Once again... T-shirts?

[pidaster]

I think we need some new shirts with the forum name.
I also want to make a few t-shirts for myself over the immigration junk and politics. And of course, firearm rights.:America:
I've seen shirts I would like at different websites but shipping adds up real quick with one or two shirts here and one there. Maybe if we could do a group buy they could do a price break.
Anyone interested?

[rpmfly2]

I am in for several!:America:

[Optimus Prime]

Any ideas for designs?

[rustypirate]

Anything but the guy aiming at the other guys head in our banner.......

J/K :)

[tanstaafl4y]

I've seen shirts I would like at different websites but shipping adds up real quick with one or two shirts here and one there.

cafepress??? Sell them at a very thin profit, with the money going towards our webhosting.

[pigpen]

I want a T shirt & bumper sticker with this on it.

[Allwater]

Hey, what about military-ish stenciled letters - kinda like above - but make them look "distressed", like on an ammo box - Ya know what I mean??? That across the back with smaller version, or something else small on the front. Just simple...

Sadly, I had to ditch my CorelDraw program recently or else I'd offer a layout...

[Allwater]

That post above reminds me of the new bi-partisan bumper sticker for Hillary '08 -

"Run, Hillary, Run"


Yeah, Democrats put it on the back bumper, the rest of us on the FRONT! :thumbup:



heeheehee



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[pidaster]

Well, I like these. I can't remember where I got them from so I'm not sure about a copyright on them.
http://home.comcast.net/~joshuabmorgan/guncont.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~joshuabmorgan/school.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~joshuabmorgan/flashhiders.jpg
I'm not good at creating designs on the computer but my wife is. Now to get her to make something not girly or with kittens.
Any quotes or ideas for pics? I know Henry has to have some good pics to work with.

[pidaster]

I also like these quotes. Many of them are used here.

"The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so."
Adolph Hitler: April 11, 1942.

"They who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

"The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good." - George Washington

"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." - Sigmund Freud" (This quote would be good with a pic of an AK or nearly any gun with a "large capacity ammunition feeding device")


The laws that forbid the carrying of arms, disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes." - Thomas Jefferson

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence ... From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to insure peace, security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable . . . The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that is good" (George Washington)

[pigpen]

Here are some more I'd like to put on t-shirts/bumperstickers

[pidaster]

cafepress??? Sell them at a very thin profit, with the money going towards our webhosting.
Wow. They have lot's of good stuff. I was hoping for something under $20 each. I also want the shirt to be of good material.

[tanstaafl4y]

Wow. They have lot's of good stuff. I was hoping for something under $20 each. I also want the shirt to be of good material.

It has been a while but iirc when you set up cafee press they give you a list

Item Cost Price
T-shirt 12.50 ______
Coffee Mug 3.75 ______
Mouse pad 4.25 ______

When you set up your "shop" you fill in the blanks and by setting the price over the cost the "shop owner" makes a profit.

[wonderwolf]

I would like something with a really sexy nose art type gal on it..kinda like the shoot1919a4.com sticker girl. But with a AK-47 or similar weapon.. :rolleyes:

I know theres alot of ideas here almost too many to do a single run. In my experience you have to have at least 12 orders to do a run.

[nalioth]

+1 on the sexy nose art type shirts. the cetmerifles concept that was in the works is a good example.

[LostInTexas]

Pin-up girl/nose art for me. I think Perro was working up an idea awhile back that was really nice.

[okie shooter]

Ya on pinups, the spanish fly t shirts

[rustypirate]

Spanish Fly, or CETME Wood shirts would be cool.

But I don't want to isolate the other types of guns here either.

Maybe just a nose art pinup without the gun, "Some of the Other good things to come out of WWII"

[SteelCore]

since we last sporke of tshirts...I like the ones that say "Celebreate Divrsity" and have a ton of diff types of rifles/pistols on them.

"military-ish stenciled letters - kinda like above - but make them look "distressed"
--->this idea me likey.

So, whos gonna be the hi-res art-monkey? IN the end they'll prolly get to say what goes...along with our fearless leader


Or how about a collage of all our avatars, about 1-2 inches square, with the "MilitaryFirearms" stencil letters across it all?

[bullseye]

I'd be in for a couple, just give me a few weeks to get this last baby out(the wife, not me :) ) and see what size she will need.

[Jacobite]

I did the shirts over at the Gunboards Cetme forum. If memory serves me I was able to sell them shipping included for about $15 each. However a new person owns the printshop I used so I don't know if prices went up. Anyone who has one knows they are good shirts.

[wonderwolf]

I personally like the thinner cotton shirts that are real light weight..Not the heavy T shirts that get stiff and stuff....Hehe "stiff & stuff"....If I ever open a topless bar...thats gonna be the name. :airtight:




Here is a T shirt I would like to have getting off topic sorry guys

[Fido Dog]

:America::America::America::America::America::Amer ica::America::America::America::America:

[Jacobite]

It's Military Firearm.com

[Fido Dog]

It's Military Firearm.com

:smartass1::smartass1::smartass1::cheers::drink::d rink::ahole:

[Fido Dog]

It's Military Firearm.com

There Damnit!!....HAPPY!?!?!?

[Rampager]

:popcorn:

[weasel_master]

Now that's better Fido.

[Fido Dog]

If someone comes up with a design, I can give you distressed letters in about 2 min.

[wonderwolf]

my letters are already distressed enough

[pidaster]

What gun could we use for this? Guns I have that I can take a pic of include Rifles: Century Cetme, SKS, 1919a4 w/out tripod, AK-47,STG-58, M1 Carbine. Pistols: Russian Makarov, P64, and 1911. Any of these perk someones interest for logo guns?

[SteelCore]

of guns...

"Violent Violet" ;) and her guns:
http://www.toronto.ca/archives/images/f1266_it87506.jpg
Violet Carlson,
Small Arms Manufacturing
October 13, 1943
Photographer: John H. Boyd

Pic from the opposition:
http://www.controlarms.org/images/piledofguns1.jpg

And there's the always fun "nuns with guns":
http://coolblue.typepad.com/the_cool_blue_blog/images/nuns_with_guns.jpg
--Eta---
Another 'nun' with a gun...
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h251/curiousjeorje/HorrorsexSisterSylviaSaint040.jpg

[wonderwolf]

LOL

Ok so we need to get a idea as to what we want...


Do we want a picture? if so what size how big # of colors

Do we want words..If so what size and style....


The shirts themselves....I like the nice cotton shirts that are soft and thin (just like me :rockon:)


I enjoy the "celebrate diversity" shirts but those have been done.

What kind of statment are we looking at making? Do we want to advertise or do we want to just make a political statment? I think it should be some original work. Something that you would want your kids to TRY and wear to school...I got away with my gun shirts at school..most of them just had lettering on them though and no pictures of firearms.


What kind of rifles are those in the picture of violet? I want to say enfeilds but I'm only 82.7% sure on that

[nalioth]

LOL

Ok so we need to get a idea as to what we want...


Do we want a picture? if so what size how big # of colors

Do we want words..If so what size and style....


The shirts themselves....I like the nice cotton shirts that are soft and thin (just like me :rockon:)


I enjoy the "celebrate diversity" shirts but those have been done.

What kind of statment are we looking at making? Do we want to advertise or do we want to just make a political statment? I think it should be some original work. Something that you would want your kids to TRY and wear to school...I got away with my gun shirts at school..most of them just had lettering on them though and no pictures of firearms.


What kind of rifles are those in the picture of violet? I want to say enfeilds but I'm only 82.7% sure on thatPolitical shirts will become dated, if the wrong subject material is used. I would not buy a political message shirt with any living humans referenced.

I prefer the 'good girl art' approach. A 'good girl' in front of a gun cabinet full of representative firearms, while holding a Cetme.

Or dig up the ol' cetmerifles idea and put a 'militaryfirearm.com' logo somewhere on it.. ..

[bluma123]

Ohhhh I want a shirt!!!

Retro ladies are nice...I don't think I have the chuzpah to wear the um...nun with the large jugs...ahem.

Maybe make some girl specific, Im not that creative but something along the lines of "next fratboy to touch my ass see's the business end of my AK" sounds nice...or is that a direct threat? Dunno.

:)

[MicroPilot]

...Something that you would want your kids to TRY and wear to school...I got away with my gun shirts at school..most of them just had lettering on them though and no pictures of firearms...

My 11yr old son regularly wears his KCR Machine Gun Shoot shirts to school.

[wonderwolf]

So everybody like the idea of a girl with a gun I take it?????

[k98k792]

I do. But I would like to see something classy. The Cetme wood and Spanish fly ideas were anything but. I would like to see some nose art and militaryfirearm.com . No obscene or political slogans.

[xernex]

we could always rip off the "life is full of important choices" line of shirts and just have a ton of different rifles on it

[Jacobite]

I am with K98k on this. The Spanish Fly and Cetme Wood idea was very tacky and low life in my opinion. "Eta the nun with a gun" is even worse and I am not even a Catholic and I find it offensive

[Milsurp]

I'm also with K98K on his idea. I'd like to see a 1940's era nose art girl with a rifle and the forum logo. Let's make something with class, like our forum.

[xernex]

In all honesty I'd love one with our banner logo... even with the color scheme

Just threw these together really quick...nothing great.


http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/10/1/253744/number1.JPG

http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/10/1/253744/number2.JPG

http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/10/1/253744/number3.JPG

[AK AJ]

I like The bullet holes in Fidos Ideas, but think it would be cool to have "non-graffic" exit holes on the opposite side.
Airplane art would be awesome.

AJ

[pidaster]

Maybe make some girl specific, Im not that creative but something along the lines of "next fratboy to touch my ass see's the business end of my AK" sounds nice...or is that a direct threat? Dunno.

:)

I'm not wearing a shirt that says that. I'll leave it to the ladies.

[pidaster]

I don't really care too much for the nose are girl. I'd like the design to be simple, to the point, and classic military style. I really like my last Cetmerifles.com shirt and I still wear it.

[wonderwolf]

Can we see a example of the spanish fly for those who havnt seen it yet plz?

[weasel_master]

I'm with 98 as well. Some classy made nose art would be ideal.

[pidaster]

http://home.comcast.net/~joshuabmorgan/cetmewood3.jpg

[rustypirate]

How about something like this?
http://www.bawidamann.com/images/homepage_images/mg42ss_home.jpg

or this:
http://www.bawidamann.com/images/homepage_images/desertmarinegirl_home.jpg

Check out this guy's site:
http://www.bawidamann.com/home.html

[Milsurp]

That's what I had in mind rusty something along those lines. I think I'm going to buy some of those prints.

[wonderwolf]

I like the green one with the MG 42..it looks modern/updated style nose art..

[LostInTexas]

I like Rusty's pics. Kinda modern nose art.

[Fido Dog]

Ohhhh I want a shirt!!!

Retro ladies are nice...I don't think I have the chuzpah to wear the um...nun with the large jugs...ahem.

Maybe make some girl specific, Im not that creative but something along the lines of "next fratboy to touch my ass see's the business end of my AK" sounds nice...or is that a direct threat? Dunno.

:)

'Bout funkin time you showed up!?!?

:bash::rockon::bash:

[xrayjuan]

I go for two.

[pidaster]

I go for two.

We haven't decided on a shirt yet. Once a logo or print is chosen you will see another thread.

[nevada]

C.t.u. - Don't Make Me Get You.

[MicroPilot]

I think she better clean the cosmoline outa those barrels.

[rustypirate]

Cosmoline hell....those are just airsoft guns.

[WildBillCody]

I am with K98k on this. The Spanish Fly and Cetme Wood idea was very tacky and low life in my opinion. "Eta the nun with a gun" is even worse and I am not even a Catholic and I find it offensive

Tacky, huh first time I was ever called that.. all in good fun.

[M1 Tanker]

Rusty, now you have done it. I just found my newest tattoo :)
Now THATS a tanker tattoo.

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[SteelCore]

"Something that you would want your kids to TRY and wear to school."
--???

"next fratboy to touch my ass see's the business end of my AK"
LMAO!--Uh, I don't want fratboys touching my ass either, but I dunno if i have the chutzpah to wear that!

""Eta the nun with a gun" is even worse and I am not even a Catholic and I find it offensive"
--Heehee. Wasn't serious abt those. I wouldn't wear those either, since I find Catholicism offensive. ;)

"Check out this guy's site:"
--Met the guy. He was selling these shirts and stix and stuff at Gen Con, a huge gamer convention in Indy. Nice guy, good art.

I like ilsa here:

http://www.bawidamann.com/store/painting_pups/ilsa_ep.jpg

[weasel_master]

Wonder what the wife would think of that M1.

[WildBillCody]

Rusty, now you have done it. I just found my newest tattoo :)
Now THATS a tanker tattoo.

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Yeah that's a good one, I was afraid you were going to pick something tacky and low life. :)

I like his stuff, maybe we could contract him for some shirts.

[k98k792]

I like this one myself.

[bluma123]

i love that artist!!!

[Optimus Prime]

Old school pin-up art is always good... and guns are just a bonus.

[rustypirate]

Well, it looks like we found the artist any way, now to just decide on what image to use.

Of all the ones looked at, (and they are ALL nice) I think that the Marine, and the Girl with a BAR are the least racy so would work well for the shirts.

the others are a bit naughty to wear in public (not that I would not buy large prints to put up around the gun room)

Just my opinion....

[SteelCore]

Do we contact the artist, or what? I mean, there are copyrighted images...and we want this to be above board...

He does do runs of shirts for mil groups, so prolly he'd be cool with doing one fer the board here (whish has many mil folks...)

If handled right, we might even have a new website logo when it is all aid and done...

[a bit of 'dessert fer thought'..hope you dinnt eat too much food for thought before this post.]

[k98k792]

I sent him an email last week,no reply yet.

[SteelCore]

Yeah, he is just one guy--one man operation.

[LostInTexas]

Any word yet? Didn't want this to drop off the radar.

[k98k792]

Waiting on him to call me now that he has my number. Then we can see what our options are.

[Rampager]

I like both Steelcore and K98's designs. Any chance on getting both made up? I'm willing to buy either or both.

[k98k792]

I would think at some point we might have a vote on it. We will need to know what options we have though.

[kevin]

this guy has some cool stuff!

http://www.7point62design.com/

[k98k792]

Sent Bawidamann my number,I have not heard from him.

[SteelCore]

says plz allow 2-3 wks of time to process... one man operation.

I'll tallya, If he's at GenCon here in Indy (he was last year), I could give him your #, K98...if you like. Requests in person might do a bit better. I'll see him in a month or 2.

_ETA___
Well, he's not on the GenCon exhibitor list this year, so either he's sharing a booth with someone or he ain't coming. GenCon in 58 days.

[Milsurp]

Any word on the shirts yet?

[k98k792]

It's not happening from him. He wants too much per shirt. Tanker said he would check out some options

[LostInTexas]

Keep us posted, I need a new shirt!

[Enigma Nostra]

Ill speak to my girlfriend, she does graphics work, and see if shes willing to do some mockups as well.

-E


"Will Work For Ammo"

[bullseye]

"Will Work For Ammo"

Hey, that's my line. I send that on most of my e-mail and have been for 3 years. You will need have your people contact my people and have them work out the details for the infringement(payable in live rounds or valued components) and a royalty schedule for said infringement post haste.
Or not, if you don't wanna. :)

[Enigma Nostra]

My peoples is cuter. See Above. :thumbup:

-E

[Damien]

Ill take a few shirts. Great fourm...