New site design

Just finished another new site design for the Omega Project site (http://www.omegaprojectmod.tk)

I'll just post the image, as there's a tonne of new coding stuff to do in order to get the full site working.



Any thoughts or comments?

Usually WH40K sites have a dark athmosphere, so I like your relative
more fresh style. I do think it can use some more distinction, like
your chapters marks and such on banners.

As for the buttons, they're nice, but what's happening when you click
one of them? Can you easily switch to another page then or do you have
to return to this page each time? I'd like to see some bottons on that
left-panel therefor... :smile:

The metal could use some work to look more 'metallish'. Some rust or
bullet holes could be a nice finishing touch, or some paint scheme
(preferrably the chapters colors)?

Mhh, what's with the ice crystals bytheway? Does it have something to do with the mod?

Most current mod sites use dark colour schemes, especially the 40k ones
which tend to use a lot of black and grey, so I thought the site could
do with something a little different - glad you like it.

Thanks for the tips - I'll get to work on some proper metal! As for a
colour scheme, it could be done, though one of the vague ideas we have
for the mod is that you might be able to choose your own chapter.

The ice crystals are because of the mod theme - the whole thing takes
place on a snow/ice planet. This lets us have loads of special effects
(snow, mortars hitting packed snow, more snow etc.) and also provides
an excuse for the white background!

Button-wise, until I get Photoshop/ImageReady (which I should be
getting in a few days) I can only use the image mapping from the GIMP,
so at the moment the only way to display info is using a pop-up for
each button. Bit of a nuisance, but it will soon be replaced with any
luck.

Possibly the omega symobol in the back ground??? (translucent perhapse)

Its good but there seems to be something missing, its doesnt seem to remind me of warhammer 40k, ahh the good ol' days.

I reakon you should have a spacemarine in the cloud sorta effect where i says what the omega progect is holding a boltor or somin, and a site logo and text effect as the banner(Flash?).

Do you have to have that znews button on your site?

Sorry, but those blue icons in the middle are absolute cack :razz: The blue banner at the top could be good if you make the metallic holders look better, aaaand perhaps you might want to replace the brushed metal look with something flatter?

Your text is pants. It floats too much. I'd try using a more neutral color, framing it better, and tooling around with different fonts.

Thanks for the tips. I agree that the text could do with a bit of a
change. I'm not entirely sure what to do with the icons in the middle.
They look diabolical because of the white gaps in between, but I'm not
entirely sure how to fix it. Any suggestions on how to improve them?