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Post by Servo on Oct 25, 2011 23:28:49 GMT -5
I have been thinking about creating a logo for BWP. It could be used on the website and maybe on t-shirts or other swag. You know, for those times when we know we are nerds but we are worried other people may not be sure. My brother-in-law Justin is a Graphic Designer and has a t-shirt screening contraption. So if we all put our heads together and come up with a cool design, he says he will make us t-shirts for a low fee (basically the cost of materials). He has made me some cool shirts in the past. Would anybody be interested? I have been thinking about a direction, but it is difficult to design anything visually literal for the phrase "Bedecked With Pistols" that does not look like we are endorsing the N.R.A. Maybe just the letters "BWP" in a cool font, or something not so literal? Ideas? Here is a list of my ideas, the good and the bad. I am not going to bother sharing my sketches since they are very rough, so you will have to visualize from my descriptions: - Pistols of varying kinds laid out to spell the letters "BWP".
- Two crossed bandoliers with pistols in each "slot" where a bullet should be; the letter "B" on the left of the cross, the letter "W" at the botton of the cross, the letter "P" on the right of the cross.
- A caricature of the actual Long Drong Slayer, the Slayer Dwarf that the annoying nerd was talking about when he repeatedly said "... he is bedecked with pistols..."
- The letters "BWP" in the same font GW uses and surrounded by a circle (or square) of pistols of various styles. The letters could be in a faux stencil style.
- A vest with a bunch of pistols in it (I realized later that I was probably thinking of the vest Il Duce wore in Boondock Saints).
Have better ideas? Shouldn't be too hard, these suck. |
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Post by JohnnyDangerous on Oct 26, 2011 4:59:22 GMT -5
Servo... Great minds think alike well not when it comes to proxying... but most other things...  So My idea is to take this silhouetted design but change the material... My preference would be a space marine on the far left, maybe a captain, a warboss in the middle(waaagh banner and horned helmet two sluggas in the air, then on the right a third xenos... maybe an eldar(dark or light meat) since their silhouettes look very similar, but maybe a necron(but this would be harder... A tyranid warrior would look good too... Also where fluffy, shell casings flying like a Punisher comic... Anyway... Over the silhouettes It would say B.W.P. Maybe in magneto or arial black fonts... |
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Post by JohnnyDangerous on Oct 26, 2011 5:11:47 GMT -5
If that idea is too much... How about about a bolt pistol butted up to a slugga, really big(kinda also representing the gw logo)... With the BWP in impact or a military font...
Lastly, an ex of bandoleers going across the shirt with empty beer bottles across the bottom... text in a more sponge painted font. The handle and chamber of pistols on the bottom sides... like they are holstered into invisible holsters... Not much of a logo... more of a shirt idea....
Just some ideas... not sure if they are too much...
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Post by Sil Odan on Oct 26, 2011 8:29:37 GMT -5
[/li][li]A caricature of the actual Long Drong Slayer, the Slayer Dwarf that the annoying nerd was talking about when he repeatedly said "... he is bedecked with pistols..."[/quote] Wow...I am extremely impressed that you remember which model that kid was talking about! You are the nerd that other nerds aspire to be. That's a compliment, BTW. |
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Post by ghostwheel11 on Oct 26, 2011 13:53:33 GMT -5
hmm...maybe pistols represented from all armies in GW splayed out in a pattern in the background of BWP in GW font/color
I'll see if I can create a rough image of what I mean.
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Post by ghostwheel11 on Oct 26, 2011 13:58:20 GMT -5
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Post by Servo on Oct 26, 2011 15:08:43 GMT -5
LOL!
Now we are stuck between using initials and promoting a specific sexual position, or spelling it out and looking like we are endorsing the N.R.A.
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Post by ghostwheel11 on Oct 26, 2011 18:19:07 GMT -5
I would worry less about the NRA thing, because it's obvious that we're typically going to only wear these around other nerds or ourselves.
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Post by Mephiston on Oct 26, 2011 22:16:42 GMT -5
How about your crossing pistols idea but with a plasma pistol and a hand flamer. And not the kind of hand flamer you can find in the alley behind the Man Hole.
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Post by JohnnyDangerous on Oct 27, 2011 3:57:22 GMT -5
Ghostwheel, I see What your saying with pistols from every xenos... I had a similar idea too, however neither nids nor necrons have pistols(yet)... So I scrapped the idea... My feeling is this almost makes it seem like those armies are excluded.
While it could be argued that the spine fist is compact enough to be a pistol and has similar rules... almost any guass weapon is a bit to large to be called a pistol.... Unless they have a mighty holster... Ans yes I will buy tickets to the guass blaster quick draw tournament...
Has anyone checked to see if the term bwp is anything other than a sexual position... Maybe british womans police, or some other organization... but otherwise maybe just the letters are enough with a unifying background, and shows no specificiy to any races of the 40k universe...
My first take at it would be the Aquila games workshop uses uses at that pretty much sums it up... however, I think librarium online got sued for using a similar logo... though since they are still using it they must have one the case...
So besides a starry background behind the logo... Im at a loss... for the time being... If this site gets more than a few lurkers we might need to think it out a bit as GW's legals might have a field day...
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Post by JohnnyDangerous on Oct 27, 2011 4:16:27 GMT -5
How about this... The logo... With some beer bottles behind it wearing pistols in holsters... one for each of us... Mephistons can be a hard cider and ghostwheels can be a shot glass...
As we have all contributed many ideas maybe we should focus on fundamentals of design.
Do we want periods between the letters in the BWP?
What symbol best decribes us?
As there are many armies(many of us are starting seconds, or thirds, or fourths even) So i knowledge of the game is present...
We are doing it for fun and it is a good reason to hang out!
Do we want it to be serious or silly, hardcore or campy?
Is it something to to show the family(parents and siblings etc..) or just other nerds...
If we open a store on here and sell shirts... would we like the possibility of us getting sued...
Do we want to go so artsy, no one can tell what the hell its for except those in the know...
Or do we just scan a page out of the Kama Sutra slap a logo on it and be done...
I think once some fundamental decisions are made it will make it easier to find media and create a final product based upon everyone's input
Possibly voting is required... Or bring in a professional for advice like Pookie... As far as I know he has designed many logos... but at a price...
We can always change it later... but its best to get it right first... IMHO
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Post by JohnnyDangerous on Oct 27, 2011 4:22:04 GMT -5
My last idea is a contest... we all design entries and then vote on which is best... Set a date and take a vote! Problem solved!!!
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Post by JohnnyDangerous on Nov 1, 2011 3:15:48 GMT -5
Has anyone made a decision? Vote for design aesthetics, each person make their own then vote, or the super mega logo madness, decide on aesthetics then each person makes their own and we vote? Or just farm it out?
Im saying, since there is a graphic artist in connection with servo, our self made ones could be simple cut and pastes on paper then scanned up to the quality level of finished product... Because we all dont have photoshop after all...
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Post by JohnnyDangerous on Nov 1, 2011 3:21:35 GMT -5
No Wazzdakka, I will not vote for your dice tower enveloped by big breasts with only a few dice peaking out from in between and falling onto a table(which they are resting on), only because when we make shirts it will look like we have breasts... Otherwise good idea...
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Post by Sil Odan on Nov 1, 2011 9:32:23 GMT -5
No Wazzdakka, I will not vote for your dice tower enveloped by big breasts with only a few dice peaking out from in between and falling onto a table(which they are resting on), only because when we make shirts it will look like we have breasts... Otherwise good idea... I'm a little offended that you would think my idea would be so crude and sexist. Though you just gave me a great idea for a new piece of terrain... |
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