BoB 2008 patch

[kansas2]

  C

[kotrenin]

I like D vertical but I think it needs a border around it.

[weazely]

C

[K-KEN]

I am torn on A, B, and C, with an E option - of the red and white center of A and the outer border colors of C
To chose from the selection, C. Any choice would be OK with me. Sorry, D is not one of my options.

[Brooke]

And the winner for the BoB 2008 patch is . . . C!

I'll get on production of it right away, and it will take probably a few weeks to get it done.

[BlauK]

Brooke,
I'll post a new larger pic here asap. The C-version has colors edited by Motley, and thus it is not exact and smooth in every spot.
I'll put his colors in the original vector based design.

[BlauK]

Seems like the colors come pretty much from HTC web site 

Fixed some minor details, like text location at roundel and the blue stuff at country cut-off edges.

[Brooke]

Many thanks.  I have kicked off the process.

[Brooke]

Here is the color/layout test image for the patch.  Some of the text was made larger for better stiching, and they made the outside merrowed border dark brown instead of black.  I like the dark brown (makes the black aircraft shapes stand out better), but I could have them change it to black if folks like the original black better.

Do people want the dark brown border, or change it to black?

[megger31]

think the brown looks better

[BlauK]

IMHO, the brown border is too close to the green in contrast. It does not form a border around the green, but looks more like an unintentional color gradient from green to brown.

It was intentional, that the planes are like part of the outer border

Keep it black.


Other observations:
- the outside border is quite thick compared to original. IMO, a thinner border works better. The recent Rangoon patch had exceptionally thin border, so it should be doable(?)
- In the original, the main title Battle of Britain" was bolded to make it stand out from other text. Now the other text is much too stuffed. "Aces High tm Scenario" and "November 2008" should be made smaller/thinner and they should be placed at equal distance from the outer border. November has proper distance, AcesHigh is too close to border.

[Sloehand]

I agree with all of Blauk's comments.  Black, thin border is better. 

"Battle of Brittain" does not stand out.  My eye for the text went to the bottom left "Aces High Scenario" instead of the the specific subject of the patch.

[K-KEN]

Kinda has a camo look with the brown. (which is OK IMO)
From the comparison using the black border, maybe it (black) made the one plane tail look more like a blob on the border than part of the plane. <shrug> I think "Battle of Britain" should be more prominent, or at lease consistant with the other text.
Either way, I am pleased overall with this patch and it will make a great addition to my collection   

[kansas2]

I like the black better.

[Brooke]

I'll ask them to redo it with a black border and see if they can reduce size of the lettering mentioned.