[Jasper]

The Warhammer 40K does Dominions effect is pretty funny!

Some of the icons work well, and I think this would be an improvement over the default if the shield pattern were culturally appropriate (e.g. round shields for Vanheim), and you had some sort of wood or metal background rather than white.

Or perhaps go back to something like the default banners, but with some design on them beyond just a solid color.