Flags for Glasto 2009

[mynameisearl]

i need help! i am a flag newbie and am making a flag for this year.

I have yet to acquire my telescopic pole and what not.

my question is: how do you attach the flag pole to the ground? is it with a spike or what?

may seem a daft question but i am quite miffed as what to buy to do so :S

any help would be apprieciated. Thankyou

[Sparky]

Here it is from a distance

Some may argue that we're compensating for having small penises, but i couldn't possibly comment.

[ampersand]

I thinks it's a 10 meter that we could only extend to 8 safely. We just thought f**k it big=good so we'll just do it. Many a mashed pennard hill camper was thankful for it.

I think we'll be more creative with flags this year

[Chazeboy]

Here it is from a distance

Some may argue that we're compensating for having small penises, but i couldn't possibly comment.

[freehugs!]

Yeah with a spike. You may need more than one to support it if you go for a larger pole. I've got 3 for my 7m one.

I got mine from here Skyblueleisure as I suspect many others did too.

[Paul ™]

Instead of buying spikes, just use old tent poles if you have any

[freehugs!]

Instead of buying spikes, just use old tent poles if you have any

[Paul ™]

good shout but how would it stay up by itself?

[mynameisearl]

Right, ordered my flag this afternoon so hopefully it should be here for the start of next week. Couple of questions. Last year I used Dylon fabric pens which were ok but a bit faint. This year I think I'll need to use paint to get the colours I need, am I best using Dylon fabric paint? Any other suggestions for good brands?

Also whilst I am here, for those that use fairy lights to brighten up your flag pole, what size of cable do you have? I have a 7m pole but the only lights I can see at a reasonable price only have a 3.5m cable.

[Paul ™]

Right, ordered my flag this afternoon so hopefully it should be here for the start of next week. Couple of questions. Last year I used Dylon fabric pens which were ok but a bit faint. This year I think I'll need to use paint to get the colours I need, am I best using Dylon fabric paint? Any other suggestions for good brands?

Also whilst I am here, for those that use fairy lights to brighten up your flag pole, what size of cable do you have? I have a 7m pole but the only lights I can see at a reasonable price only have a 3.5m cable.

Edited April 17, 2009 by Paul ™

[mynameisearl]

Am yer man here

I posted earlier in the thread the paint I used the past couple years, search back mate. Comes in loads of colours/effects and is fairly cheap. Goes on well and lasts for ages

Also I have 5 metre pole and use 2 sets of lights to go right up

But got new lights at 4 metres long so just going to use one set of them. Link on eBay below

Link

They are good quality, take around a week to arrive. They flash too

Edited April 17, 2009 by mynameisearl

[Paul ™]

See my edit for a link to said paint.

Aye got it at Hobbycraft at the Fort, £3 a tub I think it was.

They are pretty waterproof. The 2 sets I got for 2007 season still work plus 2 sets from last year

Add the 3 sets of those lights off eBay and we will have planes landing at eFest Camps this year

I'd go for the ones I linked.. they also do 1 colour ones.. works out cheaper from Hong Kong

Edited April 17, 2009 by Paul ™

[mynameisearl]

See my edit for a link to said paint.

Aye got it at Hobbycraft at the Fort, £3 a tub I think it was.

They are pretty waterproof. The 2 sets I got for 2007 season still work plus 2 sets from last year

Add the 3 sets of those lights off eBay and we will have planes landing at eFest Camps this year

I'd go for the ones I linked.. they also do 1 colour ones.. works out cheaper from Hong Kong

[Paul ™]

They are fine, get a little rusty but nothing too bad.

Plus the ones I linked are longer at 4m and have 30 lights not 20

[mynameisearl]

They are fine, get a little rusty but nothing too bad.

Plus the ones I linked are longer at 4m and have 30 lights not 20

[Paul ™]

Look at my pics on Facebook for enthusiasm

[alemart]

Glastonbury without the flags just wouldn't be the same. I think they're great, though never took one myself.

But find they're certainly useful navigation aids after numerous toilet breaks!!!

[ampersand]

ill be gettin some solar powered lights from ebay

that along with about 5 flags on my pole will be quality.

may buy a smaller pole for one of the flags for pyramid like the cool kids do

[mynameisearl]

For those who like to Rasterbate, what size of image do you normally do for a 5 x 3 flag? To me 8 sheets seems to be about the best?

[Paul ™]

For those who like to Rasterbate

[ampersand]

For those who like to Rasterbate, what size of image do you normally do for a 5 x 3 flag? To me 8 sheets seems to be about the best?

[mynameisearl]

hehe

Edited April 17, 2009 by mynameisearl

[ampersand]

Trust you!

I thought 3x6 would be far too big, 2x4 looks a better size for text as well?

*Edit - The text isn't part of the image.

Haha cheers for the tip.

Edited April 17, 2009 by ampersand

[mynameisearl]

nah, 3x6 is perfect. 18 sheets. my first flag, ive got half the flag left at the side for text.

ill post an image if i can get it on here from my phone

get an a4 sheet, and count out your flag with it. it will be around 3 sheets tall and probably a bit more than 6 wide.

[scappaflow]

That'll look really good, are you going to paint it? You could just buy a scotland flag and an ireland flag cut then in half and sew them back together?