ACrop Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 QwillAcropMaryland based purple quad kiteflier 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACrop Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Aurai- Greek nymphs of the breezesAcrop 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparkieRob Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Malingee, An Aboriginal spirit. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malingee Sent from my SM-G950F using KiteLife mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daougie Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 What will be the price point and distribution of this kite? As for names,Jogah, Iroquois meaning small spirit people.orAziza, An African ferry. orTien, Vietnamese, meaning Heavenly being or spirit Sent from my SM-G920W8 using KiteLife mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted November 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Much too early to get into specifics, nothing defined yet - just one finished prototype in hand. Great, insightful name offerings thus far, still waiting for my instinctive "oooooooh!" response. Funny names are welcome too! Maybe the "Sha-laka-laka"? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACrop Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Telling us about it's personality / flight tendencies might help guide name suggestions too...Acrop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted November 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Not sure how to describe it exactly, it’s not a “floater” - it’s meant to be flown, not carried around on a pillow (as I’d describe most indoor flying I see). Possible colors for first release... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffclown Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Not sure where the word came from other than my head but --> Vensa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted November 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Makes me think of a Vespa. I think I've settled on Kaiju. Quote Kaiju are typically modeled after conventional animals, mythological creatures, and sometimes even plants; however, there are more exotic examples. While the term kaiju is used in the West to describe monsters from tokusatsu and Japanese folklore, for the purists the kaiju are defined as imaginary creatures of tremendous size and power. Kaiju are depicted as individual gods who represent natural element or phenomena like the deities in japanese religion, for many they are the modern version of they entities. Kaiju are sometimes depicted as cannon fodder serving a greater evil. Some kaiju are elite warriors which serve as the right-hand man to the greater villain and are destroyed by the heroic forces. Others have a neutral alignment, only seeking to destroy buildings and other structures. During the early eras of tokusatsu, "heroic" monsters were seen in daikaiju eiga films, and it was not until later when television tokusatsu productions began using kaiju which aided the hero, saved civilians, or demonstrated some kind of complex personality. These kaiju adopted many classic monster traits, appearing as the "misunderstood creature." My interpretation from discussions with the Mrs (full Japanese) is that Kaiju encompasses a wide spectrum of beings from the big 'uns down to the little woodly guys who need a teacup on their head filled with water or they'll die. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted November 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 https://www.facebook.com/barresij/posts/10214943955136529 Tentative colors... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparkieRob Posted November 4, 2017 Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 Oooh, I like the white with red tips and lower spine. Sent from my SM-G950F using KiteLife mobile app 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted November 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 It’s a tough spot picking colors, all I can do is poll my contacts and take the best average I can. ❤️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACrop Posted November 4, 2017 Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 What you said about kanju almost makes it sound like it should be the name for a series of kites not a single kite. Acrop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACrop Posted November 4, 2017 Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 Sorry ...Kaiju.Acrop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted November 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 True, but I don’t want to get stuck in a theme of Kaiju species. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exult Posted November 4, 2017 Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 I detect a possible pattern: a mythological creature starting with a "K". Is it so that you prefer to have a panel design/colour similar to the Kymera? I don't say that they are really close, but the red suggestion somewhat reminds me of my 4D. I assume that white is common for indoor/low wind kites(?), since for some reason white is the first colour that I think of. If it is so it should make sense to go against this and really increase the ratio of "colour colour" to white colour. However think of the visibility of the kite against various backgrounds (bright wall, dark wall, opening and outdoors zero wind night) in a worst case dim illumination, so it remains functional under many conditions. B.t.w. I know of another mythological creature starting with a "K" that happens to be wind related. (Ysätters) "Kajsa" is a Swedish regional wind troll. She likes to play tricks on people and cause other mischief as well ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ysätters-Kajsa ). These properties are hardly a selling point, so it would be unlikely that you would change your mind here regarding the name I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esinger Posted November 4, 2017 Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 Kaiju 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makatakam Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Bob. Just call it Bob. ボブ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted November 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 😂 ^^^ hahahahahaha ^^^ 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exult Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 Or another possibility (it's likely that you already considered it though). Reuse a winning design and make the panel/colour design quite similar to the Kymera, though the kites might be very different from each other. It has been done before, think e.g. (preferably the classic look/version with a non colourful LE): Tramontana, Babytana and Maestralehttp://www.schreibweis.de/_alt/web/Kiting/zweileiner.htm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted November 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 More to come. Main news channels...http://kiteforge.comhttp://Facebook.com/kiteforgehttp://Twitter.com/kiteforgehttp://Instagram.com/kiteforgeSent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted November 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 And the new logo!Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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