Friday: 9 new concepts

Hello everyone, HJC was down, but now seems to be back up!

There are 9 concepts to get to today, but before we get into those, I will remind you that the:

entry phase for the Untouchables Montreal Redesign contest ends tonight at 11:59 EST.

Also, COTW voting ends tonight at 11:59 EST

In case the blog goes down again, and I have to repost this on the back up blog, here are this weeks nominees:

From Top (L-to-R) Bastian - Pit, Bastian - Can, Kyle C. - PHX

Bastian - NJD, Jordan - Cin, Bastian - Col

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here are today's entries into the untouchables redesign:

Caz W.

Mason II

Jim C.

Brian B.

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Germany (concept by Stephen T.)

LIKE: the sublimated eagle on the cuffs, the vertical striping on the arms also really works well here, also the names below the numbers lend this sweater a really cool European vibe.

DISLIKE: the yellow helmet, probably better to go with black for both sets.

SUGGESTION: use the shade of red on the pants, it seems a bit brighter, and the black jersey especially could benefit from being a bit lighter.

RATING: 7/10.

Firefox (concept by Bastian S.)

LIKE: The colour scheme: not just orange and double blue, but orange with TRIPLE blue.

DISLIKE: No white below the stripes on the hem or the socks.

SUGGESTION: Add white below the hem and the socks, like there is on the arms. it looks good there, so probably would on the hem and socks as well.

RATING: 8/10.

Kitchener Rangers OHL (concept by Scott D.)

LIKE: The simple, classic striping and colour scheme. I also like how elements of the rangers look are used without completely copying their style.

DISLIKE: the skinny hem stripes on the home and road... for me, bigger bolder ones just look better.

SUGGESTION: I don't think the shoulder yoke on the alt is necessary. there are yokes on the other 2 jerseys, so having one without a yoke would make it more unique.

RATING: 7/10.

Pittsburgh Penguins (concept by Brandon C.)

LIKE: these are simple, cleanly executed uniforms

DISLIKE: the colour scheme... I can't get past the black and blue... it just doesn't work for me, for the penguins

SUGGESTION: swap the blue out for athletic gold, and these would be really great.

RATING: 6/10.

LA Kings (concepts by Avi S.)

LIKE: The grey uniform, and the heritage feel of the striping

DISLIKE: the number font, it is unique to columbus, and the kings should not step on their toes in that way...

SUGGESTION: Use a classic block font instead.

RATING: 8/10.

LIKE: again, love the grey jersey, but also like how it ties in to the current uniforms.

DISLIKE: again the number font, but I also have never really liked the one colour edge collars.

SUGGESTION: switch the font, and play with the collar a bit

RATING: 8/10.

Louisiana Ragin'  Cajuns (concept by Jets96)

LIKE: The diagonal striping pattern, always a winner in my books.

DISLIKE: the off colour pits/underarms.

SUGGESTION: make the underarm areas match the main colour of the sweaters.

RATING: 7/10.

Thunderbird (concept by Bastian)

LIKE: How creative people have been getting with what to make jerseys for (Bastian has had 2 excellent non-hockey hockey sweaters in this post alone!). I also like how well the striping fits with th logo.
DISLIKE: the colour choice of this sweater. I think adding in some light blue could really bring some life to it, right now it seems a bit monotone to me.
SUGGESTION:  work in a lighter blue, and make the light bits true white rather than silver.
RATING: 7/10.


Carolina Hurricanes (concept by Tyler G.)

LIKE: How Tyler has incorporated two lines of flags/checks, making these stripes say hurricanes rather than tropical storms.
DISLIKE: the thick white stripe between the two rows of flags. I am not sure that it needs to be that thick.
SUGGESTION:  play around with the middle stripe, try making it thinner, or taking it out altogether.
RATING: 8/10, an a COTW nom from me!