Starting the war of 1866

[cameronian]

surrounded by two green laurels prigs

LOL, did you mean 'sprigs' or are the laurels as tiresome as you when you're banging on about your bloody flags     

[cameronian]

 ... and before you say anything, no you're not tiresome in the least.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

surrounded by two green laurels prigs

LOL, did you mean 'sprigs' or are the laurels as tiresome as you when you're banging on about your bloody flags     

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

An hour of pratting about, this is as far as i have got with the flag, anyone want to take it further...  


Shrunk to .9cm high, it looks pretty decent, honest!  

[Charon]

Looks bloody good to my uneducated eyes! Excellent work Lemmey

[mollinary]

Wow!   

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Thanks chaps, really appreciate that. It's on my photobucket if anyone wants it.

It's only a wiki shot of the ducal coat of arms using 'sniping tool, which I also used to copy and shrink the crown, some free clip arts for laurel wreaths, and a bit of dodgy text...

Someone else did all the hard work, I just 'borrowed it!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Tried printing it last night and it is more green than blue in it's background, will attempt a recolour later... 

[Techno]

Looking forward to seeing those finished Lemmey. 
Cheers - Phil.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Take 3:


Better or worse?

[mollinary]

Much better, but perhaps the blue could go a shade darker yet?

Mollinary

[cameronian]

A shade darker? Such imprecision from the Fahnmeister himself, tut tut, see below.

http://www.pantone.co.uk/pages/pantone/category.aspx?ca=1&gclid=CNHc5NOm3bICFcPHtAodkkkABQ

[mollinary]

Oh great chieftain of the Caledonian race, do not whip me with thy acid tongue a second time - my shy retiring and easily bruised personality cannot bear it!

With the greatest trepidation I offer the following suggestion to cool your Celtic ire (see separate thread). Read my first post, and look up Cornflower on Wikipedia.     

Your most obedient Sassenach servant,

Mollinary

[OldenBUA]

Some advice needed chaps.

So, I just came back from a holiday near Trutnov (aka Trautenau). Basically you have Jicin on the left, Hradec Kralove (aka Königsgratz) in the rear, and little signs with 'Battle of 1866' all over the place. To make matters worse, my surname is Oldenburger, and just what do I see in this thread when I get back?

And still, I have no intention at all to 'Start the war of 1866'. Does this mean that something is amiss? Should I be slavering over Pendraken's 1866 ranges right now, planning a new army or two?

It's just that my interest in armies stops at about late Renaissance, and only picks up again around WW2 (or possibly a bit earlier). Which excludes most of the 'rows and rows of identically clad figures' type armies, where even the last obscure detail seems to matter. Still, to each his own, I say. But it does leave me to think that maybe something is terribly wrong. Any opinions? Is it just me, or do others suffer from the same affliction?

[mollinary]

Olden,

Nothing wrong at all  - but the ranges and figures are very good, and the wars very interesting. I hope you enjoyed your trip to Trautenau, I love the area, and there are few areas for battlefield tours which combine untouched, unchanged fields, with beautiful countryside, friendly people, lovely towns, good hotels, great food and wine, and superb beer, all at affordable prices. Keep an open mind, and let the period creep up on you!

Mollinary