Inviting comments and criticism - I really suck at image editing but I wanted this bad enough to work on it. I was trying to replicate the squadron shield that came with the Takara MP Seekers. A member here was gracious enough to scan an unused sheet for me, and when I set out to copy it I noticed that it had "Decepticon" misspelled (!?). So, I dug around to find a good shield to start with, and this is draft #1 for the decals I hope to make.

As it turns out from my rudimentary searching, the phrase "hunter-seeker" doesn't really have a good translation to Latin - the word for seeker is something like "someone who searches for knowledge", which isn't very seeker-like. In the end I settled on a rough translation of "forever hunting"

The lettering overlaps a little bit, I think I need to redo the path that the text follows.

 

I think it looks pretty neat.  

 

That's awesome!!!

And oltough this sort of silly since they're for seekers,but.....When they're all done and fin. can I use the Shield for my Sunticon Customs I'm thing about of making....Is that OK?

 

 

SQ7 is happy with this piece posted here   (<-- = Me)

 

That's an interesting idea - let me get the seeker project finished, and then I'll see what I can come up with. I think a shield without the ribbon or maybe a circle design might look more like a car badge. It would be a good excuse to figure out how to do beveled edges.

SQ7: I picked up some decal paper yesterday, and already have the nameplate display stand designs that shadowstitch did for all 6 seekers, so I hope to have a very rudimentary conehead set soon - all I need are tailfin letters, and then I'll just have to see if it will work better as decals or as stickers.

 

Update: Yeah, I think I can do something that looks more like a car badge - this was something I was playing with once I finished the USAF roundel:

 

being in the USAF....this is boss!!!!!!..WELL DONE!!!! 

 

Thanks - maybe you'll like a more modern one then  :

 

naw ive been in awhile and am a USAF brat so i truely can apprieciate the old school...LOL..looks good..

try as i might i still dig the old school USAF insignias/bdu's etc..its a different USAF and those old symbols remind me of a time when the USAF was not as political and PC as it is now..still glad i got to experience it tho..

 

I would have to agree - I think the new logo looks ok, but it's more like something made for marketing and branding - looks good on a coffee cup or letterhead, but doesn't look good painted on the side of a plane. Don't get me started on the uniforms.....

 

Quaddy is referring to himself in the 3rd person...awwww, he's losing it, poor guy.  

But I agree both ideas are very nice...Like what you chose for the translation.. they are constantly seeking Energon.  

Really love the USAF emblem and your take on that one!!  

(Would be better with an Autobot insignia tho)  

 

Started working on tailfin lettering. Thrust and Dirge will require some consideration. Thrust's could probably just be scaled down, but I haven't figured out how to do Dirge yet. I wound up frustrated with the clear label stock that I got, Avery "clear" labels are in not clear, in any way shape or form - I got water-slide decal stock, though for convenience I would rather have them as stickers. I guess we'll have to see what ends up working better.