Banners (part 1)

This is going to be the first in a series about making banners. The old school way. Back in the ‘90s GW sold banner stickers in blister packs. While it was a fast and easy way to make banners, it was very boring. I mean, who wants their flags to look like the other guy’s? Back then color printers were hard to come by and 3D printing was science fiction. Plus, you want your stuff to have soul and art and stuff, don’t you? 

If you’re seeing this before you’ve checked out Orlygg’s awesome series of posts on banners, you should definitely check it out: http://realmofchaos80s.blogspot.com/2013/05/arcane-armorials-constructing-oldhammer.html?m=1

Basically, the only real difference between me and Orlygg is the raw materials used. I like to use aluminum cans because it was and is very common and accessible then and today. “Tall boys” are perfect because they give you lots of material to work with. I start by cutting the top and bottom off with some shop scissors.

After the the top and bottom is cut off, cut the cylinder long ways.

Don’t worry about being precise here, that comes later. And here it comes.

Take a straight edge and a sharp blade and cut the can into smaller rectangles. I went with 2” x 4” for army standards and 1” x 2” for unit standards.

The size and shape is really up to you. We’ll be getting into that in the next episode on banners so stay turned and let’s see where this takes us.