As part of a commission this summer I recreated the standards of several Spanish dragoon and cavalry regiments, on the understanding that the commission would allow me to post the flags on my blog sooner rather than later. These standards were recreated by me from verbal descriptions in Spanish and from rather difficult to interpret poor images from an 18th century Spanish manuscript. So, I cannot promise that they are absolutely accurate but I think the versions I have produced go some way towards appearing like the actual flags and also do look rather attractive, though I say so myself. This sheet is a preview of the standards as I still need to spend some time to create the text and uniform plates for them. Even compressed into a relatively low-resolution JPEG the detail still shows rather well.
Brilliant work David!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ray! :-) Just have to put in the work to do the texts and uniform plates now!
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David.
Outstanding work, David!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jon. :-) There's ma hefty dose of "Interpretation" in those flags...
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David.
Fantastic standards David, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
Thank you, Willz. :-) I try to maintain high standards. ;-)
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David.
They look super and very interesting, you don't see too much on Spanish forces so this is a real bonus.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie. :-) The material can be rather hard to find and get right but hopefully these are somewhere near the mark...
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David.
Simply superb David!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve. :-) I think they should look good on the battlefield.
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David.
Very nice, makes me want to raise some Spanish horse!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Simon. :-) Now that's the spirit!
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David.
Lovely flags! So elaborate coats of arms! Well done! For whom is going to build a Spanish army, these little gems are indispensable! Cheers! Dinos
ReplyDeleteThank you, Dinos! I think they did turn out quite well. :-)
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David.