Adding custom 'badges' to specific users

[adamadamadam]

Hello,

I am wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction for adding custom badges to specific users.

What I would like to do is make it so user X has a badge - just an image, really - tied to their account so that whenever they post it appears in their post.

Here is an example of how our current posts look.

My understanding is that user Ranks could work for this, but from what I can tell they are placed whereever the user info is placed (location, post count, etc). Is this correct? Can that be edited?

I would love to learn how to make the badge appear in...
...the space that a signature occupies, only the badge is justified to the right. Or...
...just to the left of the 'Report' button in my link above. Or...
...after their information. Or...
...under their avatar.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you