Giveaway: M2:TW signatures.

[Richard The Tiger Heart]

England
Quote is from Divine Comedy.

Any way you could optimize this one? (<10Kb and size limits) I'd like to use it.( If you accept to do it, remember to remove your name from the image of course. )

PS - I dont have any decent image editing program thats why im making this request.

[Shahed]

Hi Richard, I'll do it with pleasure. Please tell me what else, if anything, you want changed.

[Jango Fett]

I would like to order a Yeni Ceri, with.....the phrase "Fission Mailed, Fission can no longer be completed". thank you mr sinan.

[Shahed]

//we are NOT worthy//

: ... BANG !
: What was that ?
: OMG !
: Who fired ?
: "MISSION !!!! CAN NO LONGER BE COMPLETED !!!"
: Where was he ?
: The roof !!
: Where ?
: Frekin ROOF ! STICK TOGETHER ! OPEN FIRE !
: What ? ! Repeat ? What should we do ? They're shooting.
: SHOOT BACK !!!
: "MISSION !!!! CAN NO LONGER BE COMPLETED !!!"


... MISSION FAILED !

HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHHAAAAA !!!!!!!!! YOU OLD VIP_ER !!!!

LMFAO !

Good to see a post from you. I'm on it. And.. HOLD FORMATION !! ... We ATTACK !!!

[Richard The Tiger Heart]

Hi Richard, I'll do it with pleasure. Please tell me what else, if anything, you want changed.

Hmm... well put a quote in it:

"God and my Right"

[Shahed]

No problemo.

Hey guys might take me a bit of time but I'll be back with it asap.

Here's some I made since last post, if anyone is a Byzantine fan, shout, I can resize/customise. I've spaced them intentionally so that you have a 1-2 seconds to "grasp" the image and idea before seeing the next one.

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ALL feedback always welcome.
Please note that's the best I could come to Tyrian Purple.

And btw who can tell me what this sig represents:

[Czar Alexsandr]

Awesome Byzantine pictures! I'm a Byzantine fan but not that huge of one. That very first sig makes me wonder about that though... lol. Good pictures like always.

If you'd like to try some Russian sigs that would be interesting. I'm thinking Tsar's guard doing their thing in the Black Forest map sunrise heavy fog.... lol. My favorite factions Russia so my sig would have to represent that and well.. I have Czar at the begining of my name... lol.

Once again though.. thosse Byzantine pictures are great. I'm sure you could make some good Russian sigs to. Your pics make me want to take screenshots, unfortunately my computer can't read the TGA format.

[Shahed]

Thanks for the feedback Alex. Glad you like em !

I'm getting the screens from a guy who has a max rig with most new skins etc installed. The base is good so you can build on it. That guy is an artist, he takes great screens.

Your specs for the sig are:

• Tsar's guard
• Black Forest
• Sunrise
• Heavy fog

If you want to read TGA you can download Irfanview. It's free. the base image is the most important thing, the better it is the better it can be manipulated. It's even better if you can take the image yourself, that saves asking another person, but it's not obligatory.

Questions:

1. What text do you want ?
2. Do you want close up or panorama ?
3. One or two men or a unit of Tsar's Guard ?
4. Combat or non combat ?
5. If combat what enemy ?
6. Banners or no banners ? (no banners is clearer for close)
7. Could you be more precise on "represent Russia well" ?

Give me some time on this yeah.. I'm new to this and it takes me forever to do one.

[Czar Alexsandr]

I'll think about it.. I'll come back when I have it all sorted out. Must find some good text... lol. Times not an issue for me so I'll give you your information as quick as I can and wait until it's done. Until then I'll think about it.

[Shahed]

Sounds good Alex.

One more for the Broken Crescent mod, after this I can do the ones for you guys.

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Heavy Turcoman Horse Archers.

[Shahed]

Hi Richard The TigerHeart !

This was quite a challenge but here's my results. What do you think. Feel free to be frank. No obligation to use them if you don't like them. please let me know if you want another or want anything changed and I'll do it. Note loss in quality is inevitable because of sig limits, plus I'm not an expert. the red used here is exactly same red as in the original flag of England (RGB 206, 17, 36)

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I made these England sigs as well. Can have any text, which fits. If you want it .. shout !

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Remember these are scaled down. If I had 50kb per image it could be way better, but we must do with what we have.

Jango, Here's the one you asked for on MSN. Is this what you had in mind ? Shoot from the hip, let me know...and GET BACK IN FORMATION !

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For Sinan :
Image is not compressed to <10kb, you'll do that after adding your text.

Hi Moriendi !

Thanks very much ! I'm sorry I missed your post earlier. I've modified it like so, wow it's hard to work under 10KB:

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These are for Doug-Thompson; one of the greatest contributors for missile cavalry, combined arms and all cavalry tactics the Total War community has ever known. Doug, these can be linked to your guide, like mine is linked to the Broken Crescent forum (if you click my sig...). Might be a good advertising tool for your guide. I can develop this idea further, if it interests you.

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Lowest quality.


High Quality.


Maximum Quality.

[Shahed]

Updated Spolier in 1st post.

[Shahed]

Whacker I don't have any images of Vardariotai, but if you want I can request some epic shots from the gurus ! Or if you have a good rig then send me an image to work off. In the meantime what do you think if this ?

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Low quality


Maximum quality


It is possible to add a short quote e.g Hunters All Their Lives to the top of the image.
The color is Tyrian Purple, whihc according to wiki is the color of the Byzantines taken from the Romans.

[Shahed]

First post is full (updated again with new ones), so new ones will have to go here. NOTE: Persian Lancers are in HERE!.

GALLERY 2

First attempt at photo portraits.
Yasmeen "the Panther" Ghauri: Half Pakistani, Half German, born Canadian. Ghauri is Urdu/Persian for Ghorid.






Khwarezm Heavy Cavalryman, Low Quality.


Khwarezm Heavy Cavalryman, Maximum Quality.


Flag of the Ghorid Empire, Low Quality.


1870 painting of a Finnish soldier.
My title: "Never leave a friend behind."


From Lock On: Modern Air Combat.


EVE Online

[Whacker]

Waahahahahahah!!! None can stand before the sheer l33tness that is my sig, courtesy of Sinan&#169; !!!

[Shahed]

Testing!

Edit- Waahahahahahah!!! None can stand before the sheer l33tness that is my sig, courtesy of Sinan&#169; !!!

HAHHAAHAH !!! REALLY glad you like it mate ! The purple is Tyrian Purple, THE original Byzantine color. It's hard to get that on screen (at least for me lol) anyway I think it's pretty close to the Byzantine purple. That took FOREVER to make, like hours. BELIEVE IT OR NOT !! I'm getting the hang of Photoshop though, now all I need to do is learn another style ! or a few !

If you want quoted text on it etc just let me know, I'll try it. You did'nt say... should I try to get a MAXimum quality image of Vardariotai ? Did you see the one with the Persian Lancers ? You HAVE to see that, look in the spolier in my last post. Latest unit release from Broken Crescent.

Enjoy !





EDIT: LOL !!! Your sig is clickable and guess where it's pointing to ?? IMAGESHACK !!! BWWWAAHHAHA !

[Shahed]

Hello Everyone !

I'm working on some new styles and concepts for signatures.

I really would like some feedback on how this is looking to others. If someone is passing by please drop me a line and let me know what you think. Point out what you think I can improve on.

Thank you very much in advance.

Khwarezm Heavy Cavalryman, Low Quality.


Khwarezm Heavy Cavalryman, Maximum Quality.


Flag of the Ghorid Empire, Low Quality.


Salute !

[Czar Alexsandr]

Sinan!

I think that looks good. Heavy Kwarzmi? Hmm.. and It's making me wonder.. what all is in a Broken Cresent mod? Perhaps it's time to find out. Lol

Well I would still very much like a sig if it's not to much trouble. (How would I upload it? Hmm..) It'd be good to show support for the fellow cavalry nuts lol. I'm thinking a group of Tsar's guard charging (for enemy polish somethings...), with the armour upgrade (masks.) in Black forest, heavy fog, sunrise etc. For a saying how about... "St. Micheal and the motherland!" Thanks in advance! This is very appreciated!

[Shahed]

Hi Alex !

Thanks for the feedback ! All feedback is good even if it is "damm ! that's lame !" At least you get an idea of what you can improve. Also when you look at the same image forever you sometimes become devoid of perception, so it helps if you can see through another's eyes.

I will post in the next week about the mod in detail. Meanwhile if you want, click my sig and you'll land at the mod forum. The screenshot thread there has good images. Actually... wait.. click here. ENJOY !

That's no problem mate, I'll do it for you with pleasure. I was waiting for you to get back to me with a quote. I enjoy doing this. Are you going to take a screenshot ? You can host it simply when you hit "Add Reply" (not quick reply), there is an option at the bottom of the screen to host images. Just click browse and host it. If you prefer you can open an account (for free, which is what I have done) @ www.photobucket.com, then you can use this account to host your images whenever you want to post something on the forum, sigs etc. The monthly bandwidth is 25GB IIRC and that's very decent.

Let me know about the screenshot, as soon as you can. Otherwise I can ask someone with a pumped rig to take one for me. That's not an issue at all. If you take it, make sure it's the absolute best you can do. Try to get the main object slightly off center of the lens, this gives space to move the object around and also to insert text. Also depends what you want, if you want real close up, panorama, or normal range. The base image quality is important as this determines to a very large degree what the end result will be, but remember I'm a n00b so don't expect too much ! If you want me to find an image let me know asap. These are examples of good screenshots. The positioning of the main object in these shots is not ideal for sig making, but the base quality means that these screenshots are basically a CLEAR, WHITE canvas. You can manipulate them graphically in any way conceivable.

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SALUTE !

[Czar Alexsandr]

Allright, thank you Sinan.

I'll try to take a screenshot. I haven't downloaded the thing that makes TGA readable but there's some issue with my computer. M2TW plays on one computer while the interent works on another. It's a very perplexing problem that I've often tried to fix and haven't been able to. Just a thought. If I send the screenshot to myself and dowload the file that makes TGA readable to my computer with internet would that work? Perhap's we'll try. Well. I'll take the screenshot and try it and go to Photobucket. My screen won't be taken for a while but I'll get it done. Unti later.

Thank's again!

[Shahed]

My pleasure Alex. I think you could just download Irfanview on your internet computer and transfer the file to the other one via CD, email, LAN etc. If you have problems give me a shout.

Looking forward to it. Love the Russian colors, some of the most beautiful in the game.

[Tristrem]

Hi Sinan,

I wanted to send in a reply, since you offered to make me a sig. If you want to make one, I'd like to have a picture of a camel archer, with a desert background- with the phrase, "He who controls the camels, controls the world"

[Tristrem]

here's a re-reply, I think a really cool shot would be to have the rider of the camel shooting the bow facing towards the camera. other than than that, my other idea would be a unit of camel riders coming over the top of a sand dune, marching towards the camera.

cheers!

[Shahed]

Hi Tris. Sounds good. I'm on it.

Questions:
Do you have an image or should I get one ?
Your name should be on it as text ?

Sorry if it's obvious, just want to be sure.

[Shifty66]

Hey Sinan, i sent you a PM with the details. Thanks in advance man!

[FactionHeir]

PMed you. Thanks for your work

[Richard The Tiger Heart]

Hi Richard The TigerHeart !

This was quite a challenge but here's my results. What do you think. Feel free to be frank. No obligation to use them if you don't like them. please let me know if you want another or want anything changed and I'll do it. Note loss in quality is inevitable because of sig limits, plus I'm not an expert. the red used here is exactly same red as in the original flag of England (RGB 206, 17, 36)

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Ok Ill be frank with you Sinan... they are bloody GREAT!

Im gonna have some hard time chosing one.

PS - The quote I chose was used by Richard The Lion Heart against the french king Philipe, if you are curious about its origin.

[Shahed]

Hi everyone !

Thanks for the PMs and posts. I need to rush a bit but will post back later.

Richard thanks ! Glad you like them. Keep checking the gallerie4s from time to time as I will hopefully improve and hopefully I'll have time to redo and make more. Thanks for the info on the quote, I'd forgotten it's origin but have seen it many times on the Windsor's coat of arms. I forgot this one.



Take all if you can use them otherwise leave 1 or 2 so if anyone else wants some they can have it. But do take all if you want to. I love doing them anyway. If you can use a free image hosting such as www.photobucket.com and host them on your own space that would be ideal. Let me know which ones you've taken so I don't duplicate/replicate them for anyone else.

Cheers !

[Shifty66]

Wow sinan, you make some trully great sigs!
Cant wait to see how my sig turns out!

[Tristrem]

hey sinan, no i don't have an image, i've been really busy the past few week ( i had my prom) so i really haven't had a chance to play at all, and i'm not to handy with imageshack or anything of the likes. About the name, i don't care if it is on or not, your the artist, and i you have my artistic license to do what looks best.

cheers