| jocknroll | 13 Oct 2018 3:50 a.m. PST |
I started doing this kind of stuff in 1988. I have done less of it since we launched our Warfare Miniatures flags range but the techniques still work. The flags are made, attached to pole and shaped before painting free hand. It is a technique which takes a bit of practice and also involves some manipulation during the painting process. These designs are relatively simple.
About 70 minutes from cut to finish for both combined. I did a tutorial on it years ago somewhere. I think it might exist on the LoA website – download section. The Danish flag was done using the same techniques quite some years ago. It just has a new carrier!
The other to flags are Warfare/Quindia products printed on photo grade paper which we use as standard Link to the larger article here link |
| foxweasel | 13 Oct 2018 3:55 a.m. PST |
They are really good, what fabric do you use? |
| Ten Fingered Jack | 13 Oct 2018 4:13 a.m. PST |
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| 14Bore | 13 Oct 2018 4:24 a.m. PST |
They do look good and real |
| jocknroll | 13 Oct 2018 4:34 a.m. PST |
curtain lining – it's cotton |
| Cacique Caribe | 13 Oct 2018 5:20 a.m. PST |
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 Yellow Admiral  | 13 Oct 2018 5:28 a.m. PST |
Too nice to subject to the vicissitudes of wargaming and (especially) transportation… - Ix |
| jocknroll | 13 Oct 2018 6:37 a.m. PST |
Actually it is very robust stuff when impregnated with the paint. Much more durable than commercial or paper flags. I never did it commercially because no one would have paid the prices necessary for intricate designs and I would not have enjoyed that. A lot of commercial versions came along although few seem to retain the colour achievable through this method. I'll post up a few other examples from this and other periods. I must have done 250 plus over 30 years of perfecting the technique. |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 13 Oct 2018 9:26 a.m. PST |
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| Old Contemptibles | 13 Oct 2018 8:55 p.m. PST |
They look great and sure beats the aluminum foil I used to paint flags on. |
| jocknroll | 13 Oct 2018 9:44 p.m. PST |
The foil can scratch quite easily I have often found. The trick with these is to get used to painting the designs free hand after the billows and curves are put in the flag.
It does take a bit of practice and is NOT an exact science.
Your eyes can guide you and of course in many cases an error can be painted over without any bleed. Be careful of drawing designs on the cotton with biro pen, felt marker or even pencil. All of these can bleed through multiple layers of paint and spoil the effect. To get a good effect work from base coats and layer up. A red field starts with a brick red base then carmine, then vermillion then scarlet then sometimes red-orange. when back at base I'll put up some more examples. |
| jocknroll | 13 Oct 2018 9:51 p.m. PST |
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| dusty 562 | 14 Oct 2018 5:33 a.m. PST |
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| skipper John | 15 Oct 2018 6:42 a.m. PST |
But wait! The title says "FREE." |
| Yellow Admiral | 15 Oct 2018 7:13 a.m. PST |
I think they look really nice, and there's a special place in my heart for hand-crafted accoutrements and accessories. This is also a superb example of what can be done without pre-made goo-gaws. Despite the ever-increasing reliance of our hobby on pre-painted and pre-assembled bits, I'm convinced it could survive without them. Most everything we play with except the figures themselves can be made out of items sourced from the world around us. - Ix |
| jocknroll | 17 Oct 2018 5:49 a.m. PST |
Yup, I can confirm that what is used to create the flags is all old stuff, scraps, bits n' bobs except the finials on the Turks which are Warfare Miniatures items. |
| 79thPA | 17 Oct 2018 6:57 a.m. PST |
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| Chgowiz | 19 Oct 2018 6:33 p.m. PST |
Hello! Love the flags – went looking for the tutorial that you mentioned, found them under the "Warchest" link. Here's the PDF of the tutorial:
PDF link |
| jocknroll | 20 Oct 2018 4:51 a.m. PST |
thanks! I forgot where I had put it! |
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