and went to work on the Nostromo's bridge... encrusting the set with pipes and wires and switches and tubing... then we painted it military green and began stenciling labels on everything."