Hey! I made another flag. Yeah . . . about that.
I used the same technique that I did with the Austro-Hungarian Naval Ensign. I was, how would you say, sloppy on this flag. First of all, with the black fringe seen in many contemporary paintings it initially made the red on the flag look darker. Hey I will just lighten up the red! Ooops, I spilled the white paint.
Oh well, I guess it won't look too bad at gaming distance. Then I carefully folded the flag together with some white glue and yep, I forgot to pre-fold the flag before the glue. It did not match up at all. After some serious folding, and repainting the edge and trying to get the creases out . . . well you can see the result.
Then: Surprise! When I went to glue the wire staff to the figure I had forgotten to check the fit before I added the super glue. Of course I got super glue on my fingers and messed up the staff under the flag with super glue. That's what I get for not taking a deep breath and giving a day.
"Look Mom! No hands!"
Okay. Maybe I'll pretend it is battle damage. I paint for gaming distance, and at gaming distance it doesn't look too bad. I'll have to decide later if I'll use one of the excellent flags from Flags of War and get a staff from Tsuba Miniatures. Plus I'll file the palms of the hand!
Group shot! It doesn't look too bad at gaming distance.
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