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cRPG => General Discussion => Topic started by: DaveUKR on September 29, 2018, 03:29:25 pm

Title: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: DaveUKR on September 29, 2018, 03:29:25 pm
Hello!

During our history, we had a set of different heraldry used for our ingame banner. It all followed the same idea, having sacral meaning behind elements of the image.

To be short: We are looking for an artist who will make us a new iteration of our banner for cRPG payment. So far we suggest 6 loompoints and a certain amount of gold. We may discuss and/or reconsider higher payment amount.

Our current banner is:

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which is basically a simplified version of this
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It is one of the oldest banner versions (originally used in 2011 and better version of this later up to 2013), back in the time when the resolution of the banner was lower (early implementation of custom banners), because the lost the one with better quality.

This one is more modern version that we used in late 2013 and 2014 (or other variations of it). Basically we want a simplified drawn version of this banner to fit the flag.

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Meanings of image elements:
3 swords mean that we treat our history and refer to three original founders of Mercs: Oberyn, Olwen and Gnjus
Metal skull is a reference to "Mercenaries never die, they just go to hell to regroup"
Wings (metal or golden) refer to Angels of Death
Crown of thorns refers to switching golden crown (victory of Strat 1) to crown of thorns in Strat 2 when Mercs got crucified after a long epic war against overwhelming enemies from all sides and betrayal from our "allies"
Circle with spikes on the back refers to Cardinal Directions, "any time, any place"
Blood and Gold basically means blood for gold ;-)
Also had scales on some versions which also means the same

Colors: black, grey, golden, red.


Also other stuff related:

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Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: Panos_ on September 29, 2018, 03:39:06 pm
MERNCRIAS YAES!!!

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Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: Ikarus on September 29, 2018, 03:49:28 pm
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I doubt that anyone will work that much for crpg dollery-doos nowadays

why not go to deviantart, look for a dude who does some heraldry stuff and commission him for 30,40 bucks or something, for a longliving clan as mercs it'd be worth it I'd say
Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: DaveUKR on September 29, 2018, 03:55:32 pm
Quote from: Ikarus on September 29, 2018, 03:49:28 pm
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I doubt that anyone will work that much for crpg dollery-doos nowadays

why not go to deviantart, look for a dude who does some heraldry stuff and commission him for 30,40 bucks or something, for a longliving clan as mercs I'd be worth it I'd say

It's not about money and not that we really need a new banner when EU pop is that small. Maybe someone is really up to drawing and our in-game payment motivates him/her.
Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: Algarn on September 29, 2018, 05:58:32 pm
Quote from: Ikarus on September 29, 2018, 03:49:28 pm
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I doubt that anyone will work that much for crpg dollery-doos nowadays

why not go to deviantart, look for a dude who does some heraldry stuff and commission him for 30,40 bucks or something, for a longliving clan as mercs I'd be worth it I'd say

I know NA is really active, that was the main aim for that offer.
Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: Vibe on September 29, 2018, 07:33:24 pm
Quote from: DaveUKR on September 29, 2018, 03:55:32 pm
It's not about money

says the client LOL
Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: Nickleback on September 29, 2018, 07:40:50 pm
fck u dave just put smt that can be seen good in game.WHY BOTHER MAKING ART FOR SMT THAT WILL NOT BE SEEN PROPERLY IN GAME zzzz IM MAD
Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: Yeldur on September 29, 2018, 07:48:08 pm
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i made this for u dave i hope thios is juwhat u were loking for, its n othing miuch but ir hope u wil enjkyo
Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: Nickleback on September 29, 2018, 08:36:35 pm
Quote from: Yeldur on September 29, 2018, 07:48:08 pm
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i made this for u dave i hope thios is juwhat u were loking for, its n othing miuch but ir hope u wil enjkyo
Very good unparalled art
Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: zottlmarsch on September 29, 2018, 10:20:05 pm
No offence but Merc banner doesn't look in any way medieval or historically correct. It looks more like a badge that some ss soldier would wear in ww2. If someone makes a new banner then please try and make it a bit more realistic!
Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: DaveUKR on September 30, 2018, 09:32:27 pm
Quote from: zottlmarsch on September 29, 2018, 10:20:05 pm
No offence but Merc banner doesn't look in any way medieval or historically correct. It looks more like a badge that some ss soldier would wear in ww2. If someone makes a new banner then please try and make it a bit more realistic!

Yes, Mercs are not historically correct. Unlike Krems.
Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: Casul on September 30, 2018, 09:45:04 pm
our chicken banner is the most real thing cRPG has ever received
Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: Asheram on September 30, 2018, 10:06:43 pm
The jive Turkeys had the best banner dont lie. visitors can't see pics , please register or login
Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: harrier on October 01, 2018, 05:58:06 pm
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Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: DaveUKR on October 01, 2018, 08:05:15 pm
Quote from: harrier on October 01, 2018, 05:58:06 pm
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Hahaha, it's actually made out of a better quality version of banner that we lost at some point. You can compare with current banner and see  :lol:

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Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: [ptx] on October 01, 2018, 09:12:28 pm
Here:
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I'll have those LPs and a million gold seems appropriate?
Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: DaveUKR on October 04, 2018, 11:00:31 pm
ok, I found our banner with better quality and it's now back in action. All images with our banner automatically updated in this thread because it was using a c-rpg link.

Yet if someone's still willing to do us a new one - our offer is up.
Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: Leshma on October 05, 2018, 03:27:03 pm
You only need to flatten it, to make it more modern. Just replace the busy art with uniform colour shapes, add outlines where needed and you're good to go. Best to do in vector format, so you can easily resize without losing quality.
Title: Re: The Mercenaries are looking for a talented artist
Post by: Battlepriest on October 16, 2018, 09:14:16 am
that reminds me of a thread i made many moons ago

check out the banners i made my man

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^^ this one is my favorite

i also made this one for hesse but we never used it
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but we did use this one
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and this one for sharpe
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i made a venice banner too for either tristan or sharpe but i dunno where it go