Dont get rid of the target . Maybe make the taget just the round part. The cone could run the outside around and the dragon insode be black and red blood leaving giving you a better veiw of the dragon.
The knots for gauges is really cool. Could you just put a black background behind just knots. Then they would show up better on the brown.
I cant do xml. Wish i could
waiting with batted breath for this ui.