Being a uniform and flag design service to wargamers and to the imaginary crowned heads of 17th and 18th Century Europe, especially of the Seven Years War period - now By Appointment to the Court of Saxe-Bearstein! (But please note that the uniforms and flags presented here are not fictional - they are genuine 17th and 18th Century uniforms and flags that are as authentic as I can make them from my sources.)
This is a British-style light cavalry guidon for Santa's Own Light Cavalry:
And I added a British heavy cavalry-style standard of Santa's Heavies to my long-neglected Tippelbruder blog here: http://freistadttippelbruder.blogspot.com/2021/12/one-more-bit-of-seasonal-silliness.html
Nevertheless an handsome piece of work, David!
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Stokes
Thanks, Stokes! 'Tis the Season to be (a bit) silly... ;-)
ReplyDeleteAll the best for Xmas and the New Year,
David.
A bit of silliness fits the occasion. Nice flag.
ReplyDeleteIt may be silly but it is still very good! Now if I could only find some reindeer to make a light cavalry unit... ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jon. :-) I'm still fond of the ImagiNations approach...
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
David.
Thanks, Steve. :-) Your wish is my command; I gather these are about the best in 28mm: https://company-b-models-and-miniatures.myshopify.com/products/game-miniatures-reindeer-herd?_pos=2&_sid=71977fa78&_ss=r :-)
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
David.
Thanks for the link David, which will prove useful if and when I try to convert some cavalry in 10mm into reindeer, which I'm very tempted to do!
ReplyDeleteAn other fantastic guidon David, just crying out for a hussar regiment painted red, white and green.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
Love it. Every year I say I'm going to do something Christmas themed and never do - well, apart from painting up one unit of Persian cavalry in green and red!
ReplyDeleteDavid,
ReplyDeleteHow wonderfully whimsical! I like it a lot, and hope it will become a holiday tradition. After all, the elves, the snowmen, and gingerbread are all clamoring for their own standards.
Happy Holidays, David. Thank you for all the marvelous talent you shared with us over the year. People like you represent the very best of our hobby.
Bill
Thanks, Steve. That sounds like a fun project! :-)
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
David.
Thanks, Willz. Would love to see that! :-) Thanks for your enthusiasm.
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
David.
Thanks, Rob. :-) I'm often at a loss for something special to do for Xmas and this does seem like a rather fun approach to take.
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
David.
Thanks, Bill. :-) Yes, I think I'd like to continue this and make it a new NBA tradition, as you suggest. Great idea!
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for your enthusiasm. Your responses and those of everyone else who comments keep me going with all this!
All the best,
David.
Thanks for this - may use on my British Horseguards...
ReplyDelete"An other fantastic guidon David, just crying out for a hussar regiment painted red, white and green." you commission it Willz and I'll paint it - preferably Hussarettes!
ReplyDeleteDavid -Love the genuine Latin inscription, my favourite would be "Santa venio est"
Happy New Year Chris G
Great, Bill. Hope to see it in action possibly at some point! :-)
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
David.
Thanks, Chris. :-) I've just posted the standard of Santa's Heavies on the Tippelbruder blog page with a Latin motto I invented.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year too.
All the best,
David.
Thanks David very clever - I assume he likes one-night-stands!
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Thanks, Chris. :-) I suspect after his one night dash round the entire planet he might like lying around for much of the rest of the year... (Like the rest of us he's not getting any younger.) ;-)
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
David.
Fabulous work on that guidon. I for one heartily encourage the continuation of this into a yearly tradition as it's something I've been doing since 2013 now with my purely decorative Army of Advent...
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Best wishes for the New Year
Marvin
Thank you, Marvin. :-) That's a great blog you have and I must explore it further. Your troops look terrific! I will indeed continue this seasonal flag-making as a tradition. I posted the standard of Santa's Heavies on my other, long-neglected, ImagiNations blog - you can find it here: http://freistadttippelbruder.blogspot.com/2021/12/one-more-bit-of-seasonal-silliness.html
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
David.