The current queue: Submarine Warfare insignia, Army Acquisition Corps regimental crest, custom, Yeoman rating badge, Enlisted Surface Warfare badge, RNZ Signal Corps, USCG Honor Guard badge.

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The current queue: Submarine Warfare insignia, Army Acquisition Corps regimental crest, custom, Yeoman rating badge, Enlisted Surface Warfare badge, RNZ Signal Corps.

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The current queue:  US Army Acquisition Corps Regimental Crest, custom, Yeoman rating badge, Enlisted Surface Warfare badge.

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I mentioned in my last post that I had finally caught up on my queue.  Now I know why.  When I updated to the new gallery and updated all the links on all my pages I broke my contact form.  I didn’t realize that it wasn’t working because I get a lot of email directly from my customers and also from two other automated systems so I didn’t catch the reduction.  I got an email from a customer this morning that they weren’t getting an answer from the contact page so I tested it and sure enough, broke.  There are two redirect pages from the contact form, one saying the message went through and one saying it failed, if you didn’t see one of those then nothing happened when you hit submit.  I made that update on 11/30/15 and went through my email and confirmed I haven’t received anything from that system since then, so if you tried to contact me and haven’t heard back from me please try again.   Also, if you tried to contact me in any way and haven’t heard back from me within 12 hours re-send your message.  I have constant access to my email and usually reply within an hour or two of the time you send it.

So here’s how you can get in touch with me.  The contact form, email at info@cncmilitaryemblems.com, a message or a post on my facebook page, through my twitter account,  via pm on the Vectric forum.  By far the best way is to email me directly, all the other ways are just adding a middle layer between what you type and the email notification I eventually receive.

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I’ve just uploaded the last two models I had in the queue, Royal New Zealand Air Force crest and the Royal New Zealand Air Force Auckland Base crest.  This is the first time in over a year I’ve had nothing in the queue, so I’ll be doing some of the deferred maintenance I’ve been meaning to do.

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Had a couple of quick ones today, 18th Airborne Corps Combat pin and Hull Technician badge.  The queue remains custom modeling, RNZAF crest (half done), RNZAF Base Auckland crest.

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I’ve just finished the uploads for 4 models: 82nd Airborne Patch, 18th Airborne patch, Master Maintenance badge and Senior Maintenance badge.  Up next, custom modeling, RNZAF crest (half done), RNZAF Base Auckland crest.

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I’ve just added the model for HMH-464.  Up next, RNZAF crest, RNZAF Base Auckland crest, 82nd Airborne Div crest, 18th Airborne Corps crest.

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I have replaced the crashing gallery with a new one.  This new one is far superior to the old one.   It’s much easier for me to update so that will speed up my upload process when I add new models, but it also has some very useful features.

We now have tags on the pictures, and anyone viewing the gallery can select tags to view and it will display only the pictures with the matching tags.  So if you want to see any US Army Special Operations models click the tags for US Army and Special Operations and it will show you just those pictures.  Tags are listed under “Tags” in some browsers and “Keywords” in others, but it’s right under the Quick Search box in the “Menu” menu.

We now have keyword searching, so if you’re looking for the US Navy Aviation Boatswains Mate badge you can search for that.  I’d just search for Boatswain and pick it out of the results but the more precise your search terms the more exact your results.

I now have the ability to put a link in the picture description so now you can actually shop right from the gallery, no need to go to the product pages.  Just click the link below the picture to be taken to the add to cart page.

I’ve added a section of the gallery for Craftsmen.  These are folks who are in the business of cutting military emblems for other people.  Right now there are 4 members of that group, two more have been invited but have not returned any pictures yet so are not visible.  Each craftsman has a sub-album in that gallery that they can put pictures in, and links to their sites.  If you want your business included in that gallery email me a link to your web presence and I’ll check you out.  Note that you must have a web presence for your business, it doesn’t have to be anything fancy, just somewhere I can link the customers to get in touch with you.  Facebook page, Etsy store, your own website, ebay store, whatever.  I’m going to be a picky about this, it needs to be a business presence on the web so if you send me a link to a page that’s got a bunch of other stuff on it as well as your business I’m not going to include it.

You may notice there’s a place to log in with user name and password.  That capability is reserved for the craftsmen I mentioned above and gives them the ability to manage their own albums.  I’ve disabled registration so the only way to get in to that section is for me to add you.

There’s still a little bit of work to do, I’ve got 152 pictures in the US Army album that still need to have the title and description edited and tags added, I’ll likely finish that tomorrow.  All of the gallery links on all my web pages have been updated to link to the new gallery, so if you’re still getting the old gallery update whatever page you were on before and click the gallery link or button again.

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I’ve just added the models for the Royal Canadian Navy crest and the USCG Auxiliary Coxswain badge.  Still to come: HMH-464, RNZAF crest, RNZAF Base Auckland crest, 82nd Airborne Div crest, 18th Airborne Corps crest.

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