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Hmm... much as I like purple, I think dark blue (or maybe even plain black) would look better.

Dark blue works quite well:

<nods> Yep, it's better than purple (though I don't like solid). Anyway, are we agreed that the final choice of which design/colours should be Gimi's? <chortles>

I like the way this is going. Still not too sure about the crown though...
Edited ro add:- actually, it's growing on me quite quickly

I like where this is going:

Disembodied wrote:

Somehow this one reminds me of the Statue of Liberty.

Gimi wrote:

The one on the right - but with a slightly smaller crown?

Cody wrote:

Gimi wrote:

The one on the right - but with a slightly smaller crown?

Like this?
or

Nice, Gimi
We should be careful that (even on a white ship) these are going to look very dark in space. The blue one (which I prefer as well) could would probably look black.

Sorry - I seem to have grown some extra points on the star ... here's a revised version, with Gimi's black border:



Edited to add: it's Gimi's choice, but I've tried to make the crown more stylised, and also not explicitly Christian (all the European heraldic crowns tend to have crosses on the top).

Some more suggestions. I like the Yellow border and it would make it more visible and contrast the blue.

Gimi wrote:

For me, this is preferable. If I was to stylise it more (not worth it at small scales), the crown would be smaller still, and the inner field would be a starfield.

Disembodied wrote:

Sorry - I seem to have grown some extra points on the star ... here's a revised version, with Gimi's black border:



Edited to add: it's Gimi's choice, but I've tried to make the crown more stylised, and also not explicitly Christian (all the European heraldic crowns tend to have crosses on the top).

Nooooo! It's not my choice.
Agree, I would want no cross on the crown. Finding one is hard though.
I think the crown you are using looks a bit simple. Would want a bit more complex. Maybe your crown needs the black borders?

Diffrent crown:

Gimi wrote:

Agree, I would want no cross on the crown. Finding one is hard though.
I think the crown you are using looks a bit simple. Would want a bit more complex. Maybe your crown needs the black borders?

Fine detail will pretty much vanish at all but extreme close range - especially if the decals get scuffed up at all. I think it works better as a more stylised crown, myself: make it too heraldic and it's maybe treading on the Feudal Houses a bit. (And to be honest, if you want a more elaborate crown, you'll need a more elaborate artist ... there's a reason I favour simple designs. If you find an image of crown you'd rather use, I can drop it in, but I wouldn't be able to make a vector graphic out of it - although that's not necessary for a decal, I know.)

If the ships are white, then a yellow border won't show up very well (and in heraldry, putting a metal on a metal is a no-no, unless you're a Bourbon ). I've given it a thin blue border, which hopefully avoids the previous "BLAMMO!" style: