Kali Yuga: The Age of Conflict

Thank you random response generator of the search engine DuckDuckGo. I have managed to be gifted information about flags since I got curious abount Hindu banners. Why is this important? I had no idea about them and figured it might be better to have some frame of reference.

Apparently the big reference I keep coming across is the story of the Mahabharata. Research is always a dive into the unknown and these are waters generally unfamiliar to me. In the book, which seems similar in a way to the Iliad as a “someone done somebody wrong story, each warrior had his own personal standard and the narrator described each with their favored fighting style. With that in mind I’m using the palm tree used by the character Bhishmacharya (who led archers) and the moon with planets for Yudhisthra (the leader of some spear chukkers). I’ll be adding a very simplified image for the Hindu goddess of corn/plenty on the next banner (cavalry). The future tiger riders will likely get a tiger just for simplicity and ease of my brain. Don’t anyone ask me to try and actually write any names out in Sanskrit or get into the language background. Research has its limit to being fun and I’ve reached maximum depth to delve into these.

I have gotten a significant portion of the army painted

The drawback is that I need to be consistent in painting models to achieve great results in short order. Problems in workflow are just issues to be overcome. The growth from painting singular rpg models has been long and storied.

I looked at my paint scheme and realized that it started looking like the modern Indian flag. Despite the color balance I’m glad to have changed it to the greater value distinction I did. These figures pop much more than I thought they would. I like the way all these little people look and the colors please my eye. Onward to the cavalry and monsters. I hope the tigers get designed sooner than later while I focus on the big stuff.

Knowing that the swastika is a symbol older than was made infamous nearly a century ago I decided to add it on the shields of these Hindu fellows. I’ll probably get flack from this but I’ll gladly refer to the many images and just settle on the book “Gentle Swastika” by the late Canadian artist known as ManWoman.