Bmac Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Yay red helmets! https://www.behance.net/bmatukewic8043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tBBP Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Revived because the Falcons equipment manager is leaking pics of different parts of the uniform as of late.Looks to be pretty accurate so far (assuming that the gold stripe is on the helmet. Can't see from the angle he took the pic in.)Why in the world they abandoned what was one of the sharpest logos in the entire league in favor of the 'nosedive' Falcon I'll never know.Because they wanted their look to be "sleeker, leaner, fiercer, and meaner".Pretty much like every rebrand that's taken place since about 1996 or so. *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave-Bird 08 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Revived because the Falcons equipment manager is leaking pics of different parts of the uniform as of late.Looks to be pretty accurate so far (assuming that the gold stripe is on the helmet. Can't see from the angle he took the pic in.)Why in the world they abandoned what was one of the sharpest logos in the entire league in favor of the 'nosedive' Falcon I'll never know.Because they wanted their look to be "sleeker, leaner, fiercer, and meaner".Pretty much like every rebrand that's taken place since about 1996 or so.Woa?! the old Falcons logo was terrible! too bland, and wimply looking. The upgrade is a huge hit. Some people's taste just bothers me, but again I have only been around for 19 years so im going to always lean forward in arguments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkaKrock5cent Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Revived because the Falcons equipment manager is leaking pics of different parts of the uniform as of late.Looks to be pretty accurate so far (assuming that the gold stripe is on the helmet. Can't see from the angle he took the pic in.)Why in the world they abandoned what was one of the sharpest logos in the entire league in favor of the 'nosedive' Falcon I'll never know.Because they wanted their look to be "sleeker, leaner, fiercer, and meaner".Pretty much like every rebrand that's taken place since about 1996 or so.Woa?! the old Falcons logo was terrible! too bland, and wimply looking. The upgrade is a huge hit. Some people's taste just bothers me, but again I have only been around for 19 years so im going to always lean forward in argumentsSame here. This board is pretty conservative; so much so that some users just have a simple formula for design. Modern=badI like the new logo because it's a real update but it doesn't go over board. the uni's.... They got 2/5's right in my mind. (I like the piping, but not the sleeve design)To the topic at hand, I do love to see throwbacks used once and awhile and this is no exception. I think going with the 60's pattern is going to jive better with the lack of sleeves the linemen use now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tBBP Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 To clarify my point, I was neither here nor there with the old falcon logo, and I certainly don't have an issue with the current one, either (with the possible exception of that extra supposed-to-be-silver outline, which could have been left out altogether). Just pointing out a noticeable trend in sports identities over the past decade or so is all. *Disclaimer: I am not an authoritative expert on stuff...I just do a lot of reading and research and keep in close connect with a bunch of people who are authoritative experts on stuff. || dribbble || Behance || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave-Bird 08 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 To clarify my point, I was neither here nor there with the old falcon logo, and I certainly don't have an issue with the current one, either (with the possible exception of that extra supposed-to-be-silver outline, which could have been left out altogether). Just pointing out a noticeable trend in sports identities over the past decade or so is all.well I was talking to the person before you, not you. I agreed with your point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkaKrock5cent Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 To clarify my point, I was neither here nor there with the old falcon logo, and I certainly don't have an issue with the current one, either (with the possible exception of that extra supposed-to-be-silver outline, which could have been left out altogether). Just pointing out a noticeable trend in sports identities over the past decade or so is all.well I was talking to the person before you, not you. I agreed with your point.I was just too lazy to edit your quote out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Any idea when the replicas are going to be released for sale? On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacker12 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Any idea when the replicas are going to be released for sale?Most likely when they are formally introduced. When that will be, I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFoA Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Another bump.Plus, the Falcons will unveil the uniforms tomorrow evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tohasbo Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 based on the pic...it looks like it'll be the black jersey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFoA Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 based on the pic...it looks like it'll be the black jerseyWe've known that the whole time, but yeah it's the uniform that they wore for their inaugural season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkhaha Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Here's a nice shot of the original road set: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickV Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Here's a nice shot of the original road set:That is NICE. Clean, simple, not overstated. A classic look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Here's a nice shot of the original road set:That is NICE. Clean, simple, not overstated. A classic look.That IS nice... but I thought there was always sleeve stripes that matched the socks. http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkhaha Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Here's a nice shot of the original road set:That is NICE. Clean, simple, not overstated. A classic look.That IS nice... but I thought there was always sleeve stripes that matched the socks.Yeah, their first two years they just had the logo -- which made the design way ahead of its time... And I believe the Redskins had logos on their sleeves way back in the 30s or 40s, so I guess they were incredibly ahead of their time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkhaha Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 A somewhat faded shot of the home set: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave-Bird 08 Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view/sport...ntage-uniforms/Falcons wearing them in Week 2, and I assume at least once more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkhaha Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view/sport...ntage-uniforms/Falcons wearing them in Week 2, and I assume at least once moreWow! As I suspected, this design works extremely well even with today's truncated sleeves. One small nitpick ('cause that's what geeks are all about): The complete striping pattern on the original socks was actually white-black-thick red-black-white. Back in those days, players wore baseball-type stirrups with white socks over them, and the striping pattern that would appear was dependent on how high they pulled up their white socks. Most likely the designer of the throwbacks just saw a pic like the one shown above of the road set and concluded that the pattern was just white-black-thick red. With many if not most of today's players wearing the white part of their now one=pierce socks quite low, there is certainly plenty of room to have the complete and correct pattern. All in all, these throwbacks look fantastic, though...While I'm pontificating on socks... I've always found the evolution of NFL sock design kind of interesting. As I said above, back in the day the striping pattern on any player depended on how high he pulled up his whites. Sometime around the late 60s or 70s, the trend was for players to pull the whites up so high they obscured almost all of the colored sock underneath. This fad continued for quite awhile and led, I believe, to many frustrated designers simply giving up using stripes and just going with solid color socks. Of course, it seems that today's players don't like the stripes anyway and would prefer to have just one solid color -- a look which i find quite hideous. Probably because I'm old and living in the past... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave-Bird 08 Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 I personally love the simplicity of this uniform. I think it looks better on a modern day template than on the old stuff. Never seen the Falcons in anything but a black hat, so this is going to be pretty cool to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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