Kappa Squadron Banner

Dec 2000

I made this Kappa Squadron Banner right after I joined the squadron in December 2000.

Banners for the Kappa Ship Encyclopedia and the Kappa Cadet Guide

Jan 2001

Algaron Xerves, then webmaster of Kappa's homepage, asked me to make these banners for the ship encyclopedia and the cadet guide he planned.

Kappa Squadron Uniform Patch

Feb 2001

This squadron patch was used by Kappa pilots until 2002, when a new patch was introduced along with the new uniform system.

EH Logo Contest, First Entry

Mar 2001

When Lucasfilm lawyers told GA Ronin that he was not allowed to offer EH T-Shirts on his cafepress store because they had the imperial logo on them, he ran a competition for a new official EH logo, without any copyright infringements. This was my first entry. It got rejected because it still has too much resemblance to the imperial logo and because it doesn't feature the club's URL.

EH Logo Contest, Second Entry

Mar 2001

This was my second attempt at designing the new EH logo, and it won the competition, as you will know. In February of 2004, I made an improved version of it.

My Uniform

Apr 2001

This is the last uniform I made before the new system was introduced.

Banner for SolSys Yards

Apr 2001

"SolSys Yards" was a CD corporation, led by Reb Crush, that tried to make a new SW game. Like most of these highly ambitious fan projects, it failed because it was hard to keep the motivation up while facing such a huge task. I was in charge of graphics in SSY. Here's a banner I made for the corp's homepage. You can learn more about the project in the "Solaris Project" section.

EH Recruitment Poster

Apr 2001

A recruitment poster I made for RO Keiran Idanian.

Banner for the EH Message Boards

Jul 2001

I made this image for an MB banner design competition ran by FO AbsoluteK. It was used on the MB for several months afterwards.

Logo and Banner for the Corporate Division

Aug 2001

I made these Corporate Division banners by request of PREX QuaKe Harlander II (aka Kweeky). I don't think the CD ever used them, though

Splash Banner for the Imperial Survey Corps

Oct 2001

This logo is from my time in the Imperial Survey Corps, a group formed by RO Keiran Idanian to find other gaming clubs for the EH to cooperate with. It made second place in the ISC logo design competition and got rewarded with an IS-SR.

EH Business Card

Nov 2001

As RO Keiran Idanian wanted to make more recruiting material for use on SW conventions and stuff, he came up with the idea for an EH business card. This is the end result. I dunno if these were ever used, though.

Banner for the Office of the Fleet Commander

Dec 2001

I made this on request of GA Ronin, as a new link banner to his site. It has been in use as that for a while, but eventually was changed back to the old version - I don't recall when and why.

Link Banner for Kappa's Hall Of Fame

Mar 2002

The Kappa Hall of Fame was an invention of CMDR Algaron Xerves to honour legendary members of Kappa squadron.

Kappa Squadron Banner

Jul 2002

Yet another Kappa banner, featuring Kappa's nick ("The Dragons of Wing II") and motto ("Honor sit mihi lux et draco sit mihi dux").

CD Project Homestead

Oct 2002

"Project Homestead" shows the CD headqarters (on Aurora, if memory serves). The smaller towers are supposed to represent the corporations.
I made this one for Thorin Oakenshield.

Kappa Squadron Uniform Patch

Oct 2002

When squadron patches were re-introduced for the new uniforms (first for the flightsuit, later for dress and duty uniforms, too), I made up this new patch for Kappa, following its new nickname "The Dragons of Wing II".

Kappa Squadron Banner

Nov 2002

When we had a new motto and a new patch, we obviously also needed a new link banner.

The EH Medal Case

Nov 2002

I think it was Mell who originally came up with the idea of a medal case, and OPS Howlader who told me to make one. :)

Inferno Squadron Uniform Patch

Nov 2002

I made this patch by request of Inferno's CMDR, Frey Gallandro.

TIE Corps Splash Banner

Jan 2003

After winning a TC banner design competition ran by FO Priyum Patel, this banner was used on the TC page until the database crash in early 2004.

Wing II RPG Competition Plaques

Jan 2003

These plaques were made as an award for the winners of the Wing II RPG, a competition ran by WC Stele Pellaeon.

TIE Pilot Helmet

Feb 2003

When OPS Khaine asked me to make a pilot's helmet, he had a kind of "fourth uniform" in mind which people could customize as freely as they wanted. As it turned out to be impossible to paint on (for average Joe without a 3D modeling program), the idea had to be dropped.
It returned however, for the new 3D uniform system which makes the helmet quite easily customizeable for everyone who is willing to learn some POV script.

Wing II site layout

Apr 2003

I made this "skin" for the Wing II site when it changed to SquadFirst and I wanted to make it look more individual.

A Hero's Flag

Aug 2003

The "Hero's Flag" competition was run by CA:LO Daniel Stephens when he planned to build a kind of "fallen heroes memorandum" for the EH. I won the comp, but I don't think the site was ever made.

Logo of the Emperor's Hammer

Feb 2004

An improved version of the EH logo, as the old one was rather dull.

My Uniform

Dec 2005

The last uniform I made with the old system.
(Templates by Khaine)

New FCHG Wings design (Wireframe)

Late 2004

One of the very first things I designed when I started working on a new uniform system was an FCHG badge that included the old (pre-2001) pilot wings design. I always liked them better than the ones which got introduced with the (then) new uniforms system. I can't remember exactly when I first started working on this, as I went back to the design several times.

Merit Medals of the Emperor's Hammer

Feb 2004 / Aug 2007

I think these are the oldest parts of the new uniform design. I started making 3D models of our medals for fun before the insane thought of a new, fully 3D-ish uniform system even occured to me. These renderings were made in POV-Ray in August 2007, but most of the geometry dates back to 2004.

Early draft for the new uniform system

Jun 2005

Looking back to that now, it looks pretty crap. Instead of taking and modifying an existing freeware jacket model (as I did on the final design), I made this jacket from scratch and messed up the proportions big time. Textures are pretty basic, too, and medals are displayed as ribbons only. However, the main reason why this design was rejected back in 2005 was the position system.
The picture shows the uniform of the OPS at the time, Pickled Yoda.

Draft for a position system

Jun 2005

My original idea for displaying positions was putting 3D versions of the traditional position badges on the shoulder boards. This idea didn't survive for two reasons; one was that they couldn't really be seen that well on a rendering of the full uniform; the other was that GA Astatine wanted to move away from the old position indication system.

New uniform cloth

Apr 2006

An early high-res render of the new jacket for testing the cloth texture.

Duty uniform

May 2006

First full rendering of a duty uniform. It was later decided that only dress uniforms are black while all duty uniforms are grey-green.

Test rendering of a dress uniform

May 2006

For this test-rendering, I threw about everything on one uniform that I had finished at that point - which is why it shows a flag rank with squadron patch and wing insignia. So it's not anyone's dress uniform but just a test how all the parts work together. This early version has the MoH and OoR still on the left breast. Moving them to the other side to increase their visibility and prominece was one of the latest design changes.

Customized helmet

Aug 2007

Having a freely customizable helmet is an idea that dates back to Khaine (see the earlier helmet version on this page). But since 2D painting on a 3D rendered image just doesn't work, it's only now, with the POV-Ray approach, that people can really do it.
My personal design features the image of a dragon on both sides of the helmet, symbolizing Kappa's motto: "The Dragons of Wing VI".

My uniform

Dec 2007

Isn't it beautiful? :)

Golden Tug and Pink Lollypop

Feb 2007

Made for the Golden Tug Awards 2006.

Shields

May 2008

Just a fun pic I thought of while working on a TIE battle. Who needs shields anyway? :P