Welcome to Imagine Image Multimedia 

Supporting the military history and miniatures hobby with  Hex Command Rules for Wargames  in the Ancients, Gunpowder and Mechanized eras,  "Raptors" Air Combat,  Hex Command "Oceans" and  now in development,  Hex Command "NOVA" rules for combat in an off-world, future era. 

For gamers with no easy access to other miniature gamers, we Broadcast Miniature Games.  

We also provide 12 foot long Hex or Square Grid Paper in just about ANY color, a growing Articles section including how-to's, Maps, Scenarios, After Action Reports, Ideas and more.   

Our flagship, one-subscription price package of software and artwork is called

The Wargames Archive

This includes Game Mapper:  affordable and effective campaign and battle map creation software, and 

Paper General Miniatures 
and Terrain

plus 

exclusive member-only deals from select vendors, automatic access to new products and more.   

Since 1995

FLGEN: Flag-Generator

Flag Size: For 25mm figures a good size is the default 100 X 100 pixels, which for most displays comes out to 25mm X 25mm. The current symbols and shapes have been designed for this size flag.

Acknowledgements:

  • Thanks to Bruce Gordon for permission to copy from his national shield images for use here. Please visit his Regnal Histories site. It is a great resource for historical research.

  • Thanks to Steven B. Madewell for permission to copy his heraldic images for use here. Please visit his Association of Amateur Heralds site. It is a great resource for heraldic information.

User Interface:

  • The general mechanics are similar to GBGEN. Click here to read its help page.
  • There are some important differences, however, when in mutli-select mode:
    • ctrl+k: Toggle out of select mode

    • ctrl+c: Copy all selected elements and paste them onto the screen (ctrl+v does not apply).

    • ctrl+j: Flip all selected images left-right.

    • ctrl+t: Bring all selected elements to the top.

    • r or l: Free-rotate all selected images right or left.

    • ctrl+y: Center all selected elements in the nearest flag pane. If multiple are selected, they will all be piled atop one another. usually you use this to center a background or a single image.

    • ctrl+q: Center all selected elements in the nearest quarter area of the nearest flag.

    • ctrl+x: Delete all selected elements.

    • ctrl+g: Rotate all selected images 180 degrees CW.

    • ctrl+9: Rotate all selected images 90 degrees CW.

    • ctrl+w: Rotate all selected images by 15 degrees CW.

    • ctrl+m: Shrink all selected images by 10%
  • Use the color blocks feature to create lines and rectangles of different colors, lengths, and thicknesses. You can give them a thin black border. You can also rotate them, the same as images. You have to click the "place color blocks" checkbox to get them to be created when you click in the flag area.