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Skyforce1
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posted 10-29-2015 04:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Skyforce1   Click Here to Email Skyforce1     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
For fans of Mike Jenne's novel "Blue Gemini," Tim Gagnon has now created a commemorative crew patch.
In the patch design, two cowboys (Carson and Ourecky) ride hard along their orbital trajectory, in pursuit of their elusive prey — the "Devil's Herd" — represented by the steer skull with the red eyes. Carson's whirling lasso denotes their IIK (Intercept-Inspect-Kill) mission.

A "Blue Gemini" symbol (at the bottom) is "ghost stitched" with the same thread as the background, to signify the highly classified nature of this project.

The patch is now available for purchase from Skyforce Space Patches.

KSCartist
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posted 10-29-2015 05:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for KSCartist   Click Here to Email KSCartist     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This is not just a "commemorative." I worked closely with the author Mike Jenne to craft an authentic period patch that might be worn by the members of the Aerospace Research Project.

SpaceCadet1983
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posted 10-29-2015 06:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SpaceCadet1983   Click Here to Email SpaceCadet1983     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Currently reading the book. I love the patch and ordered two!

Skyforce1
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posted 11-08-2015 11:20 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Skyforce1   Click Here to Email Skyforce1     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The Blue Gemini patches are now in stock and I will begin shipping them out tomorrow morning. Any questions please contact me.

Ronpur
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posted 11-12-2015 02:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ronpur   Click Here to Email Ronpur     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I received mine today. They are amazing!

SpaceCadet1983
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posted 11-12-2015 10:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SpaceCadet1983   Click Here to Email SpaceCadet1983     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I received my patches today and all I can say is: Tim & Mike, you hit it out of the ballpark with this patch! Absolutely beautiful! Well done! Thanks also to Joe of Skyforce for fast shipping!

Michael Clemente
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posted 11-13-2015 07:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Michael Clemente   Click Here to Email Michael Clemente     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I received my patch the other day. The patch really looks fantastic. Great job! Wondering if there are any plans to make patches for the other two books in the series. If so, count me in.

Ronpur
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posted 11-13-2015 10:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ronpur   Click Here to Email Ronpur     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The patch is first mentioned in the second book. As Mike tells it, it would never be worn by the crew in space, but given to high ranking officers, as a way to encourage their support of the program.

But, there is another event in the second book that could have a patch representing them. But I will not spoil it!

Also, you should listen to "Ghost Riders in the Sky" while looking at the patch... just for fun!

Here is how I display mine:

mach3valkyrie
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posted 11-13-2015 11:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mach3valkyrie   Click Here to Email mach3valkyrie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Very nice display!

I ordered a patch earlier this week.

mach3valkyrie
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posted 11-17-2015 10:32 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for mach3valkyrie   Click Here to Email mach3valkyrie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Got my patch yesterday. Really fine attention to detail. Nice job!

J Blackburn
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posted 11-17-2015 09:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for J Blackburn   Click Here to Email J Blackburn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ronpur:
Also, you should listen to "Ghost Riders in the Sky" while looking at the patch... just for fun!
I agree, great song for the patch!!

p51
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posted 06-24-2016 08:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for p51   Click Here to Email p51     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ronpur:
The patch is first mentioned in the second book.
I haven't gotten to the second reference but I'm in the middle of the second book right now and got to the part that mentions the patch. I was sort of "meh" about it before but after reading the book and realizing the patch is a pretty good representation of what's mentioned in the book, yeah, I want one now!

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