scoffman wrote:
Yellowjacket wrote:
scoffman wrote:
Here's a real quick workup of an alternate version of a smaller Raiders patch that incorporates a little more of the original design. I shared it with Yellowjacket to see what he thought and he liked it and said to post it to see what you guys thought. I didn't convert the background to black like he did with his, but it'll give you an idea of what it'd look like. Feel free to play around with it, but be aware that some of the angles are a little off as I was "eyeballing" it.
Attachment:
Raiders Patch.png
-scoff
It's a great idea. I like this version, but I'll go with the majority on it. This patch would have no merrowed border. It would just be as you see it. It would still be small enough to go almost anywhere and with the added color it would be more dynamic.
Thanks Bacta, I appreciate your vote of confidence too even if the consensus is to go with the original design! Just out of curiosity Yellowjacket, did your original idea/design also have no merrowed border either, or was that just because the image was on a black background, and the white diamond was the merrowed border?
The first image at the start of this thread is the Emblem of the Marine Raiders. Think of it like the American Flag. On it's own, the flag has no border at all, but when it's displayed as a patch on uniforms the flag usually has a white or gold merrowed border. Likewise, the larger Raider patch has a merrowed border in white.
Now, of we were to pursue the small diamond with just the red background, it would make sense to do a merrowed edge, but once you add the outside blue and red, It's better to just crop it to the color with no merrow. Merrowed borders have to be a single color, and adding another color outside your proposed design would not look good. I strongly recommend what's called a 'hot-cut' edge with no merrow.