Hi,
Before getting back to my Prussians, I though it was time for a tribute.
About 25+ years ago I discovered a site that you may know, with a huge work about flags of the Napoleonic area.
From that time, I always use it as a major reference for flags.
This site is napflags, kindly hosted by www.warflag.com since end 2001.
Here is a direct link to the napflags index :
napflags by Mr. Alan Pendlebury
Resized and printed, here is what it gives at 6mm scale :
This is a sample of mounted flags. Left to right are some French (1812 and 1804 patterns), Austrian, Prussians, English and Brunswick flags.
The site contains a quite exhaustive listing for any nation of that time, their flags and also historical information.
Flags have to be resized. For this I use Inkscape, a powerful open-source vector drawing tool. I paste the flags picture in it, create a semi transparent colored box at the exact size I wish (ie. 9x9 mm) and put it at the foreground, then resize the flags bitmap in the background to match this size matrix, as such :
This way I create a full page of flags, as such :
Then I print on inkjet paper of good quality (labeled as "photo" quality, but light paper - should be less than, or around, 80g/m2 - low cost but good material), label the regiments when it has to, and cut flags strips :
Here is part of my flags, with mostly French and Prussian flags.
I also use this tool and napflags to label my packing boxes, labels, counters, etc... as such :
That's how I proceed for my flags, and that would not have been possible without the huge work done by Mr Pendlebury, as well as his will to share it freely.
So I just wanted to say thanks to him, wherever he is, and share with everyone it could help and would not be aware of this exceptional resource.
Thanks Mr. Pendlebury.
