Aussie Pinball Merchandising

[illawarra_steelers]

What about a picture of my face on the back of the shirts to attract the "ladies" to the site 

I am unsure if I would want your face that close to my arse !!



Sorry guys, I feel a little 'guilty' for not getting onto this , I have just been superbly busy with so many other ( home) things - again.

Like most I think the simpler the better.
I like the idea of the name on the front .........and the website on the back

I believe that a pop bumper is the most instant ‘universally recognised’ symbol for pinball machines and even non-pinheads instantly recognise it. So I would suggest a pop bumper form part of the image for the front of the shirt.

I will try some things using this image as a basis - if you guys plan 'embroiding' a pattern , then it has to stay simple.

Yeah I agree Wotto!

Just to throw this in the mix - there are heaps more styles of caps to choose from also. http://www.pbresource.com/pfbumper.htm

[Wotto]

Quick 1st attempt.

The font I used for the banners really didnt look good when 'curved' for this - so I went with something similar ( a relaxed font ).

I can do this any colour - I had it as a stock white cap , filled it black and really liked it.

I did this with the front of a polo in mind, simple for embroiding.

Thoughts?

[ddstoys]

Ill second that good work Wotto

[millsy]

Nice 
What programme do you use to create these great banners/logos ?

[Strangeways]

nice one, wotto !

Now we need a border - if we print on a black T-Shirt / Polo

[Wotto]

Hey Millsy - I use Photoshop , and sometimes combine it with stuff I have created in Fireworks as well.

Nino- re- do we need a border? - just give me this weekend to come up with some different colour patterns, a design ( text ) for the back of a shirt , and various other idea's ( hopefully )

[pinnies4me]

I like that Wotto - I've sent you an email with a suggestion for your artistic consideration.

[Creech]

OK, how do we get this printed on t-shirts? Any suggestions or anyone know anyone that can do it?

Let's get this thing started, expo is just around the corner.

Let's say we get a couple dozen made up in X-Large. What doesn't sell at expo can be sold here.

[Wotto]

My little bit of past experience.

I used to get Polo Shirts made up when we went away on motorbike weekends I would organise.

I would get a typical size logo on the front ( printed not embroided ) and a lot of text written on the back - ( like each persons name - up to 8 of us  - with a tag like - "gutless sack can only do 250kph" or similar )

For 8-10 shirts it would work out at about $25-$30.00 a shirt.

So whoever is going to take this by the balls and get ot rolling should firstly go to a shirt place and check todays costs and options. I found that most these places were quite used to 'joe nobody's' walking in with small order requests ( back then )

[Wotto]

Alright - heres a few different variations of what I did - showung a few different 'common' shirt colours that are available.
I even did a beige shirt for Grandpa Mark C !!

See what the poular vote is - SOMEONE has to decide.
Personally I like the original one I did onto a white shirt - white shirts are easily available and suit everybody.
Thats just my thoughts - I aint the boss here.

Here ya go










Nick had a mad idea and sent me an image he created based on my original - I really like it , but my only thought is that the words Aussie and Pinball may print too small.

I will show nicks idea in a seperate relpy next....

[Wotto]

And here are the same colours with Nicks input.

















I am just about to do the text for the back of the shirt ( that I feel many more people see and read )

[Wotto]

And on the back ???



I would tidy the 'i' dots up a bit for  the final.

[ajlaird]

Looks good - you could make the artwork for the back into a web banner easily enough.

I vote on white or black for the T-shirts. Actually leaning towards black shirt with the white outline around the lettering, but if people vote for white I will be happy.

[felixthadog]

My vote is for a black shirt, mainly because I am a grub so black hides alot of the gunk.

Matthew

[Geoffh]

borrowing from wotto i thought maybe something like this.

he can do a better job than me its just a mock up