B13

13oy. This is 13ecoming a fun little way to
13et if you can 13etter the previous posters num13er of 1+3 as a 13. Haha.
 
I 13 wishin' for 13asic 13 in 2015.
 
tinfoil hat timmy said:
13oy. This is 13ecoming a fun little way to
13et if you can 13etter the previous posters num13er of 1+3 as a 13. Haha.
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I 13elieve you may 13e on to something....13etter to 13e on the 13andwagon than 13e run over 13y it. Or even to 13e thrown under the 13us!
 
13etty 13otter 13ought a 13it of 13utter.
"13ut," said she, "this 13utter's 13itter.
If I put it in my 13atter,
It will make my 13atter 13itter.
13ut a 13it of 13etter 13utter
That would make my 13atter 13etter."
So 13etty 13otter 13ought a 13it of 13etter 13utter
(13etter than her 13itter 13utter)
And she put it in her 13itter 13atter
And made her 13itter 13atter a 13it 13etter.
 
Skrapmetal said:
13etty 13otter 13ought a 13it of 13utter.
"13ut," said she, "this 13utter's 13itter.
If I put it in my 13atter,
It will make my 13atter 13itter.
13ut a 13it of 13etter 13utter
That would make my 13atter 13etter."
So 13etty 13otter 13ought a 13it of 13etter 13utter
(13etter than her 13itter 13utter)
And she put it in her 13itter 13atter
And made her 13itter 13atter a 13it 13etter.
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You win.
 
I have an idea to run by you guys if we are going to seriously pursue this like the hog B8 crew. I will try to post up still tonight if I can stay awake, Just finishing an almost 1400 mile weekend. :foot:
 
Sounds intriguing. Are you thinking the same thing that I'm thinking? Group buy? I remember hearing about a group that got together to get a model made for all of them. It wasn't the one-off custom shop pricing since they had a bunch made. Maybe we can do that for the B13? Might be tough to get a concensous though but we can always do like the sarsquatch. Or just do polls for certain specs. Of course we are all at the mercy of the Boss.
 
Let's get the pessimistic realities noted for the record as challenging obstacles to overcome instead of just things we have working against us:
1. No prototype or concept ever mentioned by the Boss Hog, ever that I am aware of. I would love to be incorrect on this. :o We can change this, even if we have to drink, smoke our bribe our way to it at Blade. :D
2. Lack of focus/cohesion, we all have different ideas which is great, but we need to get down to one or two main concepts, work on a consensus and then squeal until the Bossman throws something in the trough for us. 30 piglets each begging for their own different trough filled will just starve, but 30 piggies squealing for one or two troughs filled side by each may have a chance. :p We can change this too.
3. It is going to be a long shot that may have to be approached as a custom group order if we can not get it made into an offering, though I suspect it would sell very well. Backup plans are ok, but achieving a goal/grail is so much more satisfying. ;)
4. A name for us and maybe the blade(s) that could work in our favor to make the marketing of this idea an easy sell for the Bossman. I hear it's easier to paint a masterpiece on a blank canvas so let's dip our snouts in colorful ideas and make it happen! :thumbup:

I have been thinking a lot about #4 as a decent place to start, so here we go.

You guys have already done a great job taking off with the B = 13 idea and run with it, so let's see if we can improve on it. Here's my thought process on this. The Boss does a great job supporting the military, the best stories I have heard from older Hogs have confirmed that. The ARMY has MOS's (Military Occupational Specialties, a really fancy acronym way of saying coded job title) and one of those is thirteen bravo in militarese written simply as 13B. That MOS is a field artillery cannon crew member the last I knew which is perfect... after all, we are seeking the heavy hitter big gun of respirene-c INFI choppers. This made me think of a nickname as the crew wishing to wield this res-c heavy hitter being along the lines of the Res-C Artillery. Then I kept thinking...

Now we should not disrespect the soldiers in that job by taking the thirteen bravo title they are proud of, but try to borrow from it and honor it. If we split the difference between B13 and 13B, we come up with 1B3 which looks funny typed, but makes an interesting logo that plays on the B = 13 idea well. Here is my hand drawn concept to run by my hog brethren for yea let's build on that or nay. Keep in mind that I sketched this on the back of a receipt delivering gas to a truck stop then fell asleep last night before I could photoshop a nicer version last night so the quality is not great. If done right it could still read B13 by seeing the B before the 13 wrapped around it. That said I give you my crude concept for a logo:
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Since some of us just want a Basic 13 similar to the 1311, some of us want a Bolo 13 different from any other res-c release yet, and some like me would love to see both, I took it a step further. After all, Res-C Artillery implies plural heavy hitters. Here is an even more crude two step expansion of my sketch as I dream:

My first thought of a Bolo 13 which is technically a B13 too, but could be a 1B3 to avoid confusion
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But that only covers one version of ideally two designs, so furthering the sketch again to cover both a B13 and a 1B3 in one logo the bolo part could be dropped to have just the basic
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So what are your thoughts oinkers?
For the record, I was not in the artillery, I just operated trucks & construction equipment during (and after) my time as a soldier, but support from 13B's was very much appreciated by those in need of it.
 
Skrapmetal said:
That 13 logo could make for a fun avatar campaign.
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That's kind of what I was thinking. Recognition, advertising, branding... if we build it they will come around to how awesome this could be. A Basic 13, a Bolo 13, you only need one to be a crew member of the Res-C Artillery, but why stop at one when you have two hands!
 
I'm picking up what your putting down. 100%.
I LOVE the logo. I like the simplicity of the first. On the other hand I really want that bolo model and it would be good if the logo emphasized that version.
 
Well until we have a better version, here is the proper sized simple version for an avatar.
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This is the direct link for it to copy into your avatar menu under settings ;) http://i58.tinypic.com/2l8ya9j.jpg
 
Great idea Tim!

The bolo version gets my vote:thumbup:

I have access to CAD and Photoshop... What logo should we go with? We need avatars, signature pics, heck let's make some flyers/posters and mail them to the shop!
 
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