Great idea but sounds vaguely familiar.....Oh yeah, post 41. Buy you a beer and a shot at Hershey, Scotty

Sticking my oar in:

The 914 silhouette on this one is too busy. Simplify it (maybe get rid of the mirror, maybe get rid of the triangle window?) and it should work a little better. And might be easier to produce?

--DD

As long as this is still open to comments, I have two:

1) Why does the hood have an up-turn in the last section of it? Was it supposed to look like the headlights in the up position? If so, it doesn't.

2) The reason why the ones with the numbers embedded into the silhouette is much better than the plain silhouette is that the numbers break up that large black chunk beneath the car. Otherwise, the car shape is completely lost amongst all that black.

As others have stated, though, the design with the full silhouette has a silhouette that is not of the right proportions. Can't you just take a side profile photograph and trace that, then shrink it down, to get the right proportions?

I like this latest design best as well but the 914 looks like it has a little too much "nose down" attitude. Can it be leveled a bit?

Look at the silhouette of your 914... the sloping down is the hoodline. The "up-turn" is the fender section that extends out to the turn signals.

The full silhouette was ever-so-slightly elongated... probably happened during a resize Good eye, people

OK, I see what you mean when I study the car from a straight sideways profile. Although technically it is the correct silhouette, my brain tends to follow the fender line for the profile, so the mental image I get is much closer to the profile line used in the red outline below.

I like both but prefer the one with the full car at the bottom of the globe.

I have not read every post, so please excuse me if this has been covered. But the "4" bothers me. Can we use the "upsidedown h"? The four on the car? Both on the web site and the badge.

Is that font copyrighted?

Today is the 27th. Do we vote today?

The Admins are deliberating on which badge is going to be used. It will be a design that is 1) already on the table 2) will not be changed once a final decision is reached.

We will try and have a decision out by the end of the day today.

Thanks
Zach

We listened to you folks when it was suggested (by several of you) that the admins just get together and pick a design so that we can go forward with production.

Our expectation is that Mikey914 will continue with the badge production once a design is decided.

We have had a poll going on since the evening of the 25th and the following design was the clear winner among the admins.

So here it is, your new badge:



Zach

Thank you. It is awesome. Great design. I will take 3. How much are they estimated to be, BTW?

Thanks,
Steve

I like it.

I like this version too.

The front end of the car doesn't look right.

...and I think Donald Trump already owns rights to the color red.

But I'll order one anyway.

Way to GO

You are correct ...


Which is why i used this picture of a 914:

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To create this outline:

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Which i applied to the badge design:

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so you changed it from the first image posted?

The ends of the cars should show. Your silhouette is nice but you're not showing it in the badge. Back to the tow truck look again. If not, maybe add the mirror and steering wheel in; doesn't look like a car. Also might as well finish (add) in the middle line for the globe...some should still show on the left side.

And is 914world one word?

at his point I would let it Die.

Andy and the boys should have just done it behind closed doors to begin with.

there has been way to many options shown,

just produce it and they will be purchased

How about a front end like this? It's just a gentle continuous curve connecting the two end points. Too bulbous?
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Looking forward to when these go into production. will never please everyone.

The first image has an outline that does not match the actual 914 outline. Simple as that. There is no sloping hood when viewed from the side.

The first image looked like the car had a slant nose conversion done.

Not a real 914 outline unless you have a shalom kit ...

Silhouette scaled down to fully show ...

Yes, you're right, my shalom kit never did blend well with the car

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Seriously, I like the look of your new outline but I would try to smooth the transition to the windshield a bit ... keep it from looking crumpled.

Yes, so it seems....

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nice, beat me to it...bravo

"Silhouette scaled down to fully show ..."

Now you be talkin'!! Looks much, much better.

To follow up on my last post, I'd like to see a smooth transition from the A-pillar to the body ... something like this:

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Smoothed out the lines a bit, cleaned the door sill and windshield to hood area, added black to the triangle window post.


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Nice! I like it!

-Steve

AWESOME!

I'm all in on this one!

I like the adjustments you have made, SirAndy
I prefer the end of the silhouette to not show so that it can represent all years.

Would you like the PSD file or are you going to rebuild it?

Send me the PSD please ...

Good work, Andy!!!

Looks great!

That came out really nice !

PM sent with link to file

Looks fantastic. Now how do I order one?!?!

Sold!

I need one for the engine lid behind my desk.

Let's do this



except for the member part

you don't want your member to show?

1st article will be ready Friday.

I'll have pics and production schedule finalized then.
Yeah!

Lance Mountain - future primitive ....very nice.

Can you add our member number as each badge is ordered ?

I know this is very late in the game to be asking this, but will the badge be able to fit the side grille like the old 914 club badge? Looks like it would have to be about 80mm or less in diameter.

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I think they may be a touch too wide to fit on the side, but I will check the fit late tomorrow. As far as customizing and adding member numbers, there's not much I can do from a production side. It's a good idea, but I'm not sure where the number would go?