The new Wesnoth logo and the Loyalist sigil

[Rocket Slug]

Groovy never posted any SVG's AFAIK. I'll post up the SVG of my mockup of the sigil, though. I never got any feedback on it. Kitty's compilation of previous sigil ideas can be found here.

[mabeenot]

What about the sigil on the breastplate of LordBob's Grand Knight portrait? I like his use of rays instead of "fluffy" flames.

For reference:


It kinda reminds me of a university seal I've seen before:

[thespaceinvader]

Noone ever said that the sigil had to be identical in all its appearances - only that there should be a general appearance for it, which is recognisable. Any or all of the versions shown here would suffice, and each artist is free to use a favourite, as long as it is recognisable as te Sceptre.

[Sgt. Groovy]

Hi, y'all. Sorry about dropping off for so long. Due to a career change and death in the family I haven't got much time or energy for art for the past year, but now I'm back.

I've decided to start working on the logo again. This is a total redo-from-scratch revision, since last time I have found much better reference and the old sword just looked awful. I've also decided to part more from the original design, colour and detailwise.

Here's two different proposals for the shield, wood and some sort of reptile skin (maybe Drake ). I like the skin texture, but maybe the green colour doesn't sit well with the warm colours of the metal. The skin colour could be changed to whatever, of course.

The sigil is totally a placeholder now, I might go for something like the one on Grand Knight's breast above, It looks pretty cool and more coat-of-arms like.

[thespaceinvader]

Great to see you back at work on this =)

Personally, I'd go with the skin texture, but the traditional blue colour - you can dye or paint it, after all. The central boss could do with being shinier as well, but i know it's a WIP, so i'm not going to push at this point.

[ivanovic]

Lovely to see progress on the shield! Yes, I think that the skin texture is better than the wood, too. Beside this I think some dark blue / black might be best for the color to basically match the current color of our icon. And yes, I even like the sigil you used in the middle. It looks nice already.

[Thrawn]

Welcome back, groovy!

[Blarumyrran]

Sometimes your stuff looks like you're a talentless newbie (eg the female assassin) and sometimes your stuff looks like you're really awesome (eg the lobster drawing), depending on what you draw, and this is certainly on the latter end of the spectrum! Keep up the good work. I really have no idea how you do things like this in a vector format.

& I'd say the wood is far better; & I also think the traditional blue hue could remain.

[Issyl]

I think this current shield sigil is awesome and very suitable.

[Captain_Wrathbow]

I vote for the wood one.

[sur.nhm]

I vote for the wood one.

I second Captain_Wrathbow.

[doofus-01]

They look good.

The wood is nice, but won't it look a bit odd if it is blue? The skin could probably accommodate the blue better.

[ancestral]

I’d like to see a darker outline or more of a printed or chiseled look with the gold sigil. There’s not a lot of contrast in the wood shield with the gold; adding more to it might help.

Also, folks, keep in mind that we could technically have sigils for each faction, and perhaps a green skinned hide for the shield could work better for a more tribal race, like the Saurians or Drakes (perhaps the skin being taken off a crocodile, snake or large reptile). That said, perhaps a slightly more ornate shield here would suit the Loyalist faction better; even using painted wood with a shiny gloss to it.

[artisticdude]

I personally like the wood better, but it seems a bit too much like hardwood flooring to me. Maybe give it a different texture? Of course, this is just an observation on my part, feel free to disregard me (like I even have to say that ).

[Mefisto]

I like reptile-hide-shield more. The wooden shield is kind of obvious, besides it would probably be painted for protection against water and sun. Though maybe they have transparent lacquers in Wesnoth.