Callamandian Military Information Graphics

These graphics contain additional information to help out reader understanding of the end of The Woodward Academy, Year 7, and all of The Woodward Academy, Year 8.

was the military uniform also green?  I thought you mentioned it was green in way-7 chapter 11.  If it is, might the green in the insignias get lost in the background green of the uniform?  Of course, I could be wrong and need to reread chapter 11... which I plan to do before chapter 12 lands.

Yes, the uniform is green.  And the green background of the insignia is intended to get "lost" against the color of the uniform.  The gold and silver are the rank indicators (shape, in the case of gold, and level, in the case of silver).  The green could just as easily have been omitted from the insignia altogether, and just been an empty hole.  It was made solid for durability purposes.

Eric Storm

ok... although the gold border doesn't quite look gold, on my display anyway.  It looks to be a lighter or brighter form of pastel green (maybe yellow green).  But not what I think of as gold.  I suppose it could be my display though.

hmm i see your point for the officer and senior officer insignia's . but if you are not very close or under limited visibility the enlisted insignia will be difficult to differentiate i think.  also the Liderra and Arkigo would look a lot alike under less then optimal visibility. though i don't think one will mistake the equivalent of a general for a sergeant in reality.

Barbarian3165 wrote:

ok... although the gold border doesn't quite look gold, on my display anyway.  It looks to be a lighter or brighter form of pastel green (maybe yellow green).  But not what I think of as gold.  I suppose it could be my display though.

Taken straight from Photoshop, the color used is (122, 127, 33).  This is admittedly closer to brass than gold, but it is hardly "pastel yellow-green".  The insignias do have a "reflection" effect on them, however, so the exact color will depend on just where you're looking.

Cheezes wrote:

hmm i see your point for the officer and senior officer insignia's . but if you are not very close or under limited visibility the enlisted insignia will be difficult to differentiate i think.  also the Liderra and Arkigo would look a lot alike under less then optimal visibility. though i don't think one will mistake the equivalent of a general for a sergeant in reality.

I'd like you to take a look at the image below:


Please take special note of the ranks for 2nd and 1st Lieutenant, and Major and Lt. Col.

YOU try telling those apart at twilight from more than five feet away.  The shapes are identical.  The color, especially in this subdued form (which is what they wear in the field), is pretty close.

Hell, even the stripes for First Sergeant vs. Sergeant Major are going to be tricky.

It's your job to know who you're talking to, or who's talking to you.  There would be other cues on their uniform, like "time in service" marks, to give a hint as to rank.

However, to help all you new recruits out, the Callamandian Army Protocol Office has put out the following guide:

IS THAT A LIDERRA, OR AN ARKIGO?

1. Are you an officer?

     Yes:
          a. Did they salute you?
               Yes: It's a liderra.
               No: It's an arkigo.  Salute, you stupid shit.

     No:
          It doesn't matter.  Salute and do whatever the fuck you're told.

We hope that this guide will help you stay out of trouble.

Eric Storm

Agreed, in the dark First Sgt/Master Sgt and CSM are pretty similar.  The ranks that you've created look very much like those that would pin onto a dress uniform.  Those in the post above are subdued to be sewn onto combat uniforms, I'm guessing that even wizards would agree with the practicality of sewn on rank with subdued colors for combat, perhaps with gold converting to a brown and green converting to black to stand out just enough to be made out when a person is close.

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Perhaps, though honestly, converting is probably wasted effort in the case of wizards, given that the only point of the conversion is to make you harder to find, and wizards have other than visual means for finding you...

And arkigos, who would probably never actually step anywhere near an active battlefield, would have no need of alternate insignia...

Eric Storm

ok, to be honest, I wasn't thinking of the grey section in some of the ranks as being significant.  With the background it was sitting on it looked more like it was the see through color even though the texture was gone.  So I was thinking the green fill had some significance when it was just supposed to depict the color of the uniform it would be sewn onto.

As to the outline color, well, pastel yellow green was my interpretation.  Sorry.

Are the Calamandian rank insignias supposed to be sewn on the uniform or are they more of a badge/pin?  If they are sewn on, then maybe the borders (gold color lines) should have a dense stitched pattern and not just a smooth line effect.

As far as real world rank insignia, I'm not even going to bother commenting.

Callamandian rank insignia are metal pins worn on the collar.

I had not considered that the background color was similar to the silver color used in the designs.  My apology for the confusion.

Eric Storm

Found on this site just once and can't find it again: Callamandia and Earth maps overlaid on a Google Map page. Help me please.

Thread titled "Map of Dugerra", in my section of the forum.  Link below:

Map of Dugerra discussion thread

Eric Storm

Thanks. Bookmarked it too as I know ill be going back to it for reference.
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