Award Image Used As Postbit Variable

[ShakiraFuego]

I would like to have an award-type image show up underneath some users' post count/profile areas in their posts. Only a select few would be able to use the award, so I made a custom hidden profile field that only I can edit. However, when I try to use the img src code in the field area, it's somehow converted to characters instead of reading the code as HTML. How would I be able to use the image underneath the post count?

I tried putting the img code in the postbit template, but for those that don't have the field set for the award, an x shows up with an invalid image.

I currently have the following code in the postbit template:

<table cellpadding="2 cellspacing="2" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td style="background-color: {firstaltcolor}; border: 1px solid {tablebordercolor}" width="100%"><smallfont>Joined: $post[joindate]<br>Age: $age<br>Gender: $post[field6]<br>Location: $post[field2]<br>Posts: $post[posts]</smallfont></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br><center>
$post[field8]</center>

Field8 is the award field. What do I place there to allow the image to show on those who can use it?

[K4L]

Yer I want to be able to do this as well.. an award image in some members' posts. How would I do that?