Poll : New logo for A Call To Arms

[lastbesthope]

Check out the new logo for A Call To Arms!

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/miniature/index.php

I like!!!

LBH

 

[Obsidian]

Hmmm. For everyone who needs a reference point

Old :

New :

I generally like the new one, but kinda wish the "Call to Arms" portion was more prevelant.

 

[lastbesthope]

I know what you mean about the ACTA text Obsidian. Thanks for the link to the old one! I couldn't find it.

LBH

 

[Satai Delenn]

I like the old one the new one just doesn't look right.

 

[Pauly_D]

personally i definately prefer the old one

 

[Wulf Corbett]

I prefer the new one, but with the old blue/yellow colours on the '5'. I don't like the red.

Wulf

 

[Ken]

i like the new one cos it contemporises it... the old logo just felt a little old-fashioned... as if we were just holding onto something that's long past.

the new logo feels refreshing, a new spin. i like it, though i do agree that that "A Call to Arms" could be more prominent.

 

[Eryx]

Put me down for the newer design. Looks much better and less basic.

 

[Rohirrim]

Bah, I say. Use the Babylon 5 coat of arms. It would make geeks like me feel more at home.

 

[Twin-Linked Aldades]

The old one, feels more 'Bab5' to me (yes, I know this sounds silly, but it gives more the feeling of the series) then the new 'mech' one.

 

[lupus]

The new one is okay though i think the 5 should be more metallic and you can read the lettering all that well either...

 

[noobdelux]

yeah.. somthing wrong with that txt... its realy hard to see...


darn lol dont give me an reason to take a shot at it : P

 

[philogara]

Old one is more B5!

i like the new one cos it contemporises it... the old logo just felt a little old-fashioned... as if we were just holding onto something that's long past.

Surely thats why we are playing this game?

 

[Scimitar]

Old one is more B5!

i like the new one cos it contemporises it... the old logo just felt a little old-fashioned... as if we were just holding onto something that's long past.

Surely thats why we are playing this game?

You kinda got me there... but I voted for the new one with reservations, as noted the ACTA wording is not prominent enough.

 

[The Darque One]

i like the new one, just not the colours of the 5, i don't think the red and blue go together.. i don't think the old one looked anymore B5ish. i don't think we ever saw that colour scheme in the series.

 

[oreso]

surely ACTA is a good enough game in its own right, not just a bit of nostalgic merchandise or something?

B5 is an epic, and epics are timeless (or someone should tell Peter Jackson ). Even if the show were still running in some form, id rather play the 'historical' or alternate history battles anyway.

So, I agree; make the A Call To Arms bit more clear and eye catching, and relegate the B5 bit to the background slightly (its only a setting after all, no matter how awesome).

The Evil Empire has the right idea, supplementary games dont use the main setting logo at all (Warmaster, Battlefleet Gothic, Necromunda, Mordheim, Blood Bowl, Epic: Armageddon, etc). I certainly call the game just "A Call to Arms", not "Babylon 5: A Call to Arms" so the logo should probably reflect that.

It still does the job as it is of course, and ive ranted more than it deserves, I just reckon it could be better. (fans are the worst critics)

Cheers!

 

[The Darque One]

its should be Babylon 5 A Call to Arms, coz my friends and girlfriend would not play just any space combat game and niether would i. in fact i don't and haven't and won't.

 

[oreso]

its should be Babylon 5 A Call to Arms, coz my friends and girlfriend would not play just any space combat game and niether would i. in fact i don't and haven't and won't.

Thats a shame then, because a setting can be tacked onto any system pretty easily, and if there were a more suitable system available (not that i think it exists at the moment) I'd certainly have no qualms about porting the B5 miniatures and flavour over to it.

By equal measure, I have no qualms about using this system with other cool settings, like SW, ST, SG-1, 40k, Firefly, Buck Rogers, Homeworld (the PC game), etc.

Babylon 5 should appear on the logo somewhere of course, but A Call to Arms should be at least noticeable.

 

[Wulf Corbett]

Babylon 5 should appear on the logo somewhere of course, but A Call to Arms should be at least noticeable.

Mongoose are making money out of the setting far, far more than from the system. It also costs them more to license. Therefore, the Babylon 5 logo should be prominent.

Wulf

 

[Rohirrim]

i like the new one, just not the colours of the 5, i don't think the red and blue go together.. i don't think the old one looked anymore B5ish. i don't think we ever saw that colour scheme in the series.

Season 4 "No Surrender, No Retreat" when the White Stars are preparing to depart for Proxima Lt. Corwin says "I just noticed the new paint scheme on the WS2" which then pans out to show the B5 symbol painted on. It's black and yellow with a sword pointing downwards. It is also in the intro to season 5.