Following the discussion with Rex and Kevin on #fedora-kde(on F8 ksplash), here are the constraints:

have a proper color gradient from the splash_top to splash active/inactive bar

the actual inactive/active bar is with echo icons but fedora's kde uses crystal icons by default

not enough time before F8

My two mockups of F8 Werewolf's kplash mockups:
Which one do you prefer ?