New Unit: Huscarl
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Really good, cheers!! 
Der PH
Combat Smurf
Beautyful!
tjedge1
Writer of writerly things
utahjazz7
Deity
Originally posted by Johann MacLeod
nice unit, but hes gone all christian on us
Well, there's nothing wrong with that.
Actually, I made the shield like that because the original request was for and Anglish/Danish huscarl. The shield pattern was chosed because it is similar to the flags of England and Denmark . . . I think.
aaglo
Furioso!
I think the pattern is only similar to english and danish flags. But it actually is finnish flag (at least with the blue default civ-specific colour 
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BTW, nice-to-know background info:
- The danish flag (white cross on red background) is the oldest flag still in use. I think it dates from 1300th century (or close to that period)
)BTW, nice-to-know background info:
- The danish flag (white cross on red background) is the oldest flag still in use. I think it dates from 1300th century (or close to that period)
Risbinroch
Prince
A lot of european flags has a cross in it, they all look almost the same. Though the Norwegian one is the most beautiful... But it has no name? Like Union Jack etc
Danebrog (isn't it called that?) What does that exactly mean? OT: speaking of flags, doesn't Finland use a swastika on the presidents/parlament flag or something, I believe I have read that somewhere, or where that just during WW2? And even more OT: you're to do list........ What about fictious ships for the Zulu aswell? Don't ask me what they will look like though, have no clue.
Danebrog (isn't it called that?) What does that exactly mean? OT: speaking of flags, doesn't Finland use a swastika on the presidents/parlament flag or something, I believe I have read that somewhere, or where that just during WW2? And even more OT: you're to do list........ What about fictious ships for the Zulu aswell? Don't ask me what they will look like though, have no clue.
I don't know about the specific nickname of the Norwegian flag, but the upright cross found so commonly upon European flags is, in English, called the St. George's cross; the "X" type (as found in the flag(s) of Scotland) is called the St. Andrew's Cross.
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utahjazz7
Deity
Originally posted by aaglo
I think the pattern is only similar to english and danish flags. But it actually is finnish flag (at least with the blue default civ-specific colour
Yeah, I didn't think about that when I was making the unit. After I saw the first couple posts of people liking the unit and noticing that the posts were from Finland, I remembered the Finnish flag. So, I guess it's a win-win situation: I made the Anglo/Danish huscarl that was requested and a possible UU for Finland.
Globetrotter
...wherever i may roam...
just downloaded it!
will surely try it this week-end!
great job!
will surely try it this week-end!
great job!
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Afaik its just a name, but it might have meant something in the old days.
Wolfhart
The Last in Line
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Originally posted by Risbinroch
Danebrog (isn't it called that?) What does that exactly mean?
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My trusty old encyklopedia assures me that it's a composition of borrowed words from frisian and low german, meaning "redcoloured piece of cloth".
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Originally posted by Risbinroch
Danebrog (isn't it called that?) What does that exactly mean?
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My trusty old encyklopedia assures me that it's a composition of borrowed words from frisian and low german, meaning "redcoloured piece of cloth".
The Last Conformist
Irresistibly Attractive
The 1300th century? That's still some time off ...
It's probably from the 13th century, and often connected to the reign of King Valdemar Sejr and his crusades against the Estonians.
However, it appears it's only attested with certainty from the late 14th century, which it means that it's possibly younger than the (pretty similar) English flag, as well as the Austrian one.
Yeah, the nut-cases who went to fight the Estonians claimed that Dannebrog fell from the sky during the battle (June 15th 1219). Suspiciously enough it sounds like something out of the bible, and it is widely believed that the flag was a gift from Pope Honorius. Good work killing all those heathens, heres a pretty flag in return
It is true that brog means clothes. It was a common term at the time.
It is true that brog means clothes. It was a common term at the time.
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