You could've just done what I did to get item images for the wiki: cropping screenshots in Photoshop. Low-tech, sure, but it worked.
I wouldn't call Photoshop "low-tech." It's more like using a power shovel when what you need is a gravel sifter. Maybe. I suck at analogy, suddenly.
On the topic of veteran rewards, since I only can check these threads once per day (or about every 11 pages), I would offer these two cents:
I don't care.
Since what we're going to get is, for all practical purposes, a "layover stop" on the way to CoH 1.5 with a connecting flight to CoH2/CoT, I'm just looking forward to getting back in there with you crazy Dutch bastiches while cooler, wiser, more savvy heads get the next stages ready for us. Personally, though, I would prefer an all or nothing approach. If there is a way, turn on all rewards for everyone, because, well, why not. This would require shutting off the "clock," though, which would likely be somewhere in the code. The more probable option is nothing, and we all start the clock over. That's fine, too. I'll feel a bit "nerfed," at first, but I'll get over it.