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british armour campaign
ltb073
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Posted: Monday, August 02, 2010 - 08:26 AM UTC
Stanley,
I never attempted to make a ribbon but Andrzej Snigorski posted this tutorial on how to make them
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/138001&page=1
Hope that helps
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Posted: Monday, August 02, 2010 - 08:50 AM UTC
I always use PhotoShop CS for all pixel manipulation as I really like the fact that you always learn new tricks while using it.

I would say that when making a ribbon you need to keep it simple due to the very small size, the ratio that is needed does not lend itself to flags so select colours that represent the country, location, unit, or combination there of. If including a centre item select something that is easily identified and has obvious relevance.
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Posted: Monday, August 02, 2010 - 12:39 PM UTC
That's a great looking ribbon Darren. This is going to be a fun campaign.

Are we "Yanks" going to be required to spell "armour", "colour", "tyre", "centre" etc. in the British style while posting in this forum?

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Posted: Monday, August 02, 2010 - 01:06 PM UTC
I think most of us Limey's have learnt Yank by now
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Posted: Monday, August 02, 2010 - 01:38 PM UTC
I have enlisted. Now I just need to figure out what I am going to build.
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Posted: Monday, August 02, 2010 - 01:55 PM UTC

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I think most of us Limey's have learnt Yank by now


Lol. Touché, Darren!
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Posted: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 - 03:25 AM UTC
thanks for the halp darren.
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Posted: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 - 05:15 AM UTC

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I think most of us Limey's have learnt Yank by now


Lol. Touché, Darren!


Ahhhh... Two nations separated by a common language!

Of course, I'm a New Yorker, so I don't have an accent...

Tom
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Posted: Sunday, August 08, 2010 - 05:23 AM UTC
hey guys, i have a good idea for a campaign banner, just one thing, what program do you use to make these in; do you use photoshop, paint something like that? thanks
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Posted: Sunday, August 08, 2010 - 06:29 AM UTC
I use Photo Shop CS for all editing.
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Posted: Sunday, August 08, 2010 - 06:46 AM UTC
Here is a sample of what can be created using PScs. This image was created using the Royal Engineers cap badge and hunting around for their colours.
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Posted: Sunday, August 08, 2010 - 11:23 PM UTC
just checked and hve reached 20 participants.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 07:56 AM UTC
hello to everyone on board ,
just thought id share my progress on my scimitar tracks . they take a while to build but i think the effort will be worth it in the end , heres a few pics ,,comments always welcome , thanks for looking.


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Posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 12:30 PM UTC
Actually, this campaign does not start until January.
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Posted: Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 08:33 AM UTC
seems like i jumped the gun slightly
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Posted: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 01:09 AM UTC
i think i'll get started on the banner when i get back off my holiday
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Posted: Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 04:28 PM UTC
Hi Stanley,
I just arranged a deal for MiniArts Dingo Mk.1B British Scout Car. Would that be an acceptable build for this campaign It look like it will be a good kit to build. Comes with a plate of PE and I never built a MiniArt vehicle
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Posted: Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 04:41 PM UTC
Sal: Those kits have won at least one prestigious award from there debut I believe it was, and anybody I've talked too can't stop saying good things about them. They've been hot sellers since their initial release and a lot of shops have a hard time keeping them on the shelves. I actually plan and building one of the earlier all-wheel steering models when I get the chance.
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Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010 - 11:50 PM UTC

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Hi Stanley,
I just arranged a deal for MiniArts Dingo Mk.1B British Scout Car. Would that be an acceptable build for this campaign It look like it will be a good kit to build. Comes with a plate of PE and I never built a MiniArt vehicle

hi sal,
yeh sure that would be fine i wanted to name my campaign to say any british military vehicle past and present but don't know if i can change now; if someone could please tell me a way of doing this that would be really helpful , anyway i was thinking of building one of those myself aswell. thanks
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Posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 04:48 AM UTC
Well I have signed up no idea hat to build yet tho?
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Posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 09:28 AM UTC

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Well I have signed up no idea hat to build yet tho?

no, no, ian just jumped the gun abit, this campaign does'nt start till 1st jan next year, so sorry, i'll guess you will have to wait until then.
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Posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 10:03 AM UTC
I am going to do one of the Trumpeter Challenger II's.
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Posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 10:56 AM UTC
I too will be building one of the Trumpter Challenger II's along with Darren, or rather combining two of them.
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Posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 09:26 PM UTC

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hi sal,
yeh sure that would be fine i wanted to name my campaign to say any british military vehicle past and present but don't know if i can change now; if someone could please tell me a way of doing this that would be really helpful


Stanley, the British Armour title doesn't exclude lightly-armoured cars like the Dingo so there isn't a problem as far as I can see, but if you really want to change the title just drop a PM to Gary Kato since I don't think Campaign Leadewrs have the power to edit titles directly. However, if you remove armour from the requirements you open the flood-gates to all manner of soft-skins...

Tom
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Posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 04:19 AM UTC

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hi sal,
yeh sure that would be fine i wanted to name my campaign to say any british military vehicle past and present but don't know if i can change now; if someone could please tell me a way of doing this that would be really helpful


Stanley, the British Armour title doesn't exclude lightly-armoured cars like the Dingo so there isn't a problem as far as I can see, but if you really want to change the title just drop a PM to Gary Kato since I don't think Campaign Leadewrs have the power to edit titles directly. However, if you remove armour from the requirements you open the flood-gates to all manner of soft-skins...

Tom

thanks tom, i'll go and edit the requirements and more than likely send gary kao a PM, thanks for the help.
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