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Posted 16 October 2008 - 08:47 PM

OK, the challenge is to create, by whatever means at your disposal, an image of one or more of the sigils described in the books. The idea is to use some in the custom skin design so keep that in mind. The prize is my eternal gratitude and whatever else I can come up with at the time. I'll see what Transworld will give me. :w00t:



Some descriptions :
Sigils

Bridgeburners sigil (from NoK) p.46
An arched bridge a background of licking flames (tattoo)

From GotM - prologue
A silver brooch of a bridge of stone lit by ruby flames (Whiskeyjack)

Malazan Imperial Sigil GotM p. 41
A taloned hand holding a crystal globe

Claw sigil (NoK) p.29
A silver birds claw gripping a seed pearl

Talon (NoK) p.70
A severed birds foot (tattoo)

Talon (DG) p.282
Baudin carried a talon of some large cat, amber coloured and smooth
Hawl – a yellow stained talon strung on a thong – HoC p. 660

14th army – HoC p.493
A finger bone, hollowed out and hung from a leather thong
Standard : A grimy, thin-limbed figure holding a bone aloft, the details in shades of dun colours that were barely visible on the yellow ochre field, the border a woven braid of the imperial magenta and dark grey.

7th Army – Chain of Dogs
an iron sigil.. medallion four inches in diameter, a circlet of chain affixed to a replica Wickan dog-collar, and in the centre was a cattle dog head - not snarling, simply staring outward with hooded eyes.
from DG mmpb p.628

Malazan Marines standard– DG p388
Central stylized crossbow

Wickan standards – DG p851
Foolish Dog – a polished articulated dog skeleton
Crow – a bronze disk surmounted with black crow wings

Dead army standard from Raraku HoC p.793
A human ribcage, the ribs bound together by leather strips in which two skulls had been placed

Kallor’s sigil
A stylised crown – DG p 568

Crimson Guard
silver dragon on a crimson field
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 11:26 PM

Hmmm, what size will they be used at. I've made a crimson guard one I'm quite happy with, apart from the head, because i just mess around with stuff, actual creating is a step beyond me :w00t:
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 11:35 PM

Well, as long as they can look good small...Thing is a good large image reduced in size will often retain its goodness. The artist I collaborated with on the Deck did a lot of stuff like that - make it big and really detailed, then reduce it with a photocopier to get a really cool, dense image. Dunno if that helps. Whatever works, in the end :w00t:

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Posted 17 October 2008 - 12:07 AM

More importantly, if they're only small, the lack of detail is not troublesome :w00t:
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Posted 17 October 2008 - 09:43 PM

what brood said :p
If we had some basic dimensions for what the finished article is to be i would probably make it easier to tailor make them as icons
(i had an idea for the topic reply thing, the topic would be the bridgeburners, a the fires lit when theres an unread reply)
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Posted 19 October 2008 - 12:16 AM

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Malazan Imperial Sigil GotM p. 41
A taloned hand holding a crystal globe


Not too "sigil-like" because it's a photo... but feel free to take it and edit to something better, you have-skill-with-more-then-just-paint-people

Edit: reduced size of image (it was colossal)

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Posted 20 October 2008 - 09:17 AM

For starters...

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Crimson Guard
silver dragon on a crimson field

Attached File  crimsonguard.png (40.14K)
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Kallor’s sigil
A stylised crown – DG p 568

Attached File  kallor.png (37.91K)
Number of downloads: 49
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Posted 22 October 2008 - 02:38 AM

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anyone is free to use or modify these sigils in any way for any purpose, btw. if you don't want to start from scratch, play around with them in photoshop or whatever and modify them to make them what you think they should look like.

will do some more tonight probably. the malaz empire one will be sort of tricky to make look not weird, i think.
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Posted 22 October 2008 - 12:41 PM

I really like that crimson guard one at the top spin
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Posted 23 October 2008 - 11:34 PM

I have got several more of these done, but now lost the usb stick ;) I'll post them once I find it again...
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Posted 24 October 2008 - 03:50 AM

Excellent. Great stuff, guys.
I also think that Spin's top Crimson Guard one is awesome!
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Posted 24 October 2008 - 07:01 AM

ditto! that's awesome Spin ;)
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Posted 24 October 2008 - 12:15 PM

Some interpretations:

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Anyone feel free to photoshop (parts of) them if that helps your efforts :p
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Posted 04 November 2008 - 01:13 PM

I have completely lost the USB stick with the designs I made on them :p Being an idiot, I didn't even save them on my laptop as insurance because I'm a GIANT TOOL! :p
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