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For China, although I'm not sure where you would find it, here are my suggestions for era flags:

Ancient: Shang dynasty oracle bone script, OR something Zhou Dynasty

Classical: "Han" Character (Han Dynasty)

Medieval: "Tang" or "Song" Character (Tang/Song Dynasty)

Renaissance: "Ming" Character (Ming Dynasty)

Industrial: "Qing" Character, or Chinese dragon (Qing Dynasty)

Modern: PRC flag
 
cybrxkhan said:
For China, although I'm not sure where you would find it, here are my suggestions for era flags:

Ancient: Shang dynasty oracle bone script, OR something Zhou Dynasty

Classical: "Han" Character (Han Dynasty)

Medieval: "Tang" or "Song" Character (Tang/Song Dynasty)

Renaissance: "Ming" Character (Ming Dynasty)

Industrial: "Qing" Character, or Chinese dragon (Qing Dynasty)

Modern: PRC flag
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Seconding these suggestions. I'd maybe prefer Zhou over Shang for Ancient Era, but both work.
 
We don't need them for every single era in all cases, although it would be nice to have the options around. But Ancient and Classical could be lumped together for most civs, or Classical and Medieval.

Just whatever Madman can come up with, if he's willing that is.
 
cybrxkhan said:
For China, although I'm not sure where you would find it, here are my suggestions for era flags:

Ancient: Shang dynasty oracle bone script, OR something Zhou Dynasty

Classical: "Han" Character (Han Dynasty)

Medieval: "Tang" or "Song" Character (Tang/Song Dynasty)

Renaissance: "Ming" Character (Ming Dynasty)

Industrial: "Qing" Character, or Chinese dragon (Qing Dynasty)

Modern: PRC flag
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I believe that on Wikipedia the Ming Dynasty has a flag, like the Qing Dynasty, and they both had more-or-less the same name "The Empire of the Great Ming/Qing"

What about Future? I would find it hard to imagine what china would/will be like after the People's Republic imploded/implodes maybe the RoC flag (the Taiwanese flag) or something, assuming that after such a political earthquake they'd be quick in trying to seize power, though I doubt they'll ever control mainland China again. Or, in a different future scenario, the PRC would be the world power, and thus for whatever reason that suits them they'd change their flag, you could use the Great Seal of the People's Republic of China (if that's what it's called) as the future flag. It looks pretty cool.
 
I was going to use this for the China Future era.

prc-emblem.jpg

I'll add China to the next preview, I just need something to use for their Ancient/Classical period, I was going to use the Dragon for their Medieval and Renaissance period, and then the Taiwan flag as their Industrial, modern flag as their Modern (obviously) and then that one as the future.
 
That is the Great Seal of the People's Republic I was referring to. :D

Going on this topic...what could one do for the States? Just adding stars between Renaissance and Modern would boring. And what about Future? Adding stars for Puerto Rico, and maybe northern Marianas Islands and Guam? Then again, we haven't had too many flags.
 
Vortilex said:
That is the Great Seal of the People's Republic I was referring to. :D

Going on this topic...what could one do for the States? Just adding stars between Renaissance and Modern would boring. And what about Future? Adding stars for Puerto Rico, and maybe northern Marianas Islands and Guam? Then again, we haven't had too many flags.
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Ahem.

Ancient - Classical: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/US_flag_13_stars_–_Betsy_Ross.svg

Medieval - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Naval_Jack_of_the_United_States.svg (just because it'd be awesome)

Renaissance - Industrial http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/US_flag_37_stars.svg

Modern: Duh

Future: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/US_51-star_alternate_flag.svg

Though it is true we'd still just be adding stars between Reniassance and Modern.
 
Maybe the future one could incorporate the Great Seal of the United States of America or something.
 
 
Future, it's just white :lol: Seriously, what abut a hybrid EU-French Republic Flag?
 
Vortilex said:
Future, it's just white :lol: Seriously, what abut a hybrid EU-French Republic Flag?
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The official flag from 1815-1830 WAS a pure white flag. Not to mention 1815 was the Vienna Congress, which officially ended the Napoleonic Wars... :mischief:

Anyways, since the EU is basically just France's equivalent to NATO, mind as well just make it the EU flag, screw a mixture of them.
 
The Capo said:
Wow, wasn't going to get this specific, I'll put up previews of what I had in mind for these civs and maybe a couple others.
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What will you do about overlapping civs?
Egypt and Arabia (since Arabia has Nasser)
Franks/France & Germany
Khmer/Vietnam & Siam

etc.
 
My goal is to avoid using the same flag for more than one civ. So basically if there is a flag that a modular civ will use, I won't use it. I think after you see the next preview you'll have an idea as to what I am doing here.
 
 
I had a plan for England already, I'll unveil it soon. I would really like to get that ancient/classical one made though. That'd be nice.
 
Okay, here is the next flag progression preview. There are some with more changes (like Germany) than others (like Egypt), but I think they are pretty decent. I wasn't sure what to use for Germany's Medieval-era so I just used the Bohemian flag thing. Similarly, for England, I'd like a better classical flag but this one works:

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I was thinking of switching the American Industrial to the Medieval spot and bumping the other two up to Renaissance and Industrial, and obviously they don't have 13 stars (they have 12), but I can fix that. The next one, and last preview, I'll do for these flags will include some more obscure civs/civs that don't normally have flags. So we'll see what I could come up with for that one.
 

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Illuminati flag for Future Egypt? Are you implying that Egypt will erode into terrorism in far future? I'm being serious, that's a symbol for a (presumably) dead terrorist group.

I'm also not digging the English set. I think St. Geroge's cross should be used in the Medieval times, along with Renaissance like it currently is. Also, why the Coat of Arms for Industrial? Why not the original Union flag (Just Scotland and England)? Also, Future, if not the NATO flag (I really don't know what I was thinking...), Why not a Union Jack with the Welsh Dragon, my proposed modern flag? I can see then that Britain will, in an act of British Nationalism, add a Welsh symbol to the jack so they're not left out.

My final complaint is the HRE for Renaissance. By the time the Renaissance first came, the HRE was enstenally dead, and Napoleonic Wars (Which happened right before the Industrial Revolution) killed it off for good. You shouldn't represent the death of HRE, but when it had strength. Move Renaissance flag to Medieval, and either also keep it for renaissance to show it was still there, or make the Industrial to show the rise of Prussia.

I say yes to the changes for America. Makes more sense that way.
 
Omega124 said:
Illuminati flag for Future Egypt? Are you implying that Egypt will erode into terrorism in far future? I'm being serious, that's a symbol for a (presumably) dead terrorist group.
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I didn't know that was an Illuminati flag. Are you sure it is? I figured it'd suit future-Egypt well.

I'm also not digging the English set. I think St. Geroge's cross should be used in the Medieval times, along with Renaissance like it currently is. Also, why the Coat of Arms for Industrial? Why not the original Union flag (Just Scotland and England)? Also, Future, if not the NATO flag (I really don't know what I was thinking...), Why not a Union Jack with the Welsh Dragon, my proposed modern flag? I can see then that Britain will, in an act of British Nationalism, add a Welsh symbol to the jack so they're not left out.
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Well during the Renaissance, for the most part, the St. George's cross flag would have been used. I wanted to put the Plantagenet lions in, and that fits best in the Medieval era.

My final complaint is the HRE for Renaissance. By the time the Renaissance first came, the HRE was enstenally dead, and Napoleonic Wars (Which happened right before the Industrial Revolution) killed it off for good. You shouldn't represent the death of HRE, but when it had strength. Move Renaissance flag to Medieval, and either also keep it for renaissance to show it was still there, or make the Industrial to show the rise of Prussia.
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That eagle isn't the HRE eagle, that is the Swabian Eagle. And I figured Prussia's is pretty simlar so I used it.

I say yes to the changes for America. Makes more sense that way.
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My only reservation is on the flag for medieval Germany. I could be wrong here, but wasn't that the flag for one of the many states within the HRE?
 
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