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Tounushi

I've always associated the bugle as a symbol of the postal service...

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Do you want exquisite or simple insignia? In any case, you have to have a clear system: rank grades signified by various insignia. Don't try the american system, as it's too complex insignia-wise. The finnish system uses a clear system of insignia: small rosettes and large rosettes for offs and seni...

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The Finnish air force.

AF flag (since 1919)
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Finland_Air_force.gif[/img]

emblem
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Suomen_Ilmavoimien_tunnus.svg/484px-Suomen_Ilmavoimien_tunnus.svg.png[/img]

Tounushi

Do you remember the name of the show?

Kinda looks like an episode of the Outer Limits.
They got plenty of mish-mashed sci-fi stories.

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You should put all of these insignia in a .pdf or a book or smtn. It would be easier to browse through them, and it would serve as educational material. BTW, I'm trying to come up with a list of [url=http://forum.uniforminsignia.org/viewtopic.php?t=6124&highlight=]specializations[/url] (for a fi...

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The Finnish army used stars in their rank insignia in 1918-1919. m/22 onwards we've used heraldic roses for officers and lions for generals. Ever since m/36, our insignia haven't changed much: [img]http://www.mil.fi/varusmies/arvomerkki/images/maav_arvom_eng.jpg[/img] One rather interesting note abo...

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I doubt the resistance would devote too much for uniforms other than BDUs, as they are fighting a power that basically controls most of the earth's material resources. The stuff the Resistance uses is merely leftovers. The generals and admirals in Resistance HQ wore their own national rank insignia....

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I think the kiregsmarine's badge would feature either a luftwaffe eagle clutching an anchor or an eagle rising/flying above a ship or some waves.

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I did a set of insignia a while back as a request. I noticed that some of the officers had a small plate on their undertunic collar, so it got me thinking. The uniforms had no shoulderstraps (which would've been covered by peripheral paraphernalia), no sleevestripes and no other such obvious places....

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For some reason I doubt Chav' will be using military nomenclature with the possible Guard. Of course it will follow a military pattern, but since we are, for the time being, unsure about the nomenclature of the ranks, we should stick to NATO codes on the issue. On the issue, what nomenclature do you...

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Since officers carry the greater burden of command in their units, the chain of command should be as simple as possible: an officer commanding a unit and someone to assist. This has been followed in most modern militaries: platoon is commanded by a lieutenant, assisted by a senior NCO; company is he...

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The combined commonwealth military sporting british-style rank insignia...
Not too much of a stretch, but I think they'd think of new insignia, while retaining the pattern.

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I think it goes smtn like this: Corporal commands sections/fireteams of troopers, (four to six troops) Sergeants command squads made of sections/fireteams (two or three sections) Junior Ltn commands a platoon made of squads (four or five squads) Senior Ltn commands a company (two or three platoons),...

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I know you're trying to eschew any national styles or heraldry for these insignia, but those geometric shapes make the insignia look a lot like [url=http://www.uniforminsignia.net/?option=com_insigniasearch&Itemid=53&result=1956]early soviet rank insignia[/url]. Guess it's all about the same...

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I am an administrator of the site now and the update are for mostly translation & rank issues, fixing missing insignia and putting official links and sites The translations are by google translator, right? Or can you make translations to the system? 'Cause the finnish translations are a bit... ...

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Just noticed that the site has been tweaked some more. The translator is a really nice touch! Seems that the buggy google map or whatnot has been replaced by the visitor bar. Didn't know there are so many finns checking out the place.... Or am I the only one, checking the site nigh compulsively? And...

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Zdzislaw Rudzki // Sun 28.12.2008 12:30 +0000 As far as I know most illustrations are originaly made in Corel Draw (so it's vector graphics) and then converted to jpg or gif. At least Pavel, and Magnum (Mariusz) are using Corel. So there isn't any central repository for the vector elements (wreaths...

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Seems I'm being ignored, but.... I'm ignored all the time, so I don't mind... smilies-14 Anyway, I asked if the images on the main site are made with vector graphs, and if the resources would be available when so requested. So are they vectors and can we, the enthusiasts, use the resources? Even if ...

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Bit late, but...
Hyvää Joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta!
(Merry Xmas and a happy new year!)

Actually christmas ends here on december 26th. It's called Tapanin Päivä (Day of Tapani), when the tree is taken back to the woods and the decorations are removed.

Tounushi

BTW, what format are the images in?
What program was used to make them?
If they're done in vector graphics, would the SVGs be available?

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As I said, the branches can be influenced by military doctrine, but It'd be useful to see a generalized "branch structure." If you wanna add more, the quote the branch and add the subbranch eg. Infantry -rifles -mortars -quote- Infantry -rifles -mortars -quote- +recon And these are for gen...

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A difficulty would of course be the fact that certain branch specialties (e.g. mechanised infantry/cavalry) would be largely be based on different militaries' doctrine. Bu I think if we all devote a little bit of our thinking power, we could have a comprehensive list for this matter. So here's my li...

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The new search system needs getting use to, but otherwise kinda cool!
Bit colder than before, though...

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'Ello, ya'll! I was wondering if there'd be a comprehensive list of all possible branches/specialisations from various arms of service, e.g. infantry, artillery, signals, etc. Not meaning just those basic lines, but their more specialized parts: -Infantry --rifles --mortars etc. etc. etc. So how'bou...

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lordziba // Thu 04.12.2008 Hi, Tounushi , really nice job. I have not seen anything good from Finland since the Star Wreck the Pirkininig smilies-33 ! I might be a first critic though, since I've been there done that. However, I do the images by hand and color them. My question though, if this Star...

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Could you possibly tell me how I could purchase whatever program your using because Microsoft Paint just isent cutting it. I use(d) Photoshop Elements for my gallery. Now I'm collecting raw materials in vector graphics, so I could remake all of it. That should add consistency and the level of detai...

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Hello, everyone at IEUI forums! I've been browsing this site for some years now, and partly based my own rank insignia on the material that's here. I've tried to enter the forums a few times, but the system doesn't accept hotmail... But, now I'm here and ready to participate! I run a gallery at devi...

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