Hi, I'm starting work on a timeline based around the 'End of History', which is a struggle between three major powers; The Neolib/Neocon United States, the Ultramilitaristic Communist China and an Esoteric Pagan European Superstate based on the worship of the Indo-european skyfather. I've come here for the latter of the three.
It seeks to unite all Indoeuropean lands, and as such, I'd like a flag for it that represents european paganism. Purple is a colour I'd like on the flag, and can use pretty much any european pagan symbols, as the empire stretches from northern Iberia to near Uralsk.
That is awesome, thank you!View attachment 807746
Here you go. The symbol is inspired by the various swastika-like designs used in various European (neo)pagan faiths.
Here you go:Can someone expand the Soviet Union by coloring in Continental Europe along with Turkey, with the exception of Ireland and Great Britain?
Thank you!Here you go:
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I left the country borders on - if you'd like them removed too, just ask.Thank you!
Oh, I kind of didn't because I feel like I asked for too much, but it would be nice!I left the country borders on - if you'd like them removed too, just ask.
Thanks!Luckily most of these maps on Wikipedia have the borders overlaid on the land, so they're quite easy to remove using Inkscape.
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Well, you're right, it did take some time. But I think I've got it done for you. I hope the end result is something like what you wanted .I don't even know if this is possible, considering the intricacy of this COA. It would be a considerable time commitment, to say the least, and if someone would tell me that this is too much to ask, I would totally and wholeheartedly believe them. Nevertheless, if any extraordinarily kind person would attempt to do this, they would have my utmost gratitude. And my flag-making services, if you should happen to need them. Or if you happened to need any info about Iranian history. You might need none of those things. Regardless, here is the coat of arms:
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This is the coat of arms presented to Naser Ad-Din Shah Qajar upon his visit to England in 1865, as a coat of arms for Qajar Iran. It is blazoned as:
Azure, on a mount in front of the sun in splendor, a lion statant guardant or, holding in his dexter paw a scimitar, all proper.
If anyone could create this for me in the Wikipedia style, that would be incredibly helpful. I am going to be using this in my timeline about the Safavids, The Twelve-Pointed Sun.
This is an illustration, so some approximation must be required, I do realize. I have a few ideas for some of the assets one could use to create this:
For the background, one could alter the color scheme of the Kingdom of Egypt COA background, and remove the emblem...
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As well as the crown, and replace the egyptian crown with the Imperial Iranian crown:
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For the mount where the animals stand on, one could use the bottom of the Ottoman Empire coat of arms, and get rid of the tiny crescent-and-stars and medals:
File:Coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire (1882–1922).svg - Wikipedia
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...and add the medal on the bottom of the Pahlavi coat of arms:
File:Imperial Coat of Arms of Iran.svg - Wikimedia Commons
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For the griffin on the left, one could edit in this:
File:Gold Griffin Supporter (Heraldry).svg - Wikimedia Commons
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And for the dragon, one could use the welsh dragon, but color it gray, like it is on the original coat of arms (but, honestly, I wouldn't mind too much if you just left it red):
File:Welsh Dragon.svg - Wikimedia Commons
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Don't even try with the flags. You are totally free to leave them out. If you are really commited, you could perhaps edit the ones from the first German coat of arms:
Now onto the final two, and most difficult elements:
First is the central element with the posing lion-and-sun. Don't even try to replicate that--there's nothing online like it. Instead, I would just suggest using a regular Lion-and-sun without the pedastal, like this one:
File:Lion and Sun Emblem of Iran (Pahlavi).svg - Wikimedia Commons
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...with a simple green pedestal and blue backdrop. No complicated mountains needed.
As for the helmet...
I don't know. It's quite cool, but I can't find anything like it online--except this:
As for the chains? Ignore the chains...unless, again, you are very dedicted.
Again, I realize that this request is very difficult--and, whoever you are, you certainly don't have to do this--do this only if you want to. And if you do decide that you would like to do this, you will have my everlasting gratitude. Thank you.
Well, you're right, it did take some time. But I think I've got it done for you. I hope the end result is something like what you wanted .
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I took some of your suggestions for parts but quite a few I found elsewhere (see the Credit/Attribution spoiler below for details).
The attached file is the largest I can upload here. I can easily generate different sizes from the vector file I now have, so if you'd like a smaller or larger version let me know; for a larger version I'll have to upload it elsewhere and link to it.
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Some of the constituent parts of this image were amended from publicly available images, as follows:
(1) Mantle adapted from Coat of Arms of the July Monarchy (1831-48) by Sodacan, free for use and adaptation under the CC BY-SA 3.0, 2.5, 2.0 and 1.0 and GFDL v1.2 licences; mantle removed, recoloured, top curved and tassles re-hung (rotated).
(2) Shield re-done based on Renaissance Shield by Madboy74, released to the Public Domain under the CC0 1.0 UPDD; re-drawn, recoloured.
(3) Crown adapted from Kiani Crown of Imperial Iran also by Sodacan (see above), free for use and adaptation under the CC BY-SA 3.0, 2.5, 2.0 and 1.0 and GFDL v1.2 licences; base adjusted (reshaped).
(4) Cushion under crown based on cushion silhouette, in the Public Domain; edges adapted, coloured, reshaped to fit mantle and crown.
(5) Compartment (scrollwork under shield) from Coat of Arms of the Ottoman Empire by Juristiltins, in the Public Domain; re-proportioned.
(6) Collar (chain for medal) adapted from Imperial Coat of Arms of Iran also by Sodacan (see above), free for use and adaptation under the CC BY-SA 3.0, 2.5, 2.0 and 1.0 and GFDL v1.2 licences; recoloured, doubled/inverted, re-proportioned.
(7) Griffin supporter from Gold Griffin Supporter also by Sodacan (see above), free for use and adaptation under the CC BY-SA 3.0, 2.5, 2.0 and 1.0 and GFDL v1.2 licences.
(8) Dragon supporter adapted from Welsh Dragon also by Sodacan (see above), free for use and adaptation under the CC BY-SA 3.0, 2.5, 2.0 and 1.0 and GFDL v1.2 licences; recoloured.
(9) Flags (flags, flagpoles, tops of flagpoles) created from items extracted/amended from Coat of Arms of Peru by Felipe Fidelis Tobias, free for use and adaptation under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; Coat of Arms of Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara by Heralder, free for use and adaptation under the CC BY-SA 3.0, 2.5, 2.0 and 1.0 and GFDL v1.2 licences; Coat of Arms of the Beys of Tunis (Husseinic dynasty) by Euryrel, free for use and adaptation under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; Coat of Arms of the July Monarchy (see above); Coat of Arms of the Ottoman Empire (see above); flagpoles cropped, recoloured; flags reproportioned, recoloured; flagpole decorations (gold tops, hand, crescents, spear) reproportioned, recoloured, rotated and/or repositioned.
(10) Lion and Sun in Splendour adapted from Lion and Sun (Qajar Dynasty) also by Sodacan (see above), free for use and adaptation under the CC BY-SA 3.0, 2.5, 2.0 and 1.0 and GFDL v1.2 licences; stand removed, sun repositioned.
(11) Mount (what lion is standing on) adapted from Escudo de Facatativá by SajoR, free for use and adaptation under the CC BY-SA 2.5 licence; cropped, reproportioned, rotated, recoloured.
(12) Main part of helmet adapted from Turkish Helm, free for use and adaptation under the CC BY-SA licence; coloured.
(13) Shahada text in centre of helmet adapted from Calligraphy of Shahada pt1 in Masjid an-Nabawi by OatCookies, free for use and adaptation under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; recoloured.
(14) Plumes in top of helmet adapted from Pahlavi Crown of Imperial Iran by Transoxsiana, free for use and adaptation under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; re-proportioned, recoloured.
The following items are my own work:
(a) Badge of the Order of the Lion and Sun (based on photograph of Order of the Lion and Sun (with lion from Lion and Sun in Splendour - see above);
(b) Horsehair on 'Tugh' flagpole (2nd from left);
(c) Helmet decoration;
(d) Helmet chainmail.
Resizing, cropping, combining, colour-matching, layering and positioning all by me.
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Anyone here interested in helping me with my Civil War TL by making Maps and Graphics for it, as well as helping out Army organization? If you are, please hit me up in a DM and/or Discord.
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