Pax Prime Forum Lapel Pin - Sold Out.
SkeleVader
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Your Friendly Dark Lord of DestructionRegistered User regular
UPDATE 7/12/13
Final version of the pin:
Orders will close today.
UPDATE 5/30/13
Here it is, the We Pay Store:
https://www.wepay.com/stores/pax-forum-pin-and-coin
Coins are $6.25 each, Pins are $4.25 each and shipping is $6 for your whole order.
There is no order limit, order as many as you want. At the end of the order period (should be open for about a month, I will get a firm order deadline once PCC gives me the estimated production timeDeadline is July 5th) I will order the exact number of coins & Pins that we need.
Please make sure to double check your order before submitting it.
Payment is due at the time of your order & items will be shipped out in August.
If you have extenuating circumstances that you can't have your order shipped (like if you live outside the USA) contact me and you will be able to select the WILL CALL which have no shipping.
UPDATE 4/17/13
The clear winner is to have "Welcome Home" on the top banner in either Latin or English.
I think we can move onto the final voting on if we want it to be in English or Latin.
Vote Here
See results here
Voting is due by Monday April 22nd, 10:00am Pacific.
UPDATE 4/16/13
So here is the next poll:
Click Here for Text Category
I have simplified it into two choices:
1. PAX PRIME 2013 / PAX PRIME
2. WELCOME HOME (English or Latin)
Once we decided on which of those categories we want, we will then do one more final voting.
I won't set a due date for voting yet until I we see if the voting is close or not.
Here is a link to the results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AilPyWyh2FlbdGY1RzVWcjJ4Skc5VjRUZ1VLYjlxb1E&usp=sharing
UPDATE 4/15/13
Voting has closed and we will be keeping the banner (28 vs 17). The current three choices for what the banner will say is:
"PAX PRIME 2013"
"PAX PRIME"
"WELCOME HOME"
If these are the choices we want I will put the voting thread up this afternoon.
UPDATE 4/9/13
Here are the two designs we need to choose from Please click the following link to vote:
Click here to vote by April 15th, 10:00am Pacific
The "Welcome Home" phrase does not have to be final, it is just showing the general look with a banner.
Old info:
Last year I brought up the idea of possibly creating a lapel pin out of the forum crest and thought I would bring it up again this year since it looks like pin trading is going to be a big thing at Pax now.
We could use the full crest and add "PAX Prime 2013" to it somewhere, or just use the crest itself.
I am organizing the challenge coin as well and Phoenix Challenge Coins also does lapel pins. I figure we could probably get a good deal doing them together. At the very least we might be able to save on shipping.
So let me know if there is interest in doing this. And weather we would want it to have " Pax Prime 2013" on it.
Final version of the pin:
Orders will close today.
UPDATE 5/30/13
Here it is, the We Pay Store:
https://www.wepay.com/stores/pax-forum-pin-and-coin
Coins are $6.25 each, Pins are $4.25 each and shipping is $6 for your whole order.
There is no order limit, order as many as you want. At the end of the order period (should be open for about a month, I will get a firm order deadline once PCC gives me the estimated production timeDeadline is July 5th) I will order the exact number of coins & Pins that we need.
Please make sure to double check your order before submitting it.
Payment is due at the time of your order & items will be shipped out in August.
If you have extenuating circumstances that you can't have your order shipped (like if you live outside the USA) contact me and you will be able to select the WILL CALL which have no shipping.
UPDATE 4/17/13
The clear winner is to have "Welcome Home" on the top banner in either Latin or English.
I think we can move onto the final voting on if we want it to be in English or Latin.
Vote Here
See results here
Voting is due by Monday April 22nd, 10:00am Pacific.
UPDATE 4/16/13
So here is the next poll:
Click Here for Text Category
I have simplified it into two choices:
1. PAX PRIME 2013 / PAX PRIME
2. WELCOME HOME (English or Latin)
Once we decided on which of those categories we want, we will then do one more final voting.
I won't set a due date for voting yet until I we see if the voting is close or not.
Here is a link to the results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AilPyWyh2FlbdGY1RzVWcjJ4Skc5VjRUZ1VLYjlxb1E&usp=sharing
UPDATE 4/15/13
Voting has closed and we will be keeping the banner (28 vs 17). The current three choices for what the banner will say is:
"PAX PRIME 2013"
"PAX PRIME"
"WELCOME HOME"
If these are the choices we want I will put the voting thread up this afternoon.
UPDATE 4/9/13
Here are the two designs we need to choose from Please click the following link to vote:
Click here to vote by April 15th, 10:00am Pacific
The "Welcome Home" phrase does not have to be final, it is just showing the general look with a banner.
Old info:
Last year I brought up the idea of possibly creating a lapel pin out of the forum crest and thought I would bring it up again this year since it looks like pin trading is going to be a big thing at Pax now.
We could use the full crest and add "PAX Prime 2013" to it somewhere, or just use the crest itself.
I am organizing the challenge coin as well and Phoenix Challenge Coins also does lapel pins. I figure we could probably get a good deal doing them together. At the very least we might be able to save on shipping.
So let me know if there is interest in doing this. And weather we would want it to have " Pax Prime 2013" on it.
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Yay for the start of all the fun for Prime!!
Hotel Booked: check!
Sitter for the kids: check!
Excitement level rising: check, check and triple check!
Yes, I am sure PA will have official pins, but the point is to create a forum pin out of our Forumer Crest:
On the front as I hope we do one each year and I can have a collection of them to show.
I'd say front on top of the crest
I agree! I would love to have a row showing each year I have been to Prime.
Hotel Booked: check!
Sitter for the kids: check!
Excitement level rising: check, check and triple check!
Ah, I see.
And I'd totally buy it.
In fact, depending on the price, I might buy a couple, and try to trade one to Mike or Jerry.
Pax Attendee/Enforcer:
Prime - '11 Attendee, '12 Enforcer, '13 Enforcer
East - '12 Attendee, '15 Enforcer
Steam - Miker525 | Xbox Live - Miker525| PSN - MikeRosenberg
Websites - Gamerations - MikeRosenberger.com
Pinny Pals - Miker525
As for 2013, I like the inclusion of the year.
Any idea of a place these could get done through?
And here is the original file
My take on the first draft is:
1. The roundness of the pin makes it look too much like a coin, I would like to just have it follow the contours of the crest itself and lose the background rays & stars.
2. The "Pax Prime 2013" banner is too low and should be moved up so we can see the cookie at the top.
3. The "Pms 1525c" color looks orange to me, it needs to be red.
If this image has too much going on color wise, I can submit the crest that was used on the steins last year (the one I posted earlier in this thread).
Let me know what you think and I will have PCC mock up another draft, unless of course my comments are way off and everyone else loves how it looks right now.
Hotel Booked: check!
Sitter for the kids: check!
Excitement level rising: check, check and triple check!
As for the shape while I don't mind the circle shape I'll agree it's got too much going on and looks a little coin like. If everyone doesn't like a circle for the shape have you/we considered maybe a solid colored(white) 3 or 4 pointed shield? The crest itself is a shield so it would be our crest on the shield, and I can only guess how expensive it would be to cut out every edge. With all the ribbon and small circles.
Pax Attendee/Enforcer:
Prime - '11 Attendee, '12 Enforcer, '13 Enforcer
East - '12 Attendee, '15 Enforcer
I love the idea of it being just the shape of the crest...but I also love the idea of putting it on a shield if that doesn't work out!
Hotel Booked: check!
Sitter for the kids: check!
Excitement level rising: check, check and triple check!
V02:
Here is the original file.
And here is a similar example of what the outer scroll work might look like:
My take on the redesign:
I like the overall look, and really the only thing I see that needs addressed is the underside banner colors don't match (The Pax 2013 one is a dark red & the bottom one is black). I think the dark red might look better on both.
The only other thing is the overall use of color. Do we like the way it is, or do we want to simplify the color scheme?
Let me know your opinions.
We could have a general outline that followed the general form of the crest, but didn't cut in for every nook & cranny.
Hotel Booked: check!
Sitter for the kids: check!
Excitement level rising: check, check and triple check!
I'm googling on my phone at lunch, so I can't post pictures until I get off ,but depending on the shape we wanted I think a shield would be our best bet. It doesn't look like the crest is that much larger at the base than the top. So unless we tried to do like an exact outline and someone looked REALLY close I don't think it would be really obvious.
I'll post a couple pictures after work
The pewter pin shown above is just an example of what the scroll work might look like, not the color though. The color is raised black nickle.
I like the color scheme, and yes, dark red on the banner, not black. Could we darken the color of the font at the top, the grey gets a little lost, to me.
Pax Attendee/Enforcer:
Prime - '11 Attendee, '12 Enforcer, '13 Enforcer
East - '12 Attendee, '15 Enforcer
Onto points that are still being discussed. I prefer the image with fewer colors. I think this looks busy for a pin and it will be cleaner and classier with fewer colors. I prefer the black under the scroll (instead of the darker red), but not if the other parts that are traditionally black stay gray.
Or
We could obviously play with the angles or number of points, but to at least me it seems like it would be the most elegant and easiest thing to do. We could pretty much make it any color or possibly even raise our crest or something
Keep in mind that the "Grey" is raised Black Nickle which is the finish on the actual metal. If we wanted to change it we would either pick a different metal finish, or redesign the area to use an enamel color.
I wouldn't necessarily add a backing shape like the shield, but what would fill the white areas between the crest and the banners? Do we cherry pick a background color?
You read my mind. That is more like what I was picturing.
I'm not liking the shield back idea, I think it would look too much like a button and not a lapel pin.
Pax Attendee/Enforcer:
Prime - '11 Attendee, '12 Enforcer, '13 Enforcer
East - '12 Attendee, '15 Enforcer