When work doesn't come to you, sometimes you need to go to the work. Recently I became involved with an online community calling themselves Validus Gamers. This social group centers around various video games and has a moderately well known (if still niche) history of a few years, particularly in the game Planetside 2. 

 

Predominantly as a personal skill-building exercise, I decided their branding and image needed some love. 

Their old logo held some strong iconography and had a tie in to their game and faction of choice. I wanted to retain the theme while adding in a clean and modern feel that isn't entirely tied down to the theme of Planetside 2 should they expand their areas of interest in the future.