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Attaché Achievement Award, Part II Not much that needed updating, really just for consistency. I'm keeping the old/current handshake as it looks better scaled down, if a decision gets made on the proposed new one I can make a cleaned-up one and swap it out, or use it for some future merchandise idea... doesn't really matter to me. What I did do: Changed the yellow/blue to FISD Yellow/Blue (like the other awards), removed the white background behind the text for readability/consistency with other awards, changed the font to match, and made the text/border Attaché Olive Green (color coding!). Proposed new version (attempt #1): Or without cogs (cleaner but different):

I agree, move it to L2.

Daaaang Paul! Any pics?

Cool, you get to be the guinea pig for all of us. Looking forward to your build. Planning for real lenses?

Lots of good reference shots in there too. Looking forward to the 4K disc.

It will fit, my concern is on how recognizable it will be at that size is all. One cog may work, I’ll give it my best. Gold border is too yellow, I agree. Will fix. Will move stars as well.

Only for new approvals though, right? Or are you worried about second-hand FX armor? If so you have a point, in which case some additional clarification is probably a good idea as Dave mentions.

Quick detour to the EIB/Centurion Awards... Expert Infantry Badge So this one really doesn’t need much, if anything... so what follows is what I’d deem nice-to-haves/suggestions. The changes I'm proposing are: 1.) Lighten the "EXPERT INFANTRY" text so you can read it on the dark gray forum background. At a minimum I would say this is a must. 2.) Tweak the styling to match the new ribbons (shadows, rounded corners by popular demand). 3.) Ditch the cogs on either side of the "EXPERT INFANTRY" text. #1, as part of ongoing FOTK inclusion, and #2 because they are indistinguishable at that size. Also allows more room for text (legibility wins!). 4.) Switch the font to the one used in official FISD merchandise (most notable use is on challenge coins), it's a move towards better brand cohesion AND it's more legible scaled down (the 'R' and 0-9 most notably). 5.) Move the stars inside the EI badge instead of above it. Takes up less space (the current solution leaves a huge gap between awards), and makes it clear the stars are for the EI award and not whatever award sits above it. Also looks cooler (my opinion of course!). Proposed NEW EIB art: Centurion would follow suit with similar changes (in progress).

Hero and ESB would apply as well though. Honestly if its an issue of people using overlap construction just move the distinction to Basic approval IMO.

That's why this thread is out the open, so everyone (staff included!) can comment. I don't plan on messing with the designs but I'd still like to redraw the Armorer/Attache ribbons so they'll all match (and the EI/Centurion badges), that was part of the plan. Sorry if my PM wasn't clear enough. I definitely has suggestions which I'll mention here when I get around to that though.

I have 5, been collecting since November. Many people have way, way more than that.

Don't forget the ROTJ wrinkle where overlap construction is required, though.

Looking great, see you at pre-approval and beyond. Wouldn't take much for EI from what I see. Good luck.

Welcome to the 501st, finally.

Attaché Achievement Award, Part I Before I get too far down the rabbit hole and spend a few hours in Illustrator redrawing this, I'd like to propose modifying the "troopers helping troopers" image that is used for the AAW as well as other places around the detachment (merch, etcetera). My proposed update: Here is the original for comparison: The main change is making one of the hands a First Order Stormtrooper, one of the detachments goals this year was to be more inclusive of FO TK's so I thought it may be a nice touch... I've also added some shading and detail, and tweaked the finger positions to be more realistic. Please keep in mind that this would look cleaner once redrawn, this is just a quick sketch.

Logo was just to illustrate color reference anyway. Regarding colors... I kept what was there. If you wanted to start changing things I'd almost say make Chief Admin orange, then Admins can be a brighter red... but then I'd also want to make Attaché teal so you'd get a rainbow effect, e.g.: C. Admin Admins Staff IPM Attachés TK/501st Member Guest Dan, I like the current font because A.) it matches what we already have, logo-wise and B.) it tolerates heavy condensation, which is great for these long-winded user ranks in such small spaces. As for the cartoony feel, to each their own I guess? I wasn't aiming for photo-realistic to begin with.

Nose... you mean teeth? On my helmet it is literally window screen material. You can get it at Home Depot/Walmart/Amazon pretty cheap.

Very nice. Rob/Tkittell makes a nice replacement belt if you decide to go for Centurion FWIW.

You could, pressing them while suited up may prove challenging. Also, making them functional will probably keep you from Centurion status if you are considering it.

Each layer is ~ 3mm / 1/8” thick.

Since a lot of the forum skin has rounded corners, I made a couple options for rounded (and more rounded) corners, thoughts? A.) Square: B.) Slightly Round: C.) Very Round:

Hey everyone, as most of you have probably noticed the boards were upgraded last year, and now some of the old assets look outdated (or outright broken). We also can't find the source files for a lot of them, so long story short, I've been tasked by Paul (Daetrin) with doing a refresh on the various icons/awards/etcetera peppering the boards. This thread is to serve as a PSA as well as for gathering feedback from the membership. I have two goals in mind with this refresh : 1. Hi-Res assets - with the explosion of super-high PPI displays we want to future-proof by creating any new art at higher resolution (this also opens the door to potential print and other uses down the road). 2. Streamlining/Consistency - All of the art has been made over the course of several years by multiple people, so what exists right now isn't as consistent as it could be. I'll do my best to get everything to 'gel' together better. Where possible, I will show the new images in regular and 2X (hi-res) versions. Before I dive in, a brief detour into some of the consistency stuff, namely color... there has been an attempt to clean up the "color coding" going on with user ranks and the various awards and other art that tie into them. Here's a brief run-down of the colors I'm using and where they come from: (I may eventually go through the effort of converting these over to Pantone colors, but it's a lot of work so this will suffice for now.) User Rank Images These are the first thing I will be tackling, and the new (proposed) art addresses a few issues. The "classic" FISD logo has been replaced with a (revised) beret flash, AKA the simplified shield logo. This has the benefit of looking better at smaller resolutions as well as being more OT/FO TK agnostic (no helmet!) - a goal of the detachment this year is to make FO TK's feel more at home so I'll be doing my best to help where possible. I am also switching to the same font used in the forum header (logo) for consistency. These are the proposed user title graphics - there is now a "Guest" title which we may or may not use, but completes the set of user groups in current use: Updated Red 7/1/2021 Added 8/1/2021 -- Updated 9/1/2021 -- Service/Achievement Ribbons (Part I) Much like the user titles, we can't find the original files and they had to be re-drawn. The current ones are ever-so-slightly off-center, which I will be fixing: First off, I'm proposing some slight color tweaks to the ribbon colors themselves in the interest of consistency: The Achievement Award Ribbon's center blue strip has been adjusted to match the "official" FISD blue (it also stands out better on the dark gray forum background): The Service Award Ribbon's center lilac strip has been changed to the staff "burple", this way both Admins (Red) and Staff ("Burple") are represented: The ribbons have been redrawn at high res, and the stars have been redone to match the new user titles: Next up will be tackling the other two ribbons (Master Armorer and Attaché Achievement)... stay tuned.

Just the two screws that stick out the side.

Another award for the sidebar, congrats Tony.