Medals - need some photoshop work done

[Jihadjoe]

Some time ago, I developed a system of medals and award for use within the Liberty Navy. This was designed to reward awesomeness without necessarily promoting people to avoid ending up with a really top-heavy ranking structure.

Now... The text for all this is writen. Descriptions of the medals and awards and so on. All I need now is some images to go with it.

What I actually want.

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• For each of the awards listed below, I want an image of the medal itself, 400x400px in size, with the name of the award writen somewhere on the image.
  
  
  
• I also want a smaller image which can be placed in someone's sig. This could be either a scaled down representation of the medal itself, or (as medals are often worn) just the attached ribbon, allowing people to place multiple award images in their sig.
  
  
  
• The work must be in keeping with the imagery already in existance for the Liberty Navy. A good example would be the banner made by Teschy in the Liberty Navy faction status post.
  

What you get in return for this work.

[color=#33FFFF]Essentially, if your work is chosen as the best of the bunch, then you will receive a minimum of 200million credits. If I'm especially pleased with it, then that could be as much as doubled. You will also receive my eternal gratitude and many many <3's.

EDIT: Another [LN] member has added 50million credits to the total, which now stands at 250million, with a possible bonus of another 200 if I particularly like the work done.

The medals themselves.

[color=#33FFFF]Here is a list of the medals you'll be creating. Remember, I want an image of 400 by 400 pixels for each of these, as well as a smaller representation of it to go in people's forum signatures.

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[color=#FFFFCC]Naval Medal of Honor

Awarded for valor and courage above and beyond the call of duty in the face of insurmountable odds and at the risk of extreme bodily harm or death. Officers awarded this honor are to be considered heroes of the Republic of Liberty. All officers decorated with this honor must be saluted by all other personel regardless of rank and status. This award is given only by Naval High Command or the President.

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Navy Silver Star

Awarded to pilots who show courage and valor in circumstances that are highly unfavorable and pose a grave risk of severe bodily harm or death. This award is issued by the Fleet Admiral of the Libety Navy.

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Navy Bronze Star

Awarded to pilots that show great courage in the face of danger and continue to press on to achieve mission objectives despite the risk of injury or capture. This award is issued by the Fleet Admiral of the Liberty Navy.

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Prisoner of War

Issued to any person or persons that were captured by enemy forces for a length of time exceeding two weeks. This award is issued by a member of the Liberty Navy Admiralty.

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Combat Action Award

Awarded to pilots that take place in an engagement where at least five other enemy ships were present and Liberty Navy forces were victorious. This award is issued by a member of the Liberty Navy Admiralty

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Wounded Lion Ribbon

Awarded to any pilot that sustained an injury that required hospitalization for at least three days. This award is issued by a member of the Liberty Navy Admiralty

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Superiour Combat Prowess Medal

Awarded only to the best of the best, those who have managed to force a retreat, disable or destroy an amount of enemy forces single-handedly thought impossible by traditional military theorists; ten vessels in a single engagement. Even those considered elite pilots struggle to fulfill the requirements for this trophy.

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Combat Dominance Pin

Awarded to a pilot who shows extreme skill in combat when using a Guardian, Avenger, Executioner, Liberator or Upholder and single handedly destroys or disables at least 5 enemy craft in a single engagement.

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Combat Superiority Pin

Awarded to a pilot who shows above average skills in a Guardian, Avenger, Executioner, Liberator or Upholder who destroys or disables at least three enemy craft in a single engagement.

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Liberty Navy Commendation Badge

Awarded to any pilot who provides superior service to the Liberty Navy or her allies by assisting with technical needs, training needs, or other issues that arise. (//Helping a new Liberty Navy member get repped, or helping a player with his story etc.//)

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Gold Service Pin

Awarded to Pilots who have faithfully and Honorably served the LN for a term of one year.

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Silver Service Pin

Awarded to Pilots who have faithfully and Honorably served the LN for a term of six months.

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Bronze Service Pin

Awarded to Pilots who have faithfully and Honorably served the LN for a term of three months.

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Homeland Defence Medal

Awarded to any personnel that have engaged and defeated invading enemies of the Liberty Nation within New York or Texas.

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Navy Joint Service Ribbon

Proposed: Awarded to any pilot who takes place in a military or non-military operation with non-naval military or police forces, and ensures the mission is sucessful.

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Bomber Ace Pin

Awarded to any pilot who achieves 25 confirmed kills in a Bomber class ship.

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Fighter Ace Pin

Awarded to any pilot who achieves 25 confirmed kills in a Fighter class ship.

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Aviator's Wings

Any officer who has completed basic training, and progressed from recruit rank to the rank of ensign or higher, having sucessfully aquired a Liberty naval Guard IFF and transponder.

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Golden Wings

The Golden Wings are only issued to the best and brightest of the Liberty Navy Pilots.

Prerequisites for consideration: Rank of Lieutenant or higher, Aviator Wings, Combat Dominance Pin, Silver Service Pin, Navy Silver Star, and a nomination from any officer ranked Captain or higher.

Any person(s) with this device answer directly to the Fleet Admiral and Admirals of the Liberty Navy and may be called upon at any time to perform duties that go beyond the normal call.

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GET TO WORK.

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[Jihadjoe]

Another Liberty Navy member has kindly decided to put another 50million credits into the pot for this. So the base reward is now 250million credits.

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[frozen]

if the work is exceedingly exceptional, i will throw in 100 mill more as a bonus. this is up to me discretion to decide if its worth it however.

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[NoodleMaster]

Comment, question and suggestion..

I'd be interested to give it a shot, but I dont think I'm going to invest enought time to do ALL of those.

Are you gonna split the reward up if only some aqre done?

MAybe it would be most effective to base the medals on the US navy medals, and also the layout with which they are pinned to someone's chest. For example you give a standard layout looking like a place on someone's chest with a uniform in the empty spaces. And the 1 year service medals would be smaller than the medal of honour ones for example, not all 400x400. I think some warsims have something similar which you could rip off and alter a bit to save time.

[NoodleMaster]

Kinda like that, cant find a better picture right now. The guy that gets the medal can copy paste it onto his chest, or the navy will do it for him.

[Jihadjoe]

The 400x400 images are for presentation purposes only, and that's it...

And for the smaller versions - as opposed to literally placing it on the chest of a character in someone's sig, I just wanted to kinda have some token image which people can place in their sig, along side their 'character' sig, rather than in the same image...

Do you follow me, or was that a completely stupid ramble that I just wrote?

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[Cond0r]

you want something like the medals in Lobsters sig i'd imagine...
Example

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[NoodleMaster]

For the sigs I'd take downscaled versions of these and pin them on a background that kinda looks LN uniformish

http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/navyrib.shtml

LN navy should be in the smae line of heritage as US navy after all.

When they're awarded you could take images of the bigger versions.

[Crusader4]

I have the same question as Noodle,
can we do only a few medals?
since 19 is a bit much for one person to make.

edit : well, its not that much if you have alot of free time.

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[NoodleMaster]

Ok...

So I'm going to take the images of the medals in the link I posted, alter them a bit, and replace the ones which dont exist in 2010 with altered versions old ones that sound kinda similar.