Working on a logo (suggestions please)

[Gamerprinter]

So I'm working on a logo design for an Old West Gothic Horror setting I'm designing, it's for a Pathfinder RPG 3PP product line, called Gothic Western.

I am happy with the font choice - Bleeding Cowboy. I did a hand-drawn peacemaker to frame the right side of the logo, but I need a graphic to balance it out on the left side. I'm thinking a sideview of a scorpion with it tailed curled up towards the back end of the "G" on Gothic. What do you think? Or anybody have any better suggestions?

Right now, I'm working on a one-shot adventure module that entirely occurs aboard a steam train traveling from El Paso, Texas to Santa Fe, New Mexico, across the desert southwest. The 4 pre-generated PCs for this module will be: Texas Ranger (druid archetype), Knights Templar (inquisitor archetype), Shootist (magus archetype) and a Journalist (investigator archetype). (We've already designed the Shootist, Texas Ranger and Journalist, working on the Knights Templar, next.) Being gothic horror, the villain aboard the train is an agent of the Order of Oblivion and probably an aberration of some sort (Cthulhu-esque tenticles, if you know what I mean). There might be some steampunk aspects, though I want to play that aspect down a bit.

I've already designed a full steam train with locomotive, coal tender, flat car, box car, livestock car, passenger car, Pullman luxury car, and a caboose as my first map set intended to be used with this setting. I've also done a train station, but have plans for a town jail, saloon/casino, river paddleboat and many others.

Thoughts?

GP

[Wolram]

I love your hand drawn peace maker!

I do like the scorpion idea, I'll try think of a suggestion anyway incase it helps!

If your villain is some kind of cthulu creature, maybe just show a part of it creeping onto the logo, just enough to make you say "Show me more!"

[Gamerprinter]

Yes, I've come to the same conclusion as your second point. I'm thinking a tenticle with an eyeball attached might be a better fit. I'll accept your post as a vote towards an aberrant addtion - I agree!

[Diamond]

You can't go wrong with the ol' cow skull...

[Kanny]

I like it, though I think you could do something more interesting with the peacemaker, which is maybe a bit bright and "cheery" when placed along side the text. Consider maybe dulling it, adding rust or other evidence of ware - it looks a bit show room floor right now. As for another image to balance it out, a scorpion works, though I would maybe do something a bit messed up with it, like give it two tails or have an oversized eye growing on its back. Beyond that you could instead consider bullets with coffins or crosses carved into them, a sheriff's badge with an edge chewed off and a strange symbol in the middle or something more occult/cthulu based like a eye, tenticles, an old tomb, kris knife, the evil eye or oracle bones.

Hope that helps and I do really like it!

[Ghostman]

Wouldn't a coiled rattlesnake be more thematically fitting than a scorpion?

[rdanhenry]

The revolver shows the "Western" part. The other image ought to suggest the "Gothic" part, IMO.

[Gamerprinter]

The revolver shows the "Western" part. The other image ought to suggest the "Gothic" part, IMO.

Agreed - see my second post. I'm thinking a tenticle in an undulating coil - or something along those lines.

[Carnifex]

I'd suggest two crossed peace makers and a skull!

[Will Future]

If your adventure starts on a steam train then some train tracks in the background might work...

Or you could play up the steam part of it, like having steam from the engine billowing up onto your text and warping the letters or creating condensation on them?