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    All good, I'll admit I was not sold on the vertical flip but posted it to see what others would think. I tried the horizontal flip this time and I think this might be a winner. It feels more connected as a single graphic now I think, and I hope its new orientation will help with it seeing as a smoke trail from the tire. I also tweaked the logo on the helmet to reflect the change. Yeah it was a bit ahead of its time, I'd agree. It's a little busy, and the wheel having the drop-shadow while the surrounding D looks flat kind of bugs me a bit and drove most of my changes, but it is not particularly dated like some of the others from this league are (understandably so, being 50 yrs old and all). The wheel itself looks pretty solid so I tried not to change too much there.
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    Thanks for the thoughtful suggestions @VampyrRabbit! I decided to implement them quick while it was fresh on my mind. I took the texture off the collars and numbers (for now I left the helmet alone, but change that also), and flipped & rotated the smoke trail on the primary logo. I also went ahead and officially made the additional secondary logo inspired by the W from the original. Having the versions to directly compare I do think removing the texture from the jerseys is the right call; it looks much cleaner now and is less distracting.
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    Philly is looking awesome! The primary uniforms do well to honor the past while living in the present, and the bottom left alternate does well with pulling the multiple shades of green together. I love the white helmet and the wings on the helmet for that one!
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    Any C&C for Chicago will still be welcome, but I'm going to move forward and post my next one- the Detroit Wheels. Here's a link to see the original uniforms from Gridiron Uniform Database. My two main updates to the primary logo were removing the W (I wanted to keep it but it just felt too busy, so I imagine it as an alternate secondary logo), and changing the design from a wheel inside a lowercase D to a wheel with a smoke trail forming the shape of a lowercase D. I think this lets the wheel take on more prominence. The new secondary is a capital D with a tire tread pattern inside of it. My helmet is pretty close to the original in basic concept (logo on the side, black-red-black center stripes on a yellow shell with yellow facemask), but executed in a way that emphasizes the team's identity. Letter logos are often problematic on helmets, so I rotated the primary so that the smoke is more under/behind the wheel on the helmet. This way it works equally well on both sides. The red center stripe is admittedly hard to see here, but it uses the same tire tread pattern seen elsewhere on the uniform and secondary logo. The helmet is taking a cue from the DC Defenders, and has a yellow "painted pavement" texture pattern on the shell. The uniform also largely follows the originals in base colors and striping patterns, but the sleeve stripes were changed to tire treads on either side of a double-yellow center line as seen on many streets. The pant stripe mirrors the helmet center stripe design. "Wheels" and "Detroit" wordmarks adorn the chests above the numbers. The numbers and collars use the same pavement texture as the helmet shell. Please let me know what you think; should the W come back as an official secondary logo, go back into the primary or just stay away? Did I overdo it with the pavement texture use and/or tire tread patterns? I was aiming for modern and unique to the brand, but not obnoxious. I'll be back in a couple of days likely with the original Houston Texans on deck. Thanks for looking!
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    Thanks to everyone who liked and commented thus far, if anyone else has comments feel free to continue to share them, but I am going to go ahead and share team #2 of 8, the Chicago Fire! On updating the logo, I mainly focused on modernizing the design of the helmet itself, but I also added a 2nd darker shade of red to the flames, and small flames coming out the ear holes. The new secondary uses the same flame graphic, but replaces the the helmet with a black version of the star from Chicago's flag. The flames take the place of the top point of the star. The helmet is a big departure from the original design, but considering the logo is a black helmet with flames, to not have the helmet also be black with flames just seems like a missed branding opportunity that I have the chance to correct. Flames are on the front, and coming out the major vents in the helmet. Since I changed the helmet quite a bit, I stayed fairly true to the original uniforms. I kept the overall color schemes for home and away, and a the 3-strip pattern on the sleeves and pants (though executed a bit different). My additions are small patches of the primary logo on the chest, adding the secondary logo to the stripes on the sleeves and pants, and side panels under the jersey arms with the dark red shade I introduced. Those interested can view my source for the originals here. I hope everyone enjoys, but C&C is always appreciated. Thanks for looking!
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    That's fair. I'd love a good realistic one like I have for the helmet, but I just haven't had much luck with finding or making one yet. If that changes coming back and redoing uniforms would definitely be on the table, but for now I'm working with what I got. I can try modify this template to tone down those seams more though; I was debating how much of them to leave in vs take out from what I started with. Thanks for the feedback! EDIT: So naturally, shortly after I publicly say I'm not sure how to improve my uniform template a new idea on how to do that popped into my head (basically a targeted combination of layered semi-transparent lines and gradients). After a little while of tinkering, I got it looking much better I think. Here's a retouched version of Birmingham with the changes to my uniform template.
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    I decided not to wait too long to share the first one, since it basically is ready to go. Here is my take on the Birmingham Vulcans. The primary was changed to make the flames a little more dynamic and have them go into the negative space of the V to add some shading to the football shape made in that space, and making the V a bit bigger gave it a bit of an Avengers logo vibe that I liked. The secondary logo is inspired by the statue in Birmingham that the team is named after, as it include a spear about to be thrown. The flames coming off the spear head are meant to form a sort of B shape. I changed up the colors on the uniforms some; the originals had white pants which is shared by a couple other teams on my list so the change helps them stand out. Since those are now blue, I made the home jersey red, as I didn't like the idea of an all-blue look them. The helmet stays mostly true to the original, just with the updated primary. The pants incorporate white striping with the secondary logo to convey the idea of it flying through the air. EDIT: Adding a link to my source for the original helmet and uniforms, and elaborated on uniform changes a bit more. Hope everyone likes this first one, the next will likely be coming from Chicago (my aim is for alphabetical order with this series). Thanks for looking, C & C is always appreciated!
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    As stated above, here is the map of where my first 8 teams will be located, as well as the color schemes I plan to use for them (they are all in various stages of completion as I write this). Some of these cities hosted multiple teams between 1974 and 1975, or the same team with a new name, so some may be guessed pretty easily by those familiar with the league, but others probably not as much. Here's the teams I have done so far: Birmingham Vulcans Chicago Fire Detroit Wheels Houston Texans Memphis Southmen New York Stars Philadelphia Bell San Antonio Wings Southern California Sun Coming Soon: Whole League Graphics
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    There's been several great threads recently by various forum members sharing concepts for the NFL, XFL and USFL and seeing them helped give me the urge to do a project like that again (I have in the past tried my hand at the USFL, Arena Football League and Pre-Superbowl era NFL), but rather than retread old ground or compete with some of the excellent work of others on this forum I decided to try tackling an older league that I haven't seen much done for: The World Football League (WFL). For those needing a primer, this league existed 1974-1975. Despite its name, nearly all of the teams were in the US. I decided to pick 8 of the teams to at least start with and try my hand at imagining what their logos, helmets and uniforms could look like today. In past sets I only did logos/helmets, so uniforms are a change of pace for me. I referenced this site and general web searches for the logos, and a mix of web searches and the Gridiron Uniform Database to get a handle on how the original teams looked. I'm generally trying to keep a connection between how teams looked then and how I imagine them here, but am allowing myself to make some changes in a couple cases, whether it's to differentiate teams from each other or make the team's brand stand out more (one team that I will post sooner than later will be very noticeably changed but for what I think is a valid reason). One thing I noticed was that the IRL uniform designs all had similar elements to them (triple stripe helmets, sleeves and pants for example), so I have a goal to let each team show some more personality and identity in their designs. To introduce this concept series I have an updated league logo below and will be immediately posting a map showing the cities and planned color schemes for the teams I chose to work on in the next post (separating them for easier viewing). I wanted to give this logo a greater sense of depth and lighting, but still be recognizable to anyone familiar with the original league logo. Different file sources had different shades of colors, so I went with what appealed most to me. An image of the original is posted next to it for comparison (Source: sportslogos.net) EDIT: I made a couple changes to my updated league logo and have updated the post to show the newest version; anyone looking to see the original updated version can see it in posts for the first three teams (Birmingham, Chicago and Detroit).
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    My guesses like some others would either be New Orleans (post-Katrina uncertainty), Las Vegas (until recently was not a great sports market, so I could see it up to like 2015), or Oakland (to San Jose, or maybe to Santa Clara but not changing the city name?). A dark horse candidate could be Michigan; the 2008 recession hit Detroit hard so maybe they move to Grand Rapids, a smaller but growing market, to get some distance from the Lions all of Detroit's other pro teams and have the city to themselves for pro football (aside from maybe the Rampage if the Arena Football League is in this timeline). No name change required if they went to Grand Rapids.
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    I think I like Version 1 best as a main primary logo, it's colors and shape are well balanced and would look great on a lot of mediums, and conveys the idea behind the team effectively. Version 2 though could look great as the main design for the helmet. The banners wrapping around and connecting at the back of the helmet would look really sharp. I think.
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    Not much I can say here that others haven't said already, but this deserves another "well done"! It's a great cohesive concept that fits the community amazingly well.
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    The next game of the week feature match up pits land vs sea from across the Atlantic, as this league's revived Hartford Whalers go up against Zurich Alpine HC. One of the things that gave me an interest in this concept was the ability to put cities together in a league that typically would never be together.
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    Hey all, as eegl75 has mentioned I have been helping out with some logos designs for this project, and am going to add a 'Game of the Week' graphic to my contribution. This way we can feature a couple teams matching up against each other and occasionally preview a coming full team unveiling. This will happen about once per week. This matchup pits a recently unveiled team, Toronto, against one of the earlier teams to debut, Juneau. Enjoy!
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    I like the subtle use of the stars in the Rockets uniform and helmet. It's a good strong look, and I honestly didn't even know about the Rockets' existence before seeing this so I learned something today as well.
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    I had a similar thought. A white-to-red transition with the red outline would be easier to see, and be consistent with the away jersey in the sense that the outline is the same color as the bottom of the digits. That comment aside, I really like this. I agree the IRL uniforms are just too much with the asymmetrical 3-tone helmet, etc. Greater use of the oil slick motif gives it more cohesion and because its a common trait it feels less busy even though it's about the same number of elements that the IRL uniforms possess.
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    I definitely think this is an upgrade! Honestly I fell into the middle ground on my overall opinion of the XFL 3.0 logos/uniforms but Orlando was the one that truly bugged me, and my first reaction to the name and logo was "if you're reusing an old name and giving them a cougar logo, why not call them the Wildcats??". Saying that, I think giving them some of the LA Wildcats colors and uniform features makes a lot of sense, and I also agree that it looking a little closer to how the Predators looked at times with the red/black and the claw marks helps it feel a bit more "Orlando" to me. All in all this is a big upgrade in my opinion, and while the name is still weird the rest of the brand works well here. If I were to suggest a possible change, it'd be to try tapering the ends of the red shoulder stripes down to a point to look like the red claw marks, and underneath each on the sides maybe add a smaller orange claw mark. The the two shoulders together give you the same 4 claw mark pattern and connect the jersey more with the pants and helmet. I get the goal to keep elements from RL that work though. Nice job!
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    Looking good! The uniforms feel like a team with a history and definitely would fit in with other New York concepts I've seen. Only thing I'd maybe suggest is making the front logo just a little bit smaller so the negative space between the collar and upper logo is more similar to the spacing from the lower logo to the stripes.
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    This looks great! I would be a fan of seeing this change for them should they ever change. It works really well and is a striking update. Well done!
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    I'll give my two cents... St. Louis Stampede - Based on the AAF Salt Lake Stallions logo Portland Wolves - Based on the IFL Seattle Timberwolves logo Dallas Desperados - Bring back the name/logo from the Arena Football League Miami Voodoo - Based on the Arena Football New Orleans Voodoo logo. Unless the Breakers move after 2005 and the New Orleans Voodoo can come in as an expansion team, the logo is too good to not use and it would fit well in Miami if New Orleans isn't an option. Charlotte Legends - Based on the AAF Atlanta Legends logo - give them a backstory of Michael Jordan buying into the ownership. Done and done. Virginia Beach Blacktips - Based on the FXFL Florida Blacktips logo Minnesota Odinsons - Based on the EFLI Hyderabad Skykings Kansas City Bombers - Based on the Arena Football League Kansas City Command logo.
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    Congrats to all the medal winners! There was a lot of great designs and I learned a lot about soccer designs and other countries doing this contest. Looking forward to a 2026 Cup. Thank you for putting this on rsaline!
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    I had seen that you had updated it. I was thinking more about if your USFL makes it to like the 2020's that another update may be warranted around that time. I do like this update by the way. It maintains its connection to its roots but does move toward the modern era.
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    A couple that I could see being used at some point... I could see the Orlando Renegades needing a rebrand as the USFL gets into the modern era, so I'd enjoy seeing either the Arena League Predators or AAF Apollos making an appearance. The Spring League's Linemen logo could be a solid modern update to the Maulers. I like the modern USFL's take on the Philadelphia Stars, so it would be welcome from me to see it show up here at some point.
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    Tough choices, but... Cameroon and Denmark
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    Wales 1 Cameroon 3 Serbia 1 Brazil 2
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