Brother Tyler Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Okay, we've had mixed success with the themed banners, but I want to give it another shot. Within the Warhammer 40,000 hobby community, October is affectionately known as "Orktober." We're going to go with that theme. Your banner should reflect the Orky race in all its warlike glory. You can include "Bolter and Chainsword" or "Bolter & Chainsword" or "B&C" as text. Alternatively, you may feature "Orktober" or something else suitably Orky. You can submit your banner entry by uploading your image to the site banner submissions gallery and posting a reply in this discussion showing both the image, the image URL, and a link to your blog (if applicable). You can see more information about the banner of the month here. The winner will be selected by the community in a poll. The deadline for submissions will be Tuesday, 23 September (i.e., whenever I log in on the morning of Wednesday, 24 September*). * Or whenever I get around to it since I'm old and forget things. Lork, The Yncarne, skylerboodie and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386625-banner-of-the-month-october-2025/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ioldanach Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 This post was recognized by Brother Tyler! Ioldanach was awarded the badge '3rd Banner of the Month' and 2 points. I noticed that no one else submitted any banners, so I figured I'd give this one a shot even though it's past the deadline: https://bolterandchainsword.com/uploads/monthly_2025_09/large.Waaaghtober2.jpg.101372ca2a66e7544fe76ccf8440088c.jpg I don't have an Ork blog (yet), but these guys fight Orks and I'm working on updating them now, so this is as good a blog link as any, I suppose: https://bolterandchainsword.com/blogs/blog/107-the-avenging-lions-chapter/ (assuming the late submission is okay, that is) apologist, NovemberIX, BadgersinHills and 2 others 3 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386625-banner-of-the-month-october-2025/#findComment-6133951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apologist Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 (edited) ... half a day late, half a toof short (sorry, missed the topic), but worked these up and thought one of these might fit, even if they are a bit late: Edited October 1 by apologist Rusted Boltgun and BadgersinHills 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386625-banner-of-the-month-october-2025/#findComment-6134478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan the Lurker Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Just a suggestion for people doing banners. If anyone has the board extended out (you can change that setting in your profile), the current banners all have a harsh line between the end of the banner and the black background. In the past, when @madscuzzy or @BLOODSAINT were doing the banners, they all had a black fade on the far right side (if their background wasn't black already) to make that transition a little less jarring. apologist and Brother Tyler 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386625-banner-of-the-month-october-2025/#findComment-6134483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apologist Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Like this? Wormwoods and BadgersinHills 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386625-banner-of-the-month-october-2025/#findComment-6134516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan the Lurker Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 @apologist Yes! apologist 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386625-banner-of-the-month-october-2025/#findComment-6134569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted October 2 Author Share Posted October 2 I've been hemming and hawing on this all day. I opened the site this morning with the intent of loading @Ioldanach's banner since, as far as I knew, it was the only submission, albeit after the original posted deadline. And then I saw @apologist's. Granted, those were submitted not only after the deadline, but also after the banner was supposed to start in the rotation. All are nice banners, however, and any would be great in the rotation. My dilemma was the tension between deadlines (late vs. later) and fair competition (voting among the submissions to pick a winner). In the end, I've decided to go with the basic deadlines. Since @Ioldanach's was submitted prior to start date/time for the winning banner, his wins by default. @apologist's (one of them, anyways) will appear next Orktober. @Kurgan the Lurker: thanks. I'll incorporate that into the guidance - not just for the banner of the month, but for any site banner. How many pixels of fade, minimum, do you recommend? drakheart and apologist 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386625-banner-of-the-month-october-2025/#findComment-6134574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan the Lurker Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 In the past our banner were 250x800 and as you can see from @apologist banner, isn't doesn't need to be a huge swath of that space. Just enough to soften that edge. Brother Tyler 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386625-banner-of-the-month-october-2025/#findComment-6134613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakheart Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Wish I'd known that before, I could of just flipped the image as it went to black on the left anyway. Brother Tyler 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386625-banner-of-the-month-october-2025/#findComment-6134796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Yncarne Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Should probably go for a transparent fade as simply using black will result in a similar hard edge for folks that use the default Invision theme. Brother Tyler, skylerboodie and Kurgan the Lurker 1 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386625-banner-of-the-month-october-2025/#findComment-6134871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan the Lurker Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 On 10/3/2025 at 11:53 AM, The Yncarne said: Should probably go for a transparent fade as simply using black will result in a similar hard edge for folks that use the default Invision theme. You would be correct! Good idea! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386625-banner-of-the-month-october-2025/#findComment-6135129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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