Embroidered patch to commemorate glorious battles in Mastes of the Air scenario

[DaCoon]

while my artistic and creative skills suck at best, I will more than happily kick in for the cost of the production run.      

[potsNpans]

I'll throw the first patch...

[DaCoon]

that's good pots, but I think it needs to depict the Axis as well

[Kermit de frog]

that's good pots, but I think it needs to depict the Axis as well

To the victor, go the spoils

[potsNpans]

that's good pots, but I think it needs to depict the Axis as well

Eagle is a Luftwaffe emblem which usually contained Swastika

[Shuffler]

I thought he meant the animal.... 

[oboe]

This design may have too many elements, or too much detail.  Designing a patch is harder than it looks.   I may be back with an alternate, simpler design.    Those previous patches were very cool-looking, esp Der Grosse Schlag and the Red Storm-Kruppes Steel. 



Brooke who do you use to create the patches?  It might help to look at their website for design guidelines?

[Brooke]

Brooke who do you use to create the patches?  It might help to look at their website for design guidelines?

They don't really have guidelines that tell you much.

What you do is use some judgement, make a graphic, send it in, they render it into what it will approximately look like in stitching, you iterate that until you are happy, then you pull the trigger on a patch run.

[oboe]

Here's another, simpler one, focusing on the theme of the scenario.

[Spikes]

This design may have too many elements, or too much detail.  Designing a patch is harder than it looks.   I may be back with an alternate, simpler design.    Those previous patches were very cool-looking, esp Der Grosse Schlag and the Red Storm-Kruppes Steel. 

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Brooke who do you use to create the patches?  It might help to look at their website for design guidelines?

This one is superb to be honest. Not sure how easy it is to edit - but perhaps for the Luftwaffe just have the traditional WWII Balkenkreuz (https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-nf66r1574l/images/stencil/2048x2048/products/221/721/IN-23__80897.1579715806.png?c=2) ? Maybe February on the left vert side and 2024 on the right vert side? Just spitballing.

[Brooke]

Oboe, for the two you did, likely the words will end up having the equivalent of bigger fonts, and the outside border would be thicker.  If you look at the pictures of the patches above, check out how big various words are with respect to the patch to see what I mean.

Patches are 3" diameter.

[Brooke]

Folks, let's pick which of these three you guys like the best so far.

That way, the creator can focus on that in making tweaks to convert it to something that would work as a patch.

Cast a vote.  Which do you like the best?

A.


B.


C.

[Banshee7]

Folks, let's pick which of these three you guys like the best so far.

That way, the creator can focus on that in making tweaks to convert it to something that would work as a patch.

Cast a vote.  Which do you like the best?

A.
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B.
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C.
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B for me! Although I do worry about how the detail will translate into a patch.

[Eagler]

B

Eagler

[oboe]

This one is superb to be honest. Not sure how easy it is to edit - but perhaps for the Luftwaffe just have the traditional WWII Balkenkreuz (https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-nf66r1574l/images/stencil/2048x2048/products/221/721/IN-23__80897.1579715806.png?c=2) ? Maybe February on the left vert side and 2024 on the right vert side? Just spitballing.

Thanks Spikes, I can make that change, and put the design up as an alternate choice.   I'll also incorporate Brooke's suggestion of a wider outline band with a larger font.

I really thought more people would be submitting designs.   Seems like we should have a larger field to pick from.   

I think 'A' is an interesting design because the Luftwaffe and 8th AF symbols interfere with each other, visually suggesting a clash.
But not sure how the embroider machine would handle the overlapping wings.   But its a cool idea.