hurricanekevin's Project For Eugene Church

[hurricanekevin]

OK so, first the ones I don't think you are going to like... I think these designs are too 1950s. I took some design ideas from old racing programs from the mid-20th century. That said the description of this team really feels more 19th century.



I am posting them just to give you all choices, I don't mind whatever you decide works best.

[hurricanekevin]

Here are the ones that I think fit the culture of this team

[Eugene Church]

Yep, I like 'em all... yes indeed... like 'em all.

Thank you so much.

Let's see how they look in the game.

[Eugene Church]

This RH secondary logo didn't show up well... it is too dark on the black background... I added an orange border and blue border on a white background and gave it more contrast.

[hurricanekevin]

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

Yep, I like 'em all... yes indeed... like 'em all.

Thank you so much.

Let's see how they look in the game.

I personally love this set! I actually made a version of this for my own game. It really captures that old race track program feel.



I'll give the darker one a bit more of an outline.

[Eugene Church]

I really like the three bands you put on the first logo... it makes it look like the horse is running.

Here's the RH Secondary Logo with the 3 bands in a game screenshot.

You know these would really look good on the White skin... I have never used it... always used the black skin... maybe one day I will give it a try.

[hurricanekevin]

These should work better.



I did one for each of the wordmarks

[Eugene Church]

Yep... they have much better contrast... you can also see the team colors, too.

That's enough, kevin... this is plenty, plenty to choose from.

Thank you.

[Eugene Church]

Team Colors:
Red: (246, 90, 90)
Black (0, 0, 0)

DENTON CITY REDBIRDS

Owner : The Denton Family Foundation
GM/Manager: Pete Gibbs

Denton City is a town of 64,000 located in South Tycobbia midway between Chicopee on the west coast and South Fork in the east near the slopes of the Silver Mountains.

Denton City was founded by Douglas Denton, for whom the town is named. Douglas Denton was born in 1832 in Montrose, Scotland. As a young man Denton had heard of a new country called Tycobbia and the stories he had heard made him eager to seek adventure, fame and fortune there.

He arrived in 1851 by ship across the Kelynck Ocean, landing in the Bay of St. Clair. From there he headed south towards what he had been told was mostly virgin territory. He had travelled about 4 days when he reached his land of paradise. Denton described in his journal this way: “It was like I had found heaven upon earth, the grass was as green as it was back home in Montrose and the air I had never smelled anything like it - it was so pure and sweet."

Denton built a small log cabin for shelter and began life in his new country as a trapper. He did quite well and prospered over the next few years. Saving the money he got from selling furs in Bay St. Clair, Denton began to buy up land grants around his log cabin. So began the small origins of Denton City.

Denton expanded his business into real estate, renting and selling to trappers and their families. At this point he decided to start the Montrose Trading Company, named after his birthplace in Scotland. The area soon became known as Scotsman’s Fields.

Shortly before his 38th birthday, Denton sold the rights to mining to the McMillan Company. Because of the mining boom, the town grew rapidly with an influx of mining families from all over Tycobbia, Scotland, Ireland and England. Douglas Denton had finally made it. He was now a wealthy man.

Two years later in 1862 Denton met and married his wife Sarah and soon expanded the family with two sons, Greer and Murdock. By now Scotsman's Fields had McMillan Mining and Steel, but also a railway line to link the town with Bay St. Clair to ship out the steel and iron ore.

In 1872 on Denton’s 50th birthday Scotsman's Fields was officially named Denton City in his honor. Denton died in 1890 at the age of 68. He had dedicated his life and his fortune to Denton City. He had built a hospital, library, concert hall and the first ballpark in town.

Just like any other small town in Tycobbia at the time, it had started to follow the new sport of Base Ball. The first team of Denton were called the Denton Miners due to the fact that the team were fielded by the miners. Many teams would come and go, teams like the Denton 9, the Denton Mutuals, Ball Club of Denton and lastly the Denton City Redbirds. One person who was always there to watch was Douglas Denton who loved the game of Base Ball. Eventually he sponsored and managed a team in the town league. He named the team the Ball Club of Denton.

The Denton City Redbirds name came about because of Sarah Denton. She would spend hours sitting in the fields with her paints and canvas, painting the beautiful scenery around Denton. She also had a passion for painting birds. One of her beautiful paintings of a cardinal was on her husband's office wall. One day a meeting was being held in his office to decide on a nickname for the Ball Club of Denton. Many names had been discussed, when all of a sudden Huck McKinney, who was captain of the club, looked up at Mrs. Denton’s painting and said “that redbird would sure look pretty on a baseball jersey”.

It wasn’t long before Douglas Denton had a wooden stadium built for the town league. The first stadium was constructed in 1880 and just called the Base Ball Field. But it soon burned down and was had to be rebuilt. This time it had covered bleachers, was built of steel and seated 500 people. Denton named the new stadium McBride Park in honor of Jack McBride, who lost his life in trying to put the fire out at the old ballpark.

It wasn’t long before baseball spread across Tycobbia and the civic pride in each town raised the competition level. In Denton City they began to combine the local teams into a town team. So the Denton Miners joined up with the Denton 9 to become the Denton Red Stockings and The Mutuals and the Ball Club of Denton became the Denton City Redbirds. Eventually all the teams combined as the Denton City Redbirds.

McBride Stadium was expanded several times over the years and finally was replaced in 1971 by a new state-of-the-art facility, funded by McMillan Steel. This time it was named Douglas Denton Stadium in honor of the town's founder and biggest baseball fan.

A day at Douglas Denton Stadium is just good old-fashioned baseball with peanuts, crackerjacks, cokes and hot dogs. And good old-fashioned baseball. The Redbirds GM and manager is Pete Gibbs, a Golden Glove catcher and 4-time All-Star in his 19 seasons in the Islandian Pro Alliance. Gibbs played for seven teams in the league, the first 11 with Denton City. In his career he batted .271 with 247 homers and 1093 RBIs in 1979 games. Gibbs took over the ballclub in 2051.

[Eugene Church]

I was doing some research to update the town histories for the IPA and I noticed how sparse and bland the team uniforms were in the olden days of OOTP.
The game-generated logos were not very good at all.

This is from 2014 (real time date)... It might have been OOTP 14... StLee just offered some constructive criticism - I had asked for comments - and he said to use more graphics.
So I started using more graphics in my bland reports.

Guess what... it inspired me to post a thread asking the graphics gurus of the day if they would create logos, jerseys and caps for 64 teams.
AND THEY DID IT... it took about 2 months.
My daily views jump from 25-50 a day to 250 a day.

Here are some unis done by OOTP graphics... not modders like we have today... these were the award winners in my IPA 2047 season.

[hurricanekevin]

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

I was doing some research to update the town histories for the IPA and I noticed how sparse the team uniforms were in the olden days of OOTP.

This is from 2014 (real time date)... It might have been OOTP 14... StLee just offered some constructive criticism - I had asked for comments - and he said to use more graphics.
So I started using more graphics in my bland reports.

Here are some unis done by OOTP graphics... not modders like we have today... these were the award winners in my IPA 2047 season.

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I can include more graphics like post #22 if you like those. They are fun to make and give your clubs a bit more of a "real world" feel. Those will spice up your reports. Or I can just make some banners and such.



I create logos and kits for Football Manager players as a paying gig and one of the extras I include are things like social media posts and extra graphics so its something I can certainly do for you.



Its good practice for me and honestly I really enjoy creating those sorts of things. Just let me know.

[TC Dale]

Just wanted to stop in and say I am really enjoying what you two are doing in this thread.

Do either of you guys play Perfect Team any? Again, really enjoying it!

[hurricanekevin]

Originally Posted by TC Dale

Just wanted to stop in and say I am really enjoying what you two are doing in this thread.

Do either of you guys play Perfect Team any? Again, really enjoying it!

Thanks TC, I've never tried Perfect Team. I tend to play my little worlds and honestly enjoy building them more than I play them sometimes. I've been wanting to do something like EC has going but I haven't gotten there yet

[TC Dale]

I know how that creation and fulfillment is. VERY addicting.

Maybe I can mull over what I could do for my PT for logo and uniform look.

I might be getting myself on your list after I work out some ideas.Thanks HK!

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by TC Dale

Just wanted to stop in and say I am really enjoying what you two are doing in this thread.

Do either of you guys play Perfect Team any? Again, really enjoying it!

Nope... no interest in fantasy sports... I'm sure it is a wonderful game for folks that like that kind of game... Markus created it... it must be very well done.

But as you know... I LOOOOOVE OOTP.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by hurricanekevin

I can include more graphics like post #22 if you like those. They are fun to make and give your clubs a bit more of a "real world" feel. Those will spice up your reports. Or I can just make some banners and such.



I create logos and kits for Football Manager players as a paying gig and one of the extras I include are things like social media posts and extra graphics so its something I can certainly do for you.



Its good practice for me and honestly I really enjoy creating those sorts of things. Just let me know.

Kevin, what you are doing for me right now is really, really special... you are refreshing and refining some of my team logos that were lacking in some way and making them better than what I had.

You are making my IPA graphics even better than they were.
I'm in Baseball Heaven because of you.

I have already imposed far too much on you and your good nature... I couldn't ask you to do anything else but this project.

I enjoyed post #22... if you want to occasionally post something on my IPA dynasty that you think someone would like to see and enjoy... go to it... that would be fine with me.

I need all the help I can get to make it interesting for the viewers.

[hurricanekevin]

Originally Posted by TC Dale

I know how that creation and fulfillment is. VERY addicting.

Maybe I can mull over what I could do for my PT for logo and uniform look.

I might be getting myself on your list after I work out some ideas.Thanks HK!

Just let me know!

[jg2977]

hurricanekevin, this is really benefiting me too. I love your logo designs and it adds so much to the flair of my IPA.

[Eugene Church]

This may be beating a dead horse to death (yep, bad pun intended)... here are two more Rolling Hills Racers alternates... as if I needed any more.

Kevin, One Primary and One Secondary would have been fine.. that's all I expected.

Still EC likes a lot of choices... but you know I can only use one Primary and one Secondary at a time... that makes it tough to choose the ones I like best.

[hurricanekevin]

Here are a few looks for Denton City