Flag Thread III

[Klisz]

Reminds me of some Proto-Slavic symbols.

[Hetalia]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

A new US flag under President Cain?

Originally Posted by Archangel Michael

The Most Serene Republic of the Asterisk?

No, It's the Italian States of America, or worse, Italian dominated world. As shown by the Pizza symbol. ITALIA, RULE THE WORLD!!!!

[Cèsar de Quart]

No one said the more obvious association: the Trivia Republic.

But anyway, it looks like a Solar symbol. Many cultures around the world came up with similar ways to represent the sun (unsurprisingly) so there you go, "random ancient culture turned modern" while adoring the Sun.

That's my guess.

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Cèsar de Quart

No one said the more obvious association: the Trivia Republic.

But anyway, it looks like a Solar symbol. Many cultures around the world came up with similar ways to represent the sun (unsurprisingly) so there you go, "random ancient culture turned modern" while adoring the Sun.

That's my guess.

I'm still going with a Godfather's wank.

[Pedro Moderno]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

Cuāuhtemōc asked for a flag for "a French protectorate over the island of Rhodes."

I decided to be a little funny.

I like the flag, but shouldn't the inscription be in other language than english? Perhaps in french, latin or greek.

[jkarr]

how do you seperate layers in gimp from a finished picture (like one youve dled)

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Pedro Moderno

I like the flag, but shouldn't the inscription be in other language than english? Perhaps in french, latin or greek.

It's part of the joke. That's the OTL seal of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, as in the US state of Rhode Island.

[Cuāuhtemōc]

filler filler

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Cuāuhtemōc

filler filler

Ya know, you could simply put a description for the flag as filler...

[xt828]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

Ya know, you could simply put a description for the flag as filler...

It can actually be more difficult to comment if you have no idea what the flag is meant to be for.

[Cuāuhtemōc]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

Ya know, you could simply put a description for the flag as filler...

It's Iraq.

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Cuāuhtemōc

It's Iraq.

Cool. What does it say?

[Cuāuhtemōc]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

Cool. What does it say?

Allahu Akbar

[jkarr]

My entries for the latest wfc:

A small sampling of flags taken from the book " Flags of the United States of America, 1784 - 2012 "

Monarchical Standard of the United States of America from 1979:






Presidential Ensign from 1979:








Flag of the former position of Governor of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 - 1946:

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by jkarr

My entries for the latest wfc:

A small sampling of flags taken from the book " Flags of the United States of America, 1784 - 2012 "

Monarchical Standard of the United States of America from 1979:

Cool flags
I notice the flags have 13 stripes/stars, but the seal has 14 stars above the crown, and 16 around the bottom. Is this a mistake, or just a style decision?

That's an interesting way to get 50 stars. Where do those "flags" inside the shield come from?

What are the xs around the Presidential Ensign for?

[jkarr]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

Cool flags
I notice the flags have 13 stripes/stars, but the seal has 14 stars above the crown, and 16 around the bottom. Is this a mistake, or just a style decision?

That's an interesting way to get 50 stars. Where do those "flags" inside the shield come from?

What are the xs around the Presidential Ensign for?

the 16 stars at the bottom are just for style really (and were kinda rushed tbh, why the look wonky)...and the 14 golden stars represent the first 14 states to recognize the monarchy (all the 13 plus vermont)

the flags inside...one is the actual Cowpens flag and the other i made myself

the X's are just decoration (i used the actual OTL seal design of Congress for it, and i liked the style)

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by jkarr

the 16 stars at the bottom are just for style really (and were kinda rushed tbh, why the look wonky)...and the 14 golden stars represent the first 14 states to recognize the monarchy (all the 13 plus vermont)

the flags inside...one is the actual Cowpens flag and the other i made myself

the X's are just decoration (i used the actual OTL seal design of Congress for it, and i liked the style)

Gotcha. So is Vermont a separate entity within the kingdom in this flag's TL?

My bad, I meant the blue with yellow star and green/white with red V and blue shapes with white dots inside the shield.

I guess I never looked closely at the OTL seal.

[jkarr]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

Gotcha. So is Vermont a separate entity within the kingdom in this flag's TL?

My bad, I meant the blue with yellow star and green/white with red V and blue shapes with white dots inside the shield.

I guess I never looked closely at the OTL seal.

its not a star, its the sun, taken from the new york seal...the original crest woudlve had just the sun above the red-white stripes of the usa, as the moanrchs family hails from new york here...but eventually they married witht he brazilian braganzas (portugals monarchy) and their coat of arms were united


also vermont is the same here as otl...orgiinaly tried to go independent but became the 14th state

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by jkarr

its not a star, its the sun, taken from the new york seal...the original crest woudlve had just the sun above the red-white stripes of the usa, as the moanrchs family hails from new york here...but eventually they married witht he brazilian braganzas (portugals monarchy) and their coat of arms were united


also vermont is the same here as otl...orgiinaly tried to go independent but became the 14th state

I'm no professional astronomer, but I think the sun is a star...

Thanks for the explanation of the coat of arms.

[simonbp]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

I'm no professional astronomer, but I think the sun is a star...

I am a professional astronomer, and the Sun is very much a star, type G2V.