BROKEN CRESCENT: Signatures and Advertising

[iudas]

I can see your sig now...

[AlphaDelta]

A couple more Seljuk sigs.

[PartyElite]

oh that first one is too cool!

[iudas]

You're not giving me screens to discredit me. :|

[Miraj]

Oh, C'mon SirPaladin.

You'll get some exclusive screen shots from me after tommorow and you can make em into sigs. And besides, one of the most popular sigs is still your "faris HA" sig.

[iudas]

I was kidding... that's why I put ":|"

[Miraj]

I was kidding... that's why I put ":|"

Oh I didn't notice that. LOL.

[Sinan]

Gentlemen,

SALUTE to you. Those sigs are amazing !

I'd really like one for myself, I love the ones you've made but I'd like to have my own. OFC it will be linked to BC mod forums here and naturally it will have Broken Crescent on it.

If anyone is willing to make this for me I'd be most obliged.

I can pay you back with some historical research if you like.

I have received an award for that at totalwar.org. I've been reading Islamic history for maybe 10 years or so, born in a Muslim country so learnt a lot of history there. Mostly though I learnt for myself, after I came to Europe, just to know what's what, what happened where etc. I have travelled often to the Middle East, South Asia, and once to IndoChina.

Of course my focus is military history. My time commitment is a little limited at the moment, but if you want me to I'll do whatever I can to help this mod along. In any case whenever I can, I will post my suggestions to you.

Sig requirements

1. 500*150, max 10KB, no sound.

Reason: The org (where I have 6000+ posts) has the above limits on sig size.
I'd prefer if I could have one sig that I can use on twc, .com and .org. And yes I know that's a pathetic rule for sig size.

If you prefer you can do 2 sigs, it's up to you. I'd like to be able to use it everywhere basically. But if you do 2 that's fine with me, I'll be twice as happy !

2. Factions (in order of preference): Seljuk, Timurids, Egypt, Abbasid.

Reason: I like playing the Eastern factions, with Turks being my favorite. Hence I'd like it to be either Turks or Timurids. Timurids because that's another faction I love to play. Also my family traces it's roots to Central Asia and, in all probability to the Timurids.

3. Shot should be focused on missile cavalry or heavy cavalry.

Reason: I've been playing all cavalry armies since Shogun: Total War. In MTW/VI, one of my main contributions to the community was my explanation of missile cavalry, and all cavalry combined arms tactics. I almost always play cavalry armies, and I LOVE horses (!!!!).

4. Must be an action shot.

Reason: I'd like to have missile cavalry attacking, or a charge, or something that is STRIKING. Something that catches the eye and something that is extremely militant, and aggressive (in the positive militaristic sense). This can be achieved with a silent shot as well, with no action, but it has to convey the same message potently.

5. Banners visible in the shot, if possible.

Reason: I think the adverstising for the mod is better if people can visibly see different heraldry, they know instantly that this is a complete overhaul. I know this is hard to achieve. Just mentioning it anyway they can still see it's a different unit so../

7. Aesthetics: Has to be absolutely beautiful !

6. Name: I'd like my online name on it: Sinan.

Other Info
Favorites from this thread (in order posted in this thread):













My favorite:


Some sigs I made for myself. If anyone wants to use these for themselves, feel free (though there are much better sigs out there than this!)


On campaign in the Arabian desert.


Mercenary Bedouin in action.


What the enemy sees, on the horizon.
An all cavalry Turkish army, note the number of banners.


Celebration.
Aftermath of the battle. Not a single enemy soldier stands.


Encircled
The final moments of an enemy army.


Flanked !
Missile cavalry streaking past the right flank of an enemy army. Moving to the rear, shooting all the way !
(!Needs resize!)


LEADING THE FORMATION !


Yeni Ceri.
Raining missile fire on the advancing enemy.


Tekbir !
The call of fate. Yeni Ceri charging an enemy position, under heavy fire.


Kapikulu.
On the march.


Armenian mercenary cavalry ambush.


Pride of the Sultan, the standard of the Turk.


Form lines ! Ready the charge !


Unrelenting under fire!
Turkomen attack an enemy artillery postion.


Solitude of the unknown soldier.


Sultan's Guard.


Awaiting the order to STRIKE !


I think my wife is in the enemy army !


Break ranks ! Fire at will !


Ambush !
A enemy army in column desperately seeks to survive.


Silent & deadly.


Mongol raiders.


Mongol raiding party, at the steady.


Displaying our colors.


Last vision of an enemy infantryman.


Shoot to kill !.
Missile cavalry flanking, shooting and encircling enemy cavalry.


You can have a look at my ablums here, if you want, there's some screens etc there:

http://s101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/ShahedK/

Cheers ! and keep up the excellent work ! Can't wait for this mod to be out !

[iudas]

Aren't your sigs a bit... tilted?
And by tomorrow evening, the sig you requested will be done. Maybe even this evening...

[iudas]

Here's your sig, Sinan:

If you're not satisfied, please tell what you don't like, and I'll try to edit.

[Sinan]

Yeah that's true during the resize they got distorted and I did'nt know how to straighten them up.

I've edited my earlier post, with a description and I've given all those away, which is what I intended to do anyway:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=95005

Damm that is AWESOME ! Many THANKS !

Which unit is that ? How do I make it so that the image is clickable in my sig ?
Is it possible to brighten up the colors and add some light ?

Thanks man, appreciate it ! How do I plus rep btw? I don't have any button to do that under anyone's avatar. Is this a restriction on new members ?

[iudas]

Press . I don't know if you've got enough posts too use the rep system.

In your sig, use [*URL=http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=346][*IMG]http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/2034/sinansqm3.gif[*/IMG][*/URL], but without the *. I put it so that it won't show here.
Yes, I can brighten up the colours, but, IMO, it would be less interesting. If you really want, however, I will brighten them...

And glad you like it.

EDIT: The unit is the Seljuks' Azerbaijani (spelling?) Heavy Cavalry.

[Sinan]

Thanks ! I can't do +rp yet, so it will have to wait :/

I'm going to try and change it a bit to show you what I mean. Yes, I'd love it a lot more colorful, crisp and with more light. Standing out, so to say rather than discreet, and subtle

Thank you so much, if you need anything give me a shout !

BTW is it ok to link from yours, or should I upload it to my own space ?

[AlphaDelta]

Here's another one for the rajputs.



Cheers

[Sinan]

Beautiful !

[iudas]

Beautiful sig, AlphaDelta!
Oh, and Sinan, it's alright to use my link, in case you were still wondering...

New sig:

[Miraj]

You gotta make one with this screen:

http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/5405/koj20cy0.jpg

The Templars were surrounded and encircles and kept up the fight. It can be a very "looong" sig. I thought this battle scene looked really cool.

[Tadzreuli]

new sig:

[CtrlAltDe1337]

Could someone make a sig out of this picture? Focus in on some of the guys I have circled (atleast on the fight scene, I don't know how much more could fit)

http://img110.imageshack.us/my.php?i...ntitledom0.jpg

Then stick a black border around it and write Broken Crescent (of course). Maybe include a little special effects to make it look better if needed.

[iudas]

I'll make a sig out of that. Now.

EDIT: Here 'tis:


My first try on blood BTW. Hope you like it.