Making Flags and Standards.

Hello There! As mentioned earlier I am painting the forces for the Battle of Maida. Part of the French forces includes the 42nd Line Infantry. I have used figures from a bargain purchase of Wargames Foundry mixed with the odd Perrys Miniature and Front Rank. All of these figures are well detailed and 'compatable' with each other.

The completed battalion will be putting in an appearance in a later blog but here is the flag from GMB going on the standard.

Here are the tools I use to fit the flag. I have already taken a Front Rank Eagle and used epoxy adhesive to glue it to the end of a length of brass wire. The wire is cut to a length that allows the completed base of figures to be kept safely in the 'Really Useful Boxes'. Hence some may say that the standard is not the right length.

Here I have painted the edges and the inside of the flag to stop any white edges showing up when the flag is glued together. Although it is difficult to see in this photograph the right hand side of the open flag has a small square of cooking foil glued to the surface. This is to provide some rigidity to the flag when folded and is held in place so that when the PVA glue is dry the flag can be bent into place, hopefully preventing any creases into the flag.

 

Here is the completed flag for the 42nd Line and another flag I have completed for the 1st Light. Both present at the battle of Maida and these illustrations show how the flags can be curved and bent to represent the wind filling them.