I spent some time last week working on my backlog of flags - this requires a lot of scanning and lifting screenshots, some actual freehand artwork (large, to be reduced) and a whole lot of graphic editing using my much-loved old version of Paintshop Pro. I also have Photoshop, which is certainly more versatile, but Photoshop does a zillion things I don't need, and requires a PhD to use it properly. If I really need to use transparent png files, or to add shadow texturing, Photoshop is the fellow, but not this time.
Once again, I come up against a regular complaint of mine, which is the fact that you can't get proper photo-quality print paper in 80g/sm weight any more, so the finished flags are sort of OK - they'll do until I can get the good stuff again, at which point I may reprint them. This morning I attached 14 missing flags to recently-completed WSS units, which is a comfort. I also have flags prepared for the next 6 battalions I'll be painting, so I'm (briefly?) ahead of the game.
I have yet to design/draw/edit flags for 3 of my Bavarian cavalry units, but that shouldn't take long.
Here are the flags I've been working with this weekend. I've only included a small sized image here, as you will observe - oh yes, the French 1804-pattern flags at the bottom are just because I stuck them on the print file - they will not be appearing in the WSS. Also - in case it matters - please note that any direct connection between these flags and the stated units may be questionable. One does one's best.
Outstanding flagwork, Tony!
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed! Highly impressive work.
ReplyDeleteBest Regards,
Stokes
I have done my share of flag designs over the years, and yours are much better, Tony! :-)
ReplyDeleteA lovely array of standards Tony...
ReplyDeleteI rather enjoy making flags... I use a very old version of Photoshop and it’s still a bit of a learning curve... it does however give my daughter the opportunity to roll her eyes and say.... Oh Father!.... what have you done....? When I call her up and say things like.... “It’s gone all funny...again” or “I think I have changed something important “... 😁
All the best. Aly
Like them - must admit a the moment I just use random flags where possible from the internet, otherwise just paint them direct - neither as good as being able to do my own like this.
ReplyDeleteExcellent work.
ReplyDeleteWe're always partial to a bit of 'flegs' over here.
Oh yes! Very nice work Sir!!!
ReplyDeleteExcellent. I always think that the Ostriches’ flags add a welcome colourful lift to all that white.
ReplyDeleteThank you all gentlemen - a lot of the content here is bits of Robert Hall's work stuck together and flood-filled. Purists might be offended by simultaneous ciphers for Imperati Leopoldus et Iosephus, but on the tabletop they would require phenomenal eyesight. Great fun - desktop publishing was something I fell in love with in my dotage. One of my sons is a graphic designer by trade - that's not real work, surely?
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