Hehe, good one. You could also be a lawyer...:salute:

My Submission...
 

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/x...hussKind-1.pngThis is a custom emblem I've been using in SH3 it's based on a trading card from a german magazine from around the 1930's. It's an optical illusion. I thought it'd be cool because it's time period specific and it could very well have been something a U-boat captain would see and be inspired to use. It's simple but it looks authentic. I've included a pic of the actual card as well. The png is in a black square (might not be visible depending on your background color).


http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/x...ems/card49.jpg

The description of the card says:
"Starrt man zwei Minuten angestrengt auf das weiße Kreuz und schaut dann auf eine weiße Fläche, so sieht man die Blätter grün, die Blüte rot und den Untergrund in einem schönen Violett."

Translation: "Staring intensively two minutes at the white cross and looking on a white surface right after, you will see the leaves green, the bloom in red and the background in a beautiful purple."

They should have written, that you can see that illusion only if you blink.


Nice one btw.

I didn't have to blink ;) But yeah it's a very nice illusion :yeah:

Torplexed is the man. :yeah: and one of the best artist so far that I've seen on these Subsim forums, but who was the Lady artist for the Subsim Werewolf hunt?? Ana, ava? I believe she is somewhere around Bucharest ? and she has posted one or two times on the Werewolf Hunt thread. Neal knows of her I'm sure. She would be a great one to contribute a "Conning Tower Emblem"

Here is one of her works for the Subsim hunt. ( Her sig is at bottom left with hand pointing at it. )

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...hoisartist.jpg

Maybe Torplexd and her could get ideas from each other?

By the way, the above emblem I submitted wasn't made from scratch by me. I just cropped the jpg and squished it into 128x128 in Gimp, so it prolly doesn't quallify. But if anyone wants it, feel free.

Ana was and is amazing. She has a better mastery of the digital arts than me. I believe she is from Budapest, Hungary(next door to Romania anyway) :D

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/member.php?u=244089

Ok if you say so... but a very talented cheesecake artist. Me likee!

Do you use your own made up name then for your captain or do you impersonate another real life captain? A tower emblem is no different than making up your own captain's name.

I think it's the captains choise for the emblem. And in the fact, you are captain of your boat, so it's your choise. And you can select a non historical emblem too. This would be historical i think. :hmmm:

I prefer to select the historical correct emblems for my boats. If I'm assigned to U47 then it's the bull, if it's U48 then it's the black cat and if it's U201 then the snowman decorates my conning tower.
First I thought this contest is just stupid, but now I think it could lead to a better identification with the players avatar, the boat and crew. You create a fictional identity when starting a career, then you select your individual emblem and get the feeling of "thats my boat, harrrghhaaa". It's quite possible I change my attitude...

I don't know about better mastery of the digital arts than you but she is very talented. Just wondering if you or anyone knows how to get her attention as to this thread as to making up some Conning tower emblems?

Don't get me wrong Torplexed for I think your a great artist but competition couldn't hurt. :D

My emblems I just sent in...

I'm sorry but T1 torpedoes had two propellers, not one :P

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