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Anyone have an example of Boise's crest?
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Here is the Boise FAMILY crest -will that do?? [:'(] [:'(]

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[:D]not quiiiite what I had in mind...but thanks for taking the time.
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Amazing how difficult this seems to be to locate...
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Someone said the only crest for a US warship pre-WWII was the Homolulu...there may not be one.
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I am working a Boise banner up for ny59giants and it really is missing something...just doesn't look right...needs something else in there...any ideas?

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This?

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Or this?

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ORIGINAL: rogueusmc

Someone said the only crest for a US warship pre-WWII was the Homolulu...there may not be one.

My word, I hope this is a simple typo...[:D]
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ORIGINAL: rogueusmc

Someone said the only crest for a US warship pre-WWII was the Homolulu...there may not be one.

My word, I hope this is a simple typo...[:D]
Yep...he's back...spelling nazi...[:D]
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If you guys could learn to spell properly, I could hang up my SN uniform...[;)]
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I used both of those and made faux snapshots out of them...what do y'all think?

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Very cool, Rogue! Haven't lost your touch, I see.[&o]
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Thank you sir...still tweaking it...[;)]

This is pretty close...what do y'all think?

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Think you should go with the lighter text. It gets difficult to read in the bottom right corner...
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I was antiquing the photos and tried to match the effect on the text...I'll just remove the antiquing.



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Or should I just leave it B&W?


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or use the same overlay for the whole thing?

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Think you should ask your customer. I could swing both ways if it were me...

<but it isn't, and I don't...>[:D]
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Good thing you live so far away T...[:D]...I'd hate to have our friendship ruined by your unwanted advances...
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