Flag Thread III

[Marc Pasquin]

Originally Posted by Beedok

They aren't using Vietnam's flag because this worlds *1848 rebellions sort of spread into the Thai and Burmese regions of the Empire, forcing them to be more multi-cultural. It includes OTL Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailan and most of Myanmar as well as some chunks they managed to bite off China. The conquests were mostly during the 1780s and 1790s, with British support.

red field seem to be pretty common in that area and the Tây Sơn dynasty used a yellow sun so something like this ?

[xt828]

Originally Posted by Marc Pasquin

red field seem to be pretty common in that area and the Tây Sơn dynasty used a yellow sun so something like this ?

That's better than my effort, nicely done

[Beedok]

Originally Posted by Marc Pasquin

red field seem to be pretty common in that area and the Tây Sơn dynasty used a yellow sun so something like this ?

Very simple and straight forward, but I suppose that's better then my idea that involved elephants and dragons.

[Starseed]

Hey, I'm thinking up a symbol for a rpg nation I'm doing. Anybody want to mock this up? I'd be really be greatful.

The basics are: A thicklined purple octagon with a open face, and a stylized fist in the middle, the wrist in the open face of the octagon. Comes in two versions, dark purple for when used agisn't light colors, and light purple for the inverse.

[Brdman]

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[viperhawkz]

Originally Posted by Brdman

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AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH MAKE IT GO AWAY!

The shading! The words! The map!

*Suicide*

[Brdman]

Wait....Isn't that Azerbaijan?? Well, yes...Azerbaijan in Antiquity...the ancient Romans considered the area where Azerbaijan is today to be Albania!. To differentiate It's Real Name is CAUCASIAN ALBANIA. The (Ancient) Albanians spoke a language and used an alphabet similar to Armenian. The (ancient) Albanians became the third country after Armenia and Georgia to become christian, but it disappeared after the Muslim invasions....

Which leads to my second point...Today the Lezgin People (of South Dagestan/North Azerbaijan) consider their ancient heritage to be Albanian....just look at their flag here....

browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=Lezgi#/d4wm275

Those weird looking letters are the ancient Aghuanian (or alpanian) alphabet and say the word ALPAN... that's why the map where Lezgin Nationalists want to recreate their nation says ALPANIAN REPUBLIC (NO, It's not a typo, people....)

I showed this to my mom and she was like...WOW! that is REALLY WEIRD!!
Check it out.....www.azerbaijan.00page.com/albania.html

Are you weirded out, yet??

[Marc Pasquin]

Originally Posted by Brdman

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looks like the chechen flag with colours reversed.

[EmperorSimeon]

Modern day flag of a restored Byzantine empire

[EmperorSimeon]

Here the flag of the republic

[lXxvxXl]

Originally Posted by EmperorSimeon

Here the flag of the republic

Byzantine Republic sounds awesome.

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by EmperorSimeon

Here the flag of the republic

What does the number of stripes represent?

[viperhawkz]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

What does the number of stripes represent?

There's nine, so probably the same as Greece's: the number of syllables in the Greek phrase "Victory or Death" (Eleftheria i Thanatos).

[EmperorSimeon]

Originally Posted by viperhawkz

There's nine, so probably the same as Greece's: the number of syllables in the Greek phrase "Victory or Death" (Eleftheria i Thanatos).

That is correct.

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by viperhawkz

There's nine, so probably the same as Greece's: the number of syllables in the Greek phrase "Victory or Death" (Eleftheria i Thanatos).

Cool; I never knew that was the meaning of Greece's stripes.

[Marc Pasquin]

Originally Posted by EmperorSimeon

Modern day flag of a restored Byzantine empire

looks a bit over busy, I think you'd be better just putting one of the cross-and-firesteels behind the central emblem.

[Marc Pasquin]

Originally Posted by EmperorSimeon

Here the flag of the republic

I would assume that a republic would remove the crowns from their heads like the provisional government did in russia.

[EmperorSimeon]

Originally Posted by Marc Pasquin

I would assume that a republic would remove the crowns from their heads like the provisional government did in russia.

That is correct.

[Marc Pasquin]

Originally Posted by EmperorSimeon

That is correct.

so is the one you posted a provisional one before they took the crowns off the eagle's head ?

[EmperorSimeon]

Originally Posted by Marc Pasquin

so is the one you posted a provisional one before they took the crowns off the eagle's head ?

Yes that is correct.