margustoo
Warlord
Estonian civ is at the moment on hold until regelman finishes map and Hyperion finishes icons.. I have done some coding already but I would like to release 1st verison with proper map and icons already added in..
Estonian Civilazation (WIP)
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DarthStarkiller
King
I agree that people should generally try to avoid black backgrounds for civs. You should try to reverse the colors. Black on light blue seems like a pretty unique color scheme, and looks good too.
margustoo
Warlord
I most likely would do that color scheme for civ itself.. But why on icon that symbol has to be blue is because it is simplified cornflower that is known for its distinctive blue color..
DarthStarkiller
King
That is something I feared would happen. Well, maybe you could try the lions from the coat of arms with the reversed colors (even though they are also blue, it is less impactful to have them black than the flower. If it is necessary to have them blue though, you could include the shield and make it black and leave the lions blue). Alternatively, you could also use the core of the Cross of Liberty.
margustoo
Warlord
Those are quite good ideas.. I will definitely look into it and try that black lions on blue background..
margustoo
Warlord
The new icon..
..Hopefully that one will be final one..
..Hopefully that one will be final one..
shaglio
The Prince of Dorkness
The new icon..
..Hopefully that one will be final one..
The colors are nice, but the icon is the same as JFD's Elizabeth revamp:
margustoo
Warlord
The colors are nice, but the icon is the same as JFD's Elizabeth revamp:
Other option is to color iconic blue flower black..that is definitely no go..
DarthStarkiller
King
Quick mockup of a possible icon:
Also, I suggest using the exact same shade of blue as the flag (which seems to be what was done on the last two icons.
Also, I suggest using the exact same shade of blue as the flag (which seems to be what was done on the last two icons.
Klisz
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The Aztecs and the Huns have green and brown sun symbols, respectively; I don't think that having the flower be black would be any worse than making the sun green or brown.
DarthStarkiller
King
It's not exactly the same thing.
margustoo
Warlord
Quick mockup of a possible icon:
Also, I suggest using the exact same shade of blue as the flag (which seems to be what was done on the last two icons.
Interesting idea.. I might look into it tomorrow..
margustoo
Warlord
Sry for a short silence.. Guy, who promised to make map for me has been offline for a while.. I might have to find someone who could take up the task of making a map for my civ..
Hypereon
He was a Consul of Rome!
Well, as a pastime, I could make up a map for you in about a week. What year would you like it to depict? What colors would you like it to have? Any other wishes?
(Haha, it struck to me that I could even base the map on a historical map of Estonia my great-grandfather made almost 90 years ago!
)About the symbol, I liked most the rye flower with dark grey background. If it be lighter gray, it maybe wouldn't mix with any city-states.
margustoo
Warlord
Well, as a pastime, I could make up a map for you in about a week. What year would you like it to depict? What colors would you like it to have? Any other wishes?
(Haha, it struck to me that I could even base the map on a historical map of Estonia my great-grandfather made almost 90 years ago!
About the symbol, I liked most the rye flower with dark grey background. If it be lighter gray, it maybe wouldn't mix with any city-states.
Colors should be variations of blue. You could base your map on this map (On this map..Striped area belongs de iure still to Estonia and rest of the colored area belongs to Estonia de facto) Most important towns are Narva, Paldiski, Tallinn, Tartu, Petseri.. You may also ether add or not add Pärnu, Viljandi, Kuressaare, Valga, Rakvere, Kohtla-Järve. Paldiski is really important, because there was huge Russian base that Lennart Meri managed to get rid of..
Okei.. I will make that gray more lighter and then it should be okei..
margustoo
Warlord
Hopefully this time there won't be backlash.. Anyways, new icon for Estonian civ..
DarthStarkiller
King
You should go with either the lions or the flower (even if the colors are grey and blue). If you want to go with the bird though, you should fix that aliasing. By the way, are you using the actual shade of blue from the flag? I don't know if it ends up looking like that due to the template, but if you aren't, you should. If you are, then try messing with it until you find something that ends up looking more like it after the template is applied.
margustoo
Warlord
What you think of it now?? Also proper blue is too bright..
SnowyNix
At Least I Can Talk
What you think of it now?? Also proper blue is too bright..
this one is great
DarthStarkiller
King
Well, considering this is a stylized version of the flower, I think it is ok to have it in black, specially if it means the civ will look much better on the minimap and tooltips.
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