Tunisia scenario patch

[Krusty]

My intent wasn't to have a border. Like Stalin's Fourth, have a crisp edte and then stitching inside that. You mean the white outline? That as black?

[B4Buster]

Well it doesn't necessarily need to be black...just some type of outline to make the words stand out better. White on gray is tough to see

[Krusty]

Well, keep in mind that white stitching on a grey material will show up a lot more than simple pixels on a computer screen.

However, here are a couple of different shades that might make the colors "pop" a bit more.

tunisia3a


tunisia3b


tunisia3c

[B4Buster]

That middle one is looking good

[Fianna]

I like the middle one... One nitpick, though... the sand is too pale. Maybe a little darker to contrast with the gray border?

[Babalonian]

I like the middle one... One nitpick, though... the sand is too pale. Maybe a little darker to contrast with the gray border?

That's my one nitpick with Krusty's design too.  The pale sky color with the pale desert color is not very apealing to my eyes.  The bolder text though in the 3B patch is a very nice improvement. 

I really like the originality with Krusty's patch and the triangle design.  But for content I think I'm favoring Fencer's.  This might be a tough decision when it gets down to voting time.

[Krusty]

The sand is my fault lol. I eyeballed it based on some desert skins I did for Luftwaffe planes. Offer me a RGB alternative and I'll give it a try!

[Babalonian]

I'll leave what RGB you want to stick with up to you, but there were some color photos posted by BMathis earlier in the propaganda thread that might be good sources of inspiration.

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,260170.msg3230708.html#msg3230708











Edit: In looking at the photos and your patch, maybe it's actualy the pale sky color, the desert/sand color isn't off by much IMO.

[Krusty]

The problem with WW2 color photos is they bleed, color shift, leech out, and degrade over the years. This is especially the case in that last tank photo. However, sampling from the second pic (the P-40E) I got a shade of blue from the sky.

tunisia3d:

[Fianna]

I like it.

[B4Buster]

Looking better. In the middle of the bomb explosion try red instead of orange just to see what it looks like and put the orange in place of the yellow

[Babalonian]

The problem with WW2 color photos is they bleed, color shift, leech out, and degrade over the years. This is especially the case in that last tank photo. However, sampling from the second pic (the P-40E) I got a shade of blue from the sky.

tunisia3d:
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I like it if you do Krusty, but I think it's definetley more gentle on the eyes now.  Thanks 

[Fencer51]

[ROC]

Ok, now for just pure impact, That looks good Fencer.

The Kangaroo(?) could be a little smaller.

[Brooke]

Guys, keep in mind these patches will be 3" maximum dimension, and thread is not all that high in resolution.

If I take the above two candidates, save them as 100 pixels wide or tall, then resize them so that they are about 3" max. dimension on a 1024x768 display (just a very rough estimate of what sorts of things happen in going to the lower-res medium of thread), they appear as:





So, I think some of the smaller lettering will not be as legible as you'd like.  The lettering also likely won't be able to have outlines in a different color.  Very small lettering (the "Old Ironsides" for example), won't be able to be rendered at that size.