A quick experiment with the V2. As previously noted, I’ve been struggling with how the underside of the symbol-piece attaches to the top of the band. As mentioned some time back, I rather liked Patrick Gleeson’s iteration, which is essentially the standard signet ring with disc, but also with the V2 sidebars attached to the disc to create the symbol-piece.
So, I mocked up a version of that, albeit with the disc’s edge at 90 degrees, as opposed to the slope on Gleeson’s version. As opposed to previous models, there is no undercut where the central ring of the symbol-piece meets the top of the band. Instead, the band flares out into a shoulder, which the round central ring of the symbol sits upon.
This is a rather flowing and elegant look. HOWEVER, I’m trying to replicate the 80s-90s look established primarily by Joe Staton and Dave Gibbons, among others. And I’m not sure this is what they were going for. More research is needed.
That being said, the 1992 GREEN LANTERN MOSAIC promo ring (with the glow-in-the dark center) applies
exactly this technique in its construction. And it looks like the later DC Direct replicas might, too. Hmmm.