U-boat Emblem

Graf Paper · 01-08-08, 10:17 AM

Ahoy Kaleuns!

After five patrols I've earned the right to have an emblem painted onto U-47's conning tower. I looked through all the many emblems that GWX so generously offers, but none seemed to really capture the deadly intent with which I prowl the deep.

So for your perusal I offer my own humble creation....

I call it "Neptune's Fist".

I drew this by hand with a Sharpie marker, scanned it, and then cleaned it up with Paint Shop Pro 10 before converting it to a 256x256 .tga file with the proper background transparency. It took me a good while to do the editing as I'm still not very comfortable or adept with digital artwork. I still prefer the old-fashioned pencil-to-paper or brush-on-canvas methods that I've used all my life.

The pic posted here is the .jpg without transparency due to tinypic.com not liking the .tga format. I had to pick an image host as I was making this post so if anyone knows of a better hosting service that also supports more picture formats let me know, would you?

I wanted to get this posted and see if any of you fellow Kaleuns think this is a good badge for U-47 to sport from now on, beginning with my sixth patrol.

01-08-08, 10:17 AM	#1
Graf Paper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest United States Posts: 1,146 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 2	U-boat Emblem Ahoy Kaleuns! After five patrols I've earned the right to have an emblem painted onto U-47's conning tower. I looked through all the many emblems that GWX so generously offers, but none seemed to really capture the deadly intent with which I prowl the deep. So for your perusal I offer my own humble creation.... I call it "Neptune's Fist". I drew this by hand with a Sharpie marker, scanned it, and then cleaned it up with Paint Shop Pro 10 before converting it to a 256x256 .tga file with the proper background transparency. It took me a good while to do the editing as I'm still not very comfortable or adept with digital artwork. I still prefer the old-fashioned pencil-to-paper or brush-on-canvas methods that I've used all my life. The pic posted here is the .jpg without transparency due to tinypic.com not liking the .tga format. I had to pick an image host as I was making this post so if anyone knows of a better hosting service that also supports more picture formats let me know, would you? I wanted to get this posted and see if any of you fellow Kaleuns think this is a good badge for U-47 to sport from now on, beginning with my sixth patrol. __________________ Still sailing the high seas, hunting convoys with those who join me.