Europa Barbarorum: Take Back RTW
I've made a few little ad buttons for the EB team, designed to be put into sigs. I've uploaded them to ImageShack.
Some Notes:
This is not sanctioned in any way, shape, or form by the EB team. It was made by me, a lowly fan, as a way to express my gratitude, and for others to express gratitude, and because I was bored.
It is also not meant to rag on Rome: Total War or Creative Assembly. They made a good game, and I am thankful that they did (really!). EB disagreed with how certain elements in the game are portrayed, and decided to "fix" those "problems" with this mod. There has been and still is controversy over many items in Vanilla RTW. I have sided with EB (obviously) but that doesn't mean that I loathe, hate, or even dislike any of the makers of Rome: Total War.
This is also a parody of the Firefox ads of similar design. I like Firefox, abhor all other browsers. So these buttons are not criticizing Firefox, its makers, or its community either.
The Buttons, in no order:
Britannia
http://img192.echo.cx/my.php?image=e...itannia6zc.jpg
Germania
http://img192.echo.cx/my.php?image=e...ermania1hh.jpg
Macedon
http://img256.echo.cx/my.php?image=e...cedonia1yt.jpg
Numidia
http://img256.echo.cx/my.php?image=e...numidia3zx.jpg
Parthia
http://img256.echo.cx/my.php?image=e...parthia4mm.jpg
Ptolemaioi
http://img223.echo.cx/my.php?image=e...lemaioi0ql.jpg
Thracia
http://img223.echo.cx/my.php?image=e...thracia2ec.jpg
Tsorim
http://img179.echo.cx/my.php?image=e...arthage4tk.jpg
Aedui
http://img58.echo.cx/img58/9426/euro...umaedui3su.jpg
Arche Seleukeia
http://img296.echo.cx/img296/9826/eu...eseleukeia.jpg
Baktria
http://img296.echo.cx/img296/7536/eu...baktria1kn.jpg
The Far Superior EB-made Sigs
Courtesy of Teleklos.
Swêbōz
http://img12.echo.cx/img12/8528/logo...mall7wa5ob.jpg
Arche Seleukeia
http://img280.echo.cx/img280/7232/lo...mall9fv8bw.jpg
Baktria
http://img29.echo.cx/img29/5839/logo...a1small7oi.jpg
Bartix
http://img224.echo.cx/img224/212/log...x1small6xm.jpg
(This one IS(!!) team made.)
Thanks to:
ImageShack for hosting these babies for free!
Free Image Hosting
The people who made GIMPshop, the free open source alternative to Photoshop.
http://blog.yumdap.net/archives/20-G...r-Windows.html
My teachers for assigning a dearth of homework, which drove me to distraction.
Firefox, for making such a great browser.
These people for making the original buttons.
Creative Assembly and the RTW team for making a good game that forms of the core of the EB mod. I apologize if this seems to negative and critical. If you have a serious problem with this, I will (naturally) take this down.
Sheep for compiling all of the faction icons into one easy-to-find thread.
Parmenio for making the gorgeous faction icons used in the making of these things.
The rest of the EB team for everything!
This seems like a good time to say that this is NOT official. So don't blame the good folks at EB for this.
Signature Tutorial
I've adjusted the images to fit in the 10 KB image limit for signatures. I can't tell the difference from the originals. If you want the originals for any reason, just private message me and give me your email.
You can make one of these be your signature like mine is. You can also make it point to the EB forum, if you so wish, to help spread the word on EB. To do this, go to your Control Panel (Click "User CP" in the upper left-hand corner) and Click "Edit Signature." This is where you edit your signature.
To put in an image (such as one of the buttons), put "[IMG][/IMG]" around a URL of an image. So copy and paste this:
[IMG]temp[/IMG]
Into the signature box and replace "temp" with a URL. To get a URL from one of the posted buttons, right-click the button and select "Copy Image Location." Then you can paste the URL over the "temp" text between the IMG tags.
To make button "point" to something (as in when the image is clicked, it brings the clicker somewhere), put around the [IMG][/IMG] tags.
So you can do something like this:
[-URL=temp][IMG]temp[/IMG][/URL] (I put in the "-" to keep the text from becoming a working link. You should remove it.)
Just replace the temp with whatever you want.
Make Your Own!
I hope it doesn't seem like I'm being over-helpful, but I continue to be bored so I've decided to write a VERY basic guide to making your own. I'm assuming you are using either some varient of Photoshop or GIMPshop - preferably GIMPshop, since I have that. I may be opening a can of worms with this, but here goes.
1) Acquire your won blank version of a firefox tab.
You can get an original from here.
Example:
Then, go paste that into a blank image layer.
2) Eliminate what you want from it.
I didn't want the firefox logo or the text, so I got rid of it. I brushed on the bluish colors that run down the middle to make it look uniform, though I did a poor job of it. Here it is:
http://img241.echo.cx/my.php?image=b...efoxtab7pg.jpg
3) Do what you want to the blank button!
To put an EB faction icon anywhere on it:
a) Copy and paste one of the faction icon pics (the whole thing obviously) into a blank image
b) Select the "Elliptical Marquee Tool" (circle selector) and set it to "fixed size"
c) Set the fixed size to 48x48
d) Move the selection around until it encircles the middle-sized icon
e) Copy and paste that selection onto the button
You can do other things with the buttons, of course. I've even made my own Firefox ad button (using an existing one that is smaller):
http://img43.echo.cx/my.php?image=firefoxuser35he.jpg
If you had no idea what I was talking about:
For Photoshop help and guides, there are many links...
Laurie McCanna's Website
Computer Arts Tutorials
Designs by Mark Photoshop Tips
As well as many many more
For GIMPshop:
THE source
Stuff from deviantART
Tutorials form the GIMP User Group (GUG)
History
In case, you know, I ever update this some more.
4/23/05 - First post
4/23/05 - Added tutorial for signatures
4/23/05 - Egypt and some general corrections
4/23/05 - "Legal Stuff" added so nobody gets hurt, as well as general corrections
4/25/05 - New files that are OK for sigs - about 3 KB smaller and no discernable difference
4/25/05 - Added tutorial on creating buttons as well as tutorial links
4/25/05 - Final update (I think) of buttons
4/30/05 - Added Tsorim (Carthage) button, overhauled tutorial
5/9/05 - Added Aedui button
6/9/05 - Added EB sigs, Arche Seleukeia & Baktria buttons, and resulting corrections.
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