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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: powerfrog99 on 25 December 2009, 07:09:40 PM

Title: Napoleonic flags
Post by: powerfrog99 on 25 December 2009, 07:09:40 PM
Hi I'm just starting to built up a British 28mm Army mainly from the brilliant new plastics available :).
I'm very pleased with my paintings, however the flags coming with the Victrix boxes look much too shiny I think :(.
So now I'm looking for a way to get more hanging down and cloth like looking flags.
Is there some other supplier or a special material / treatment when painting my owm flags?

Looking forward to helpful comments, cheers Thomas

Title: Re: Napoleonic flags
Post by: Hitman on 25 December 2009, 07:40:45 PM
The Flag Dude. Not the cheapest, but probably the best in my humble opinion. Here is the site:

http://www.flagdude.com/

Merry Christmas
Hitman
 8)
Title: Re: Napoleonic flags
Post by: Krimson on 30 December 2009, 12:17:41 PM
Flag Dude is good as are GMB flags,
16 Goodwin Road
Heeley
Sheffield  S8 9TJ  U.K.
Email  gmbdesigns@blueyonder.co.uk
Email Graeme for a list of his flags
Title: Re: Napoleonic flags
Post by: fastolfrus on 30 December 2009, 02:45:03 PM
Have you tried "warflags" :

http://www.warflag.com/flags/select.shtml
Title: Re: Napoleonic flags
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on 30 December 2009, 10:19:08 PM
It is possible to paint onto very fine linen, which can give superb results. Barry Hilton's "League Of Augsburg" site - http://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/index.php - has plenty of his flags in the gallery. For example:

(http://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/gallery/images/1069.jpg)

Maybe this is what you are after?
Title: Re: Napoleonic flags
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on 31 December 2009, 10:31:04 AM
And there is a PDF guide for flag making here:

http://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/warchest.php?req=listall&id=20
Title: Re: Napoleonic flags
Post by: Michi on 31 December 2009, 02:49:58 PM
My way:

Quote from: Michi
The mermaid should stand both for the name of the ship as for her female captain, so it is only logical to show her in the colour, I think.
I made it from usual writing paper which I soaked in water to get it soft. I laid it in folds and dried it thoroughly before painting.
The matt varnish makes it stiff enough to endure on the gaming table...
Front:
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll111/wamasaka/FigurenfotosMichi1512.jpg)

Back:
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll111/wamasaka/FigurenfotosMichi1513.jpg)

(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll111/wamasaka/FigurenfotosMichi1499.jpg)

I also made one that´s "curved". It´s done in the same way like the colours above:

(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll111/wamasaka/FigurenfotosMichi1580.jpg)

(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll111/wamasaka/FigurenfotosMichi1585.jpg)
Title: Re: Napoleonic flags
Post by: Plynkes on 31 December 2009, 03:01:51 PM
Yet another way -

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/Liberte1b.jpg)

Metal foil tomato purée tube: Easy to work into a rippling flag shape (or a crumpled flag hanging with no wind), and however you bend it it stays that way. Then hand-painted.
Title: Re: Napoleonic flags
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on 31 December 2009, 03:06:41 PM
And a good excuse for another pic with that young lady in it :-*  lol
Title: Re: Napoleonic flags
Post by: Plynkes on 31 December 2009, 03:15:12 PM
That is the personification of Revolutionary France; and stands for Liberty, Democracy and the spirit of the Republic.

How dare you! Didn't your mummy ever teach you it's not polite to stare at another country's boobs?
Title: Re: Napoleonic flags
Post by: meninobesta on 31 December 2009, 03:34:50 PM
My method is:
. Download the flag from warflag
. With mspaint remove all colour from the image
. print some flags in comon paper
. Hand paint the flag
. glue it with paper glue

the results:
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_oObns3UosHo/SVfwamD2UII/AAAAAAAABGM/CosaP9otRRs/s800/IMG_1622.jpg)
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_oObns3UosHo/ST2fzHPrtpI/AAAAAAAABAQ/NgG1VoevQCQ/s800/IMG_1344.jpg)
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_oObns3UosHo/StJQ-BMIzCI/AAAAAAAABr8/vBQQZiBV_8I/s800/IMG_1334.jpg)

hope it's usefull  :)
Title: Re: Napoleonic flags
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on 31 December 2009, 04:01:06 PM
Quote from: Plynkes on 31 December 2009, 03:15:12 PM
That is the personification of Revolutionary France; and stands for Liberty, Democracy and the spirit of the Republic.

How dare you! Didn't your mummy ever teach you it's not polite to stare at another country's boobs?

Sorry  :(

 ;) lol
Title: Re: Napoleonic flags
Post by: powerfrog99 on 01 January 2010, 03:49:41 PM
Thanks a lot so far gentlemen :)

Looks like some reading and trying for the weeks.

cheers Thomas
Title: Re: Napoleonic flags
Post by: Brian Smaller on 22 March 2013, 01:49:09 AM
http://flags.adolforamos.com/

This guy's flags are also very good.