Raising The Colours - How I Apply Flags & Standards

I always get asked how i go about applying my flags on my various projects, so here's a quick how to guide for the way i do it.
Flags are GMB but i also use, Freezywater Flags, Flags of War and LBMS.
Music:
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[@theeviljimreaper6829]

Awesome to see how you do it mate, never crossed my mind to dry brush flags after but really pulls it together

[@7thson726]

Cheers fella, you may recognise the ensigns 😁 yeah my thinking is all the dust, smoke from guns etc, they wouldn't exactly be shining

[@TrueXyrael]

Doing my first flags (for Bolt Action Japanese) and had no idea what to do with these flags, and your video was exactly what I needed. Cheers ^^

[@7thson726]

Really pleased you found it helpful 😁👍

[@miniaturemusters5975]

Flags look stunning. Thank you for walking through the process you use.

[@7thson726]

No worries mate 👍 glad you enjoyed it

[@grahamtravers4522]

I glue my flags in exactly the same way, but I paint the edges and inside borders before sticking them on to the poles. After folding, I highlight the raised folds.

[@7thson726]

I used to try it beforehand, not actually sure why i changed haha

[@lionheart6754]

Great tutorial👍 I am gonna try dry brushing my flags in future I like the weathered look

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate glad you liked it👍 it strikes me as weird we weather everything else but not the flags 🤔

[@ostrowulf]

Cheers, super helpful. I am about to put an HBC flag on a Blood & Plunder sloop, and was second guessing myself on a method. Love the beer cap idea. I may have one or two somehow show up in my house.

[@7thson726]

Awesome, that sounds ace, glad you found it helpful 😁👍

[@ostrowulf]

@@7thson726 Turned nicely, thanks.

[@oldschoolfrp2326]

Nice, the drybrush does help make them look more like real cloth, less like modern synthetics

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate 👍 that was my thinking, just helps add to the overall effect

[@LawnBowlsforFun]

Mostly what I do, but the dry brush is something I will try. Thanks. 👍

[@7thson726]

Nice one, thanks for watching 👍

[@WarGamingNewbHistorical]

Excellent! Going to try this!

[@7thson726]

Glad you found it helpful 👍

[@markmorris2207]

Nice work! I would never have thought to dry brush to add some wear to the flag. I had to slow the video down and examine it until I could see the brand of that brush. I ordered off Amazon UK. They should cross the pond in about 2 weeks! They look really useful. Thanks for the recommendation in action. 😃

[@7thson726]

Glad it helped, thanks for taking the time to comment, 😀

[@fogh]

Great video! Really interesting to see your method. The varnish and dry brush are a great idea - I will have to give that a try. Just shows how we’re always learning something 👍. Beautiful end result.

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate, pleased you enjoyed it. Thats one of the things i love about the hobby is all the tips and tricks you can pick up from others 👍😀

[@TheKordhel]

Love it dude I was a reenactor with the ECWS and was part of Hoptons regiment :-)

[@7thson726]

Thats awesome, the more i read about Hopton and the Regiment the more it all fascinates me 👍

[@MillersMiniatures]

Nice one mate. They came out really nice im definitely gumna heve to check out GMB flags. 😁👍

[@7thson726]

This is the way 😁

[@lesliebeilby-tipping6854]

Front Rank do some very nice heads and cords, or you can go to a needlework shop and buy some fine gold thread to hake the tassels.

[@7thson726]

Thats really helpful, cheers leslie 👍

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Hadn't considered drybrushing the flag before. Might be worth looking at in future. Cheers!

[@7thson726]

I just thought, i weather everything else, why not the flag 👍

[@vonketteringham]

Nice one Martin 👍

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate 👍

[@Volgan16666]

The painting the edge bit - easier to paint around the inside (white) edges before you glue and join the flag up. Only takes a jiffy too.

[@7thson726]

This is true 😅

[@My_Toy_Soldiers]

Brilliant tutorial

[@7thson726]

Thank you bud 😁 don't worry, working on some WOTR now 😅

[@warrencann3824]

Terrific tutorial Martin!

[@7thson726]

Cheers Warren, glad you liked it 👍

[@dannyhalas9408]

Awesome, great effect. Interestingly it seems that the flags were held stiff in the air in case there wasn't a breeze, although having them fluttering looks way cooler. The Perrys talked about it in the huge Agincourt diorama video. I wish I didn't know this because now I have the dilemma: weird looking but historically accurate flags or cool dynamic ones...

[@7thson726]

Thanks very much 👍 Yeah i know what you mean, the eternal dilemma, rule of cool vs reality 😅 alot of the medieval ones had a batton at the top to help hold them stiff. The civil war ones were lighter and designed to be spun about so didn't have the extra bit on the flag pole, the ensigns go out and spin them about before the regiments engage, bit like this chap kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXi0cmCAg8yBmac

[@dannyhalas9408]

@@7thson726 Ha, that's amazing. I wondered if that was just for the mediaeval period and when it changed. I tried to look into it but all I could get on google was moon landing conspiracy videos. Apparently they used something called flax to stifffen the flags as well. I have to admit your video made me feel like a right twat for not realising that you could just paint the little white bits when the paper doesn't quite line up!

[@7thson726]

@@dannyhalas9408 yeah medieval pageantry is a minefield, also depends on what type of banner it is 😅 is it a standard, livery banner or personal coat of arms I know what you mean, we all have that moment, i used to try and snip the white bits away... Was a disaster

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Great tips, thanks for sharing.

[@7thson726]

Cheers fella 👍

[@tracygrove3484]

Nice! Thanks for sharing this.

[@7thson726]

No problem 👍

[@basicminiaturepainting]

Very enjoyable mate,and the drybrushing suprised me

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate 👍 that seems to have suprised a few peoole

[@jvcpaints]

Nice tutorial! My standards tend to look really C to B- when I do them.

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate 👍

[@gkspain1]

Very nice tutorial, all the best, Garry

[@7thson726]

Cheers buddy 👍

[@bernardspencer9876]

Never done flags before. Will give it a go 👍

[@7thson726]

Awesome, let me know how it goes 👍

[@BitesizeWargaming]

Great work dude. Told you it’d be better than mine!

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate 😅 i dunno, i had to edit out alot of swearing. Like i say there are so many ways to do them, we should do a WA library of mthod videos

[@smoothbrush4722]

Nice and easy metods with good result

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate 👍

[@hamsteronthepaintingtable6465]

Nice vid Martin, similar to how i do flags, except i don’t put the flag pole on the figure until done sometimes and i paint the other side of the flag in the appropriate colour 😁👍🏻

[@7thson726]

Thanks bud 👍 i tried painting the reverse but found that it caused to much rigidity (if thats a word) so when i was creating the furls it just didn't quite look right 😀

[@hamsteronthepaintingtable6465]

@@7thson726 yep true but I just tend to give the edge the paint and a wash as such. It seems to work 😂

[@BrushQuill]

Nice little tutorial Martin

[@7thson726]

Thanks buddy 👍😀

[@kitswithkaren5003]

Very interesting 🐻🤗👍

[@7thson726]

Cheers 👍

[@lesliebeilby-tipping6854]

Martin I wet the flag first to soften the paper, then apply the glue. What happened to the tassels and cords? Nice job!

[@7thson726]

That's a good plan, cheers Lesley. Cords are gone 😅

[@stephenbarker7793]

Fantastic and very helpful. I've adopted your horse and flag painting techniques. Would love to see an ECW game. Perhaps you'll be using Pike and Shotte as I do? Your videos are a real help.

[@7thson726]

Thanks mate, definitely going to be having some ECW games using P&S, just trying to find suitable dates 😁

[@NicGamz]

Very nice! I do something similary to this. 🧐👍

[@7thson726]

Cheers bud 😁 great minds think alike 👍

[@tims8326]

Why the varnish Martin?

[@7thson726]

I add it to 1) add another layer of stiffness to the paper and 2) to prevent discolouration, eventually they will fade and the varniah helps prevent that 👍

[@tims8326]

@@7thson726 cheers :)