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Re: Flägs & vexillology!

Posted: 24 Jul 2018 08:38
by eldin raigmore
I for one very much like Sajem Tan’s flag!

What is the name of the honeycomb-like charge in the murry field near the hoist?

Re: Flägs & vexillology!

Posted: 25 Jul 2018 07:54
by Shemtov
Your conworld includes a cult that worships axolotls?
If I met them, I'd fly this as a flag:
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Re: Flägs & vexillology!

Posted: 30 Jul 2018 06:14
by shanoxilt
Shemtov wrote: 25 Jul 2018 07:54
Your conworld includes a cult that worships axolotls?
If I met them, I'd fly this as a flag:
Yes. [:D]

Re: Flägs & vexillology!

Posted: 30 Jul 2018 06:47
by shanoxilt
eldin raigmore wrote: 24 Jul 2018 08:38 I for one very much like Sajem Tan’s flag!
Thank you muchly.
What is the name of the honeycomb-like charge in the murry field near the hoist?
It is just a seal with varying interpretations. It could represent the convergence of the animacies, or the nine original founders, or the complexity of the culture. What does it bring to your mind?

Re: Flägs & vexillology!

Posted: 30 Jul 2018 08:56
by Lao Kou
shanoxilt wrote: 30 Jul 2018 06:47It is just a seal with varying interpretations. It could represent the convergence of the animacies, or the nine original founders, or the complexity of the culture. What does it bring to your mind?
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Re: Flägs & vexillology!

Posted: 30 Jul 2018 19:30
by eldin raigmore
shanoxilt wrote: 30 Jul 2018 06:47
eldin raigmore wrote: 24 Jul 2018 08:38 What is the name of the honeycomb-like charge in the murry field near the hoist?
It is just a seal with varying interpretations. It could represent the convergence of the animacies, or the nine original founders, or the complexity of the culture. What does it bring to your mind?
A honeycomb, first and most obviously!
Then maybe face-centered cubic close-packing. (Not Q-Bert clothes-packing, @LaoKou!)

Given the mulberry-coloured field it’s on, I suppose sericulture.
Maybe your conworld’s silk is made by bees instead of moths?
Or maybe their silk moths live in hives?

After that I suppose it’s just how geometric art can be, and how artistic geometry can be!

Re: Symbols of Concultures

Posted: 31 Dec 2018 13:15
by Shemtov
War Banner of the nĆaulaosz Allied Warriors:
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The Red symbolizes that if necessary, they are ready to spill blood, and the color is in general, meant to b intimidating. The Black symbolizes their grief over their exile by the M'aillysites, and their grief over any blood spilled on their side. The letter is their grapheme for Ć, the first letter of the Ćaulaosz People (The form nĆaulaosz is genitive, and is also the name of their language).
Every Cohort has twelve Standard Bearers, who are cavalry soldiers with a long spear in the right hand, and the banner-pole in the Left.

Re: Symbols of Concultures

Posted: 12 Jan 2019 20:52
by Firebird766
This is the flag of Essu Beti, currently spoilered because I’m not sure how to resize it in-forum:
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The colors are very basic and have little symbolism. White because that’s the color cotton or wool comes in, and blue because the most common dye-producing plant on the island makes blue. Elves (which form 70% of the population of Essu Beti) are red-green colorblind- they don’t really do color symbolism.

The 10-pointed 12-pointed star (which I need a better name for) is the symbol of the Beuwan religion, and I already have a neat little poorly drawn infographic for it and some variations, and for the symbols and variations of its sibling religions, Bheidor and Prexsivna. The symbol of Vekline is also there, mostly for an out-of-religion-family contrast.
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Essu Beti is, as you can probably guess, mostly Beuwani. It’s also very, very new. Like, the country is around 3 years old (the island existed before then, of course, but was uninhabited because of all the crocodiles and mosquitoes and the lack of natural resources). So there is a definite chance that this flag may change in the future, especially since there’s an ongoing push to NOT exclude minority religions like their former country did to them, and having their flag symbol be for exactly one religion is pretty exclusionary.

Re: Symbols of Concultures

Posted: 14 Jan 2019 16:10
by alynnidalar
I love the variants! It's clear how they're related or derived from each other, while still being quite distinct.

Re: Symbols of Concultures

Posted: 15 Jan 2019 21:44
by Dormouse559
Firebird766 wrote: 12 Jan 2019 20:52 This is the flag of Essu Beti, currently spoilered because I’m not sure how to resize it in-forum:
There isn't a way. [:(] The spoiler tags are entirely appropriate.
Firebird766 wrote:The 10-pointed 12-pointed star (which I need a better name for)
Perhaps Latin dextans "ten twelfths" or a nonce derivative is what you're looking for.

I quite like the flag; an interesting balance of simple and complex features.

Re: Symbols of Concultures

Posted: 02 May 2019 06:03
by Shemtov
The symbol of the Kätänä-tö-Ki Mutai is, in order from left to right, a blue line drawing of a hand with fingers pointed up, a red line drawing of a sword, and a blue line drawing of a hand with fingers pointed down. It is worn on their robes, and if an "Assembly Battle" is called for, a horseman carrying the symbol on a "war banner" with a white field and red fringes is placed with the vanguard.

Re: Symbols of Concultures

Posted: 07 Aug 2019 05:36
by Man in Space
The flag of the Empire of the Purple Sun:
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The ring signifies the sun, the three horizontal stripes signify the three polities that came together to form the empire, and the pall signifies the mountainous terrain that was first settled. Purple is a culturally-significant color; the gold was chosen mainly for contrast but also because the sun looks yellow.

Re: Symbols of Concultures

Posted: 22 Jun 2020 14:30
by jimydog000
Would you say there is some avoidance of having a white field and/or border in a fantasy flag? I always struggle for a second to see the white third of Russia's flag when it's on a white webpage.
I Just realised now that that's (probably and partly) why those animated rippling flags were so popular in the 90s to mid 2000s.

Re: Symbols of Concultures

Posted: 22 Jun 2020 17:04
by elemtilas
jimydog000 wrote: 22 Jun 2020 14:30 Would you say there is some avoidance of having a white field and/or border in a fantasy flag? I always struggle for a second to see the white third of Russia's flag when it's on a white webpage.
I Just realised now that that's (probably and partly) why those animated rippling flags were so popular in the 90s to mid 2000s.
I'm not aware of any specific colour avoidance. Do you have some examples in mind? But I'm also not aware of very many uses or particular descriptions of flags in fantasy. Outside of Tolkien.

Also, I'm pretty sure those were popular then because of advances in web & image technology: oo coooool! Rippley!

Re: Symbols of Concultures

Posted: 23 Jun 2020 00:21
by Salmoneus
Yeah, we just really, really, really loved little animated 3D things.

[laments loss of little strutting red dragon animated model gif...]

Re: Symbols of Concultures

Posted: 23 Jun 2020 01:51
by elemtilas
Salmoneus wrote: 23 Jun 2020 00:21 Yeah, we just really, really, really loved little animated 3D things.

[laments loss of little strutting red dragon animated model gif...]
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Re: Symbols of Concultures

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 02:40
by Ahzoh
Which one looks better? Vermillian or Persian Red?
Vermillion:
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Persian Red:
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Re: Symbols of Concultures

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 04:13
by Man in Space
Ahzoh wrote: 16 Mar 2021 02:40Which one looks better? Vermillian or Persian Red?
Vermilion. It stands out more to me.

Re: Symbols of Concultures

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 05:29
by Ahzoh
I have asked a lot of people and it seems to two reds are pretty tied. Personally I don't like vermillion because it's too orange.

Although I do have to consider the ease of access for certain materials required to make the flag's pigments.

Re: Symbols of Concultures

Posted: 18 Mar 2021 03:15
by Snyexarosha
The vermillion does pop a little more, but I'm not sure that's a good thing. I think it just means that the two hues are closer to being perfect opposites on the color wheel, which in my opinion can hurt the eyes a little. If you look at the images in black and white, you can actually see that the vermillion is about the same shade as your teal, while the Persian red is noticeably darker. Having a variety of dark and light shades is generally a better design strategy, so I would suggest Persian red. (I wish I could upload the grayscale images I made to show you, but sadly I am not sure how to upload photos because I am inept...) Obviously, it's up to you and there is no right answer.