That's actually not that bad, but in this case you can also just buy the pin from an army surplus shop. From there you can squish it into a mold and do all manner of cool stuff with that! 
That's another option ;D
But sometimes you can't find any army pins or they're too expensive.
This is just an alternative method :3
But sometimes you can't find any army pins or they're too expensive.
This is just an alternative method :3
I think the only ones that would be too hard to find or expensive are original ones now xP