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[Hayden]

Adridos, on 02 August 2012 - 01:23 AM, said:

Nice insignia, Hayden, but what unit does it represent?

Thanks for the answer.

"St. Ives Expeditionary Group"

[Gwenora Scorpse]

Hayden, on 02 August 2012 - 12:37 AM, said:

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ED: St. Ives Expeditionary Group.

This is made of EPIC WIN.

Gwen

[Hayden]

Alright, so I've been saving up for an "ULTRA DUMP!" Today has a little bit of everything, so let's get started.

12th Star Guards. This is heavily based off the original, and I think I'll want to redo it at some point. But for now it's "good enough".

Redjack Ryan/Butte Hold - This region is being wiped out right about now in the MWO timeline...

11th Fusiliers - This was a unit that appeared in the old Succession Wars Table Top game as a "filler" merc group that was not faction speciffic. I don't think the unit made any other appearances beyond that.

Fighting Urakhai - I always liked this insignia. They were mercs, serving under long-term contract with House Davion. Eventually they were destroyed in Taurian Space while attempting to flee the ravages of the FedCom civil war. I was always a bit disappointed by this, because I thought they had more potential...

...what I really wanted for them was to form a 5th Regiment of the Ceti Hussars, as happened with the Lexington Combat Group. Oh well, now it'll never happen! The image below is my take on what such an insignia would look like.

Old Insignia for the Lone Wolves merc group. I understand the colors were later changed?

Black Omen, mostly for fun.

Warrior House Tsang Xiao. I'll be revisiting this VERY soon with a better version.

While they exist now (3049), the Aragon Borderers will eventually be destroyed in the Jihad, and New Aragon will later fall to the Capellans (who owned the planet earlier anyway). This is my take on what an Aragon Borderers insignia might look like if the unit was reconstituted by House Liao.

Lastly, a very simple image of clan Smoke Jaguar's Nu Galaxy.

Thanks for looking around, and goodnight!

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Hayden, on 04 December 2011 - 05:05 PM, said:

OK! The pink is gone, never to return again! I forgot that the .png format was for more than just Dawn of War

pink?? Dawn of war?

HMMMMMMM

Yes, its a HELLO KITTY BANEBLADE

Edited by 514yer, 05 August 2012 - 07:21 PM.

[Kay Wolf]

Hayden, on 05 August 2012 - 07:03 PM, said:

Fighting Urakhai - I always liked this insignia. They were mercs, serving under long-term contract with House Davion. Eventually they were destroyed in Taurian Space while attempting to flee the ravages of the FedCom civil war. I was always a bit disappointed by this, because I thought they had more potential...

I only have one small nitpick with this... the white hand on here, even though it's BattleTech, was an homage to The Uruk'hai from Lord of the Rings fame. The hand is supposed to be spread out and looking like someone took white paint to the bottom of their hand, and then smashed it against a flat surface. Otherwise, excellent rendition.

I don't remember, did you already find and do an insignia for Fist of Mokal, Hayden?

[Hayden]

Kay Wolf, on 05 August 2012 - 08:17 PM, said:

I only have one small nitpick with this... the white hand on here, even though it's BattleTech, was an homage to The Uruk'hai from Lord of the Rings fame. The hand is supposed to be spread out and looking like someone took white paint to the bottom of their hand, and then smashed it against a flat surface. Otherwise, excellent rendition.

I don't remember, did you already find and do an insignia for Fist of Mokal, Hayden?

I understand about the Urakhai being "borrowed" from LOTR, however every Fighting Urakhai insignia that is part of the BT canon has been presented in this manner. An alternate wouldn't be hard to do, if you'd like me to.

I have not done Fist of Mokal just yet, it's on the agenda.

ED: As always, good to hear from you.

Edited by Hayden, 05 August 2012 - 08:42 PM.

[Adridos]

Hayden, could I ask you something?

Have you ever remade the Shepard's Mounted Fusiliers insignia? I mean, it's one of the most unique insignias I have ever seen. I'm speaking about the old insignia from the Housebook House Liao, not the newer ones.

Edited by Adridos, 08 August 2012 - 08:49 AM.

[Hayden]

Adridos, on 08 August 2012 - 08:32 AM, said:

Hayden, could I ask you something?

Have you ever remade the Shepard's Mounted Fusiliers insignia? I mean, it's one of the most unique insignias I have ever seen.

My take on it was a bit different, but yes.

[Adridos]

Hm... okay, thanks.

I was just interested if you ever remade that insignia of a bear looking down upon an APC.

Edited by Adridos, 08 August 2012 - 08:59 AM.

[Stefano McCarron]

Hey Hayden!

Could you please post your remake of the McCarron´s Unit Insignia plus the regiment Insignias?
I would be pleased! Thanks a lot!

Edited by Stefano McCarron, 09 August 2012 - 02:25 AM.

[Hayden]

Stefano McCarron, on 09 August 2012 - 12:30 AM, said:

Hey Hayden!

Could you please your remake ofthe McCarron´s Unit Insignia plus the regiment Insignias?
I would be pleased! Thanks a lot!

Do you mind if I take considerable artistic licence with 'em?

[Stefano McCarron]

hehe
What do you want to say?
On wich of the insignias?

[Hayden]

Stefano McCarron, on 09 August 2012 - 02:26 AM, said:

hehe
What do you want to say?
On wich of the insignias?

Well, what I mean is, they'll look as they "should" per the textual descriptions. But expect them to be unlike the ones on cammospecs. You'll see what I mean.

ED: as an aside, I'll be doing the whole "set". I've been meaning to do these for a while.

Edited by Hayden, 09 August 2012 - 02:38 AM.

[Stefano McCarron]

I know the ones on camospecs, but i need em in a size like the others in here...

[Hayden]

Stefano McCarron, on 09 August 2012 - 05:00 AM, said:

I know the ones on camospecs, but i need em in a size like the others in here...

All my insignia are the same size. Don't worry

[Sean Lang]

Hayden, can you contact me about creation of a unit logo for our Mercenary group? Thanks!

[Rheaper]

Hayden, would you mind contacting me regarding the creation of an insignia for my corp?

[Hayden]

Alright, so this is going to be a bit of a trickle, but I've been finding some time here and there.

First up are the 1st and 2nd St. Ives Janissaries. I always liked the fact that these units were modeled on the Ceti Hussars, so instead of going with the shield depicted in canonical sources, I decided to break and go with one based off the Ceti Hussars insignia. The jump ship is replaced by a white horse, and the elements seen on the original insignia are maintained but moved around and in some cases re-sized. I interpreted the Gold (1st) and Silver (2nd) trim as non metalic (per my modus operandi), so that it appears gold/yellow and grayish.

ED: My take on what a Pre-Black May massacre St. Ives Janissaries insignia would look like. This is meant as a Brigade insignia, before the 1st and 2nd were upgraded to brigade levels in their own right.


1st St. Ives Janissaries

2nd St. Ives Janissaries

ED: 3rd St. Ives Janissaries. This unit never made it to "prime time". It was still in the process of being formed when the CCAF invaded the Compact. It's existing forces were later assigned elsewhere, and plans to build the unit after the end of the conflict seem to have languished.



Now for something completely different... The 1st Capellan Defense Force isn't formed from the remains of Stapleton's Grenadiers until around the 3060s, but I thought I'd throw it in, since I haven't been showing the Capellans as much affection as some others.

ED: Once upon a time there was a Terran March within the Federated Suns, which was later absorbed into the Draconis March. The notion of a Terran March Militia appeals to me to no end, but as far as I can tell one either didn't exist, hasn't been covered in existing source material, or was only very obscure. So, without a decent source I decided to make one up. The gold background and red stripe are meant to represent Robinson, which was the Capital of the Terran March and later the Draconis march (per Sarna, none of my sources had anything). The star is meant to represent both the traditional ties with terra, as well as the potential threat posed by the Terran Hegemony.

ED: Purely conjectural Insignia for a St. Ives Provisional Salvage Brigade. Some of these did see combat, specifically the brigade commanded by Col. Lucas Tolek on Milos. The colors are meant to be very simple and straight-forward, as is the design as a whole, given the wartime/provisional nature of the unit. I may have had the ROK's 9th Infantry insignia in mind when I whipped this up.

ED: Subdued version of my St. Ives insignia.

ED: 7th Capellan Reserve Calvary. To give the Cappies a little more love and attention.

ED: conjectural 3rd St. Ives Lancers insignia. Not sure if we'll ever see one, but I've had this idea in mind for a while and just wanted to do it.

Thanks for watching! More to come!

Edited by Hayden, 18 August 2012 - 08:33 PM.

[Kay Wolf]

Damn those look good!

[Stefano McCarron]

Hayden PM!