all right bros (and sisters, too): last night at the Mezz, dr. ludicruous and mr. *rey* were talking about how the majority of the flags and banners will need to be replaced for 2008. some of them are starting to look and smell their age. this is to be done in the off-season. MLS Cup is the weekend of November 17th (after we win it again) and the Texian Army Year-End Bash is probably the following week. no rest for the wicked, bcuz that's only 2 months away. please use this post for design suggestions. please see dr. ludicrous and *rey* if you have suggestions, comments or would like to help in the painting. last year we had a good group come out to help. NOTE: please be serious about this. these are our flags and what represents us, Texian Army. keep BS jokes, lame designs and your fkn' ego out of this discussion. last year's designs: this one is missing by the way. who has it?
please. i never go on the TA boards. its a bunch of losers. besides, last year the best idea came from a non-active Texian Army member. the brainstorming is better over here. no stop fkn with this thread!
Speaking of Flags and Banners, we need an inventory check of our current stock. We have (had) 7 of the Tri-Bar Flags. Whomever got the new pvc flag poles good job, yet they are too thick and we need the 3/4 ones. The Lion of Judah and Black Star are in good order. The Misfits one I have not seen in a while. Kat is right however, IMHO I would prefer this line of discussion be taken to our private boards. Sabes Rey!
Technically, yes. But the flag was made as an alternate version of the regular come and take it flag. If they wanted to add another star for another year, that's fine too.
Truth, but we are the Lone Star State. Anymore Championships and we will have to go to the "Ace" set up. Each star is for 5 MLS Cup victories. A club can never have too many Championships, but too many stars starts to look gaudy. You blackbirds have made your crest into a Cops badge with all those gold stars!
I know this will probably be impossible (expensive and hard to find), but wouldn't it be cool to have the six flags that have been flown over Texas? http://www.lsjunction.com/facts/6flags.htm
Dude that's awesome you brought that up! It would be a sweet lookin' flag. Could be Old Espana, Old French, Mexican National on one side and then Texas State, USA and then CSA on the other. In the middle put a big Orange state of Texas on a black background. Back in the day with our old Houston HurricaneS FC I incorporated the concept of celebrating the Six FLags Over Texas as a way of organizing the seating sections at Butler and Delmar. It never really was able to gain traction. Very few BigSoccer die hards made it out to those HISD Stadiums back then.
how would you go about that? i mean, i was thinking about ordering them all and just flying them seprately, but really like your idea, sew them into a tapestry flag? is there a good way of painting it?
by the way, this is a great place for historical flags... http://www.texasflagman.com/catalog/index.php
Flying them seperately just sends a different message IMHO. Seperate they speak of each culture but put together with the State of Texas at center speaks to one culture....ours! Each Flag left its mark on our heritage and that's the angle I tried to run with back in the day. Not to mention Houston's massive diversity. All put togther and the Six Flags Over Texas speaks to how the beautiful game and our Dynamo can continue to be the cornerstone of this in our city.
Hmmm. I'll look into it. Those old French and Spanish flags might be tough as will the Confederate national flag. The Battle Flag is easy but I don't think we want to carry that one in. There is a really good flag store, American Eagle Trading, on Harwin that might have them. Their website says they have the French one. We could cheat a little and carry the Castile y Leon Spanish flag. Actually that one is correct for one period of Spanish rule over Texas so it would work. They have that one as well. And they have the Stars and Bars. I should be able to get out to that store this weekend and try to get them.
Yes, I am a very big stickler for the true CSA National Flag aka the 'Stars and Bars' as produced in 1861. The Confederate 'Battle' Flag is just that, the banner taken into battle. Unfortunately it has been hijacked by psychos and haters for so long that it's been ruined for public display. Quanel X would throw a shit fit in the mold of Sylvia and who knows how the media would run with it to sell some sheets. This is the Flag of Coronado, Ponce de Leon and the like who traversed the Guld Coast and Plains states. It's what is in use in Austin. Get them in the lightest material possible cuz with my Texian Army Battle Flag that SOB can get heavy with so much fabrique. Nylon is needed sports fans.
there's no complicated flag for the TIFO committee anymore (actually we're a 2-man shop, but we depend on the help of many able/talented volunteers). that's the purpose of this thread. share ideas and if the majority agrees it will be produced. my aunt has access to industrial sewing machines (she works for an interior decorator). someone get me all the flags and i will return with the tapestry. simple as that......if you need money for the flag purchase see Dre or Nobious about that.
deal, and idea. sewing together six three by 5 flags with a middle row for a dynamo logo/ star/ whatever would make a (math time)..... ... ... ... ... 9 by 20 flag, think that would be a decent overhead flag? need more size? edit: also found the fleur 23 http://www.eagleflag.com/hist/fleurdlis23.html
go with Castile & Leon since that's the proper one. and i think we all agree no confederate battle flag, but the national flag will be OK. heck, the majority of people won't know unless your a History Nerd. and besides we're flying it with everything else as part of our historical background and not putting it front and center. ps - more atrocities were comitted under the Spanish flag during that time then the CSA flag. this isn't even debatable. the Spanish tore up sht from Argentina to present-day Oregon. also in Northern Africa, Europe, the Holy Land and Asia. not even close.....
you mean 9' X 15'. i wish it was bigger, but in this instance we're going to be limited by the size of the nylon flags. and don't worry we're working on something BIGGER with another design. suggestion for placement: [Castile&Leon] [Fleurd'Lis] [Mexico] [plainOrangeNylon] [DynamoLogoFlag] [plainBlackNylon] [CSA] [LoneStarTexas] [USA] any other suggestions on placement? can someone photoshop. please galaxykat!!!!!!!!!! i promise to be nicer to people.
I like being a History Nerd that can and will kick people's teeth in. Not to mention the small matter that slavery was common practice for roughly 250 years under the British Union Jack and of course common under the Stars and Stripes for 90 years. But no one makes a fuss about those flags being waved where as the CSA flag flew for 4 years almost to the day....a freakin' World Cup cycle and yet it's attacked for the legacy. Sam Houston lost his place in Texas politics cuz he wanted to see Texas remain in the Union. That took balls the size of the AstroDome to stand tall like that back then!
Yes, don't ******** up the chronological order Rey. Its Espana, the Frogs, the Mexicans, Texas as a Republic, the USA and then the CSA.
hey i meant it in a nice way! let's make this tapestry happen bro, its going to be nice. and it may be able to happen before the playoffs this year since we only have to acquire and sew. but we're going to have to be nice to this one and keep it clean (fold it after use) since it involves national flags and we got to respect all of them. i know you understand. any ideas on placement of flags?