Flag Thread IV
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Philip
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1. Any explanation?
2. North or south of the 28th?
3. If the canton is supposed to be the Bonny Blue, it should probably be darker.
4. Why not align the canton with the top stripe?
1. From my timeline Triumphant, which sees the lands south of the 28th split off as lands belonging to the Seminoles.
2. North
3. Its not supposed to be the Bonnie Blue. I chose a pale blue to represent the Caribbean Sea.
4. Just an artistic choice.
It's slightly asymmetric. The symbol is nice, but I have a feeling it would be more striking if it was rotated 20 degrees to the right. It's very rare to have purple on flags and when it's there it almost always evokes something massive and regal.
I was going for something a bit regal, actually, because the architectural style of this state is heavily influenced by Art Deco, Arabic, and African influences, and they're supposed to be one of the richest states in the system. I gave your suggestion a try by the way:
The grey symbolizes the color of the asteroids, the reasons for the existence and continued propserity of the belt
The yellow symbolizes the success and dynamism of the nation
The purple represents the wealth and opulence of the belt (Belter culture is quite materialistic)
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Honestly, it looks like something from Bioshock. And Iove it even more.
WhiteDragon25
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Hello again, and welcome to another edition to the Imperial Warlords Flags series! Got three more entries here tonight, so let's get started:
The first flag here is unique in the Imperial Warlords series in that it has a little bit more than just the Imperial-styled crest, with the laurel wreath branches added in on either side of the crest. It's not much of an addition, but notable enough to mention.
The second flag for tonight is also unique in it's rather... avant-garde design and color choice; looking at it now, I'm starting to think that using this shade of teal may have not been one of my better ideas. But can you really blame me for trying to spice things up here with off-beat design ideas? Hard enough as it is to come up with flags that don't feel bland or run-of-the-mill.
The third flag for tonight here is actually inspired by a design made by Ivoshafen over in the Requests thread; I liked the design and thought it might make for a good Imperial Warlord flag, so I copied it and made a few changes to give that Imperial touch to it.
That's it for tonight's presentation, I hope you like them! Until next time!
The first flag here is unique in the Imperial Warlords series in that it has a little bit more than just the Imperial-styled crest, with the laurel wreath branches added in on either side of the crest. It's not much of an addition, but notable enough to mention.
The second flag for tonight is also unique in it's rather... avant-garde design and color choice; looking at it now, I'm starting to think that using this shade of teal may have not been one of my better ideas. But can you really blame me for trying to spice things up here with off-beat design ideas? Hard enough as it is to come up with flags that don't feel bland or run-of-the-mill.
The third flag for tonight here is actually inspired by a design made by Ivoshafen over in the Requests thread; I liked the design and thought it might make for a good Imperial Warlord flag, so I copied it and made a few changes to give that Imperial touch to it.
That's it for tonight's presentation, I hope you like them! Until next time!
Well lookie here!
damned good work as always, I’m glad to see my emblem got put to good use!
WhiteDragon25
Banned
Sadly no, unfortunately I have little idea of what to make for the big-name Warlords like Zsinj's Empire, Delvardus's Eriadu Authority, Teradoc's Greater Maldrood, or Harrsk's Zero Command. They don't have any official emblem of their own like the Pentastar Alignment does, and there isn't any 'local' symbolism or such that I know of for the areas of space they controlled, so though I'd like to incorporate such elements into their flags, without such I don't really have a good basis from which to build off of.
Well lookie here!
damned good work as always, I’m glad to see my emblem got put to good use!
Why thank you!
I think something based on a stylised iron fist would be appropriate for Zsinj, wouldn't it?
Maybe something like this?
I'm not sure about the colours and the relative sizes though.
WhiteDragon25
Banned
Huh... good idea with the gauntlet: an appropriate reference to Zsinj's flagship the SSD Iron Fist. Putting the gauntlet over the Imperial Crest I'm not too sure about, however: puts it too closely to the Empire of the Hand's emblem. Maybe do it the other way around: emblazoning the Imperial Crest onto the gauntlet instead? And perhaps using the Aurebesh Zerek letter instead of the High Galactic (read: English) Z. As for the gauntlet design, maybe take the design used by Hearts of Iron 4's focus icons?:
Good ideas - I freely admit the pic I posted was just thrown together in a few minutes. Your various flags/logos have been great, so I'm not going to try to 'compete'. I just wanted to throw the iron fist / gauntlet idea out there, since Iron Fist was so symbolic of Zsinj - it wasn't just his SSD, but also his first command (a Victory-class SD iirc), for which he named the SSD (again, iirc, it's been a while).
WhiteDragon25
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Hey, there's no 'competition' here: if it helps spur creativity and inspiration in others, coming up with ideas that others may not have been able to come up with on their own, contribute as much as you want!😉
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