A New Coat of Arms Thread

[TigerLion]

Here is my coat of arm from the republic of Vindetta (my virtual nation)

[False Dmitri]

What's odd about your original "hand painted" shield is that wyverns, as I'm familiar with them, are usually drawn with forelegs and no hind legs, the reverse of yours. When I google "wyvern" it does show me some images where the reverse is true, but these are mostly modern, fantasy-setting wyverns where the anatomy is defined more by Logic and Reason, than for the bizarre legless beast of traditional heraldry. A "wyvern displayed" would probably have two arms sticking up above the wings, not two birdlike legs down below... at least in my opinion.

[Lord Grattan]

Originally Posted by Krall

How about something like this?

The bold blue highlights .

[Krall]

Originally Posted by Lord Grattan

The bold blue highlights .

Is that good or bad? I can never tell.

[Lord Grattan]

Originally Posted by Krall

Is that good or bad? I can never tell.

I like it Krall, the eye just looked a little eerie to me.


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I could not find a Wyvern displayed (it appears that eagles are the only birds/creatures featured as "displayed" in heraldry), so I created one:

[The Professor]

Looks nice I'll think I'll play with it a bit.

Anyways, here is the large Coat of Arms of Beerhaven based on our Chief Herald's drawing.

EDIT: gah used wrongly spelled motto again...

[Lord Grattan]

Alternate CoA for California:

[False Dmitri]

Originally Posted by The Professor

Looks nice I'll think I'll play with it a bit.

Anyways, here is the large Coat of Arms of Beerhaven based on our Chief Herald's drawing.

EDIT: gah used wrongly spelled motto again...

Wow! Where'd you find the clipart for a wreath of hops?

[The Professor]

Originally Posted by Benkarnell

Wow! Where'd you find the clipart for a wreath of hops?

I didn't. I had to make it in the end by cut and pasting the image of hops from one of the arms on wikimedia.
I can send you all the separate layers if you want My Chief Herald

[Saya Aensland]

The Árpád dynasty survives longer than OTL, and Hungary's CoA reflects it accordingly.

[Maharajah]

Originally Posted by Saya Aensland

The Árpád dynasty survives longer than OTL, and Hungary's CoA reflects it accordingly.

And nobody ever bent the cross?

[False Dmitri]

Originally Posted by The Professor

I didn't. I had to make it in the end by cut and pasting the image of hops from one of the arms on wikimedia.
I can send you all the separate layers if you want My Chief Herald

Oh, you don't need to do that. I was just curious.

A re-post from the Flag Thread, but with the flag part cropped away: the arms of Georg Christian Guelph, Duke of Brunswick and from 1802 the Emperor of Poland and Bohemia. Inescutcheon: Poland, bearing Guelph as a herzschild. Quarters: Bohemia (1 & 7), Pomerania (2), Austria (3 & 6), Moravia (4), Styria (5), Pomerania (en pointe). Crown is the Imperial Crown of St. Wenceslas. Collar is for the Order of St. Luke, a *Protestant/*Hussite offshoot of the Teutonic Order that is linked to the monarchy. Consists of flames (badge of the Premyslid dynasty, which preceded the Guelphs) and Teutonic crosses; emblem of an ox and book representing St. Luke.

[False Dmitri]

Double post . I discovered this recently in a sketchbook I had abandoned. I made it for AH.Com politics, but the political system collapsed before it was finished. It's the Small Arms of Sai, the Empress of AH.Com. The quarterings represent her different titles: Empress of AH.Com (inescutcheon), Sultana of the Holy Sealion (1), Imperatrix of the Tasty Stir Fry (2), Kaiserin of Chaos (3), Queen of Thai Kick Boxing (4). The Alien Space Bat en pointe illustrates her dominion over such creatures. Collar: The Order of Turtledove, a conceptual chivalrification of the Turtledove Awards. Consists of butterflies and globes, with an emblem depicting a dove and a sea turtle.

[False Dmitri]

Triple post . I read recently that some Protestant clergy ensign their arms with Geneva bonnets, the hilarious hats that the Reformers wore. I tried it out, and I paired it with TheProfessor's "tessy" blazon design (azure, tessy argent and Or). The motto translates to "Without love I am nothing", a paraphrase from 1 Corinthians 13. Biblical quotes make for easy mottoes, since St. Jerome's bible is all online.

[Maharajah]

More awesomeness! Both are very nice! But where'd you read about Geneva bonnets? I can't seem to find anything about them on Google.

[False Dmitri]

I first read about it on Wikipedia, actually . Here's a site that illustrates a lot of them. It's in Swedish.
http://www.heraldik.se/heraldica/top...?TOPIC_ID=1347

[Lord Grattan]

Ben, again, as always, I am in awe of your artistic skill!

[wormyguy]

Originally Posted by Lord Grattan

Alternate CoA for California:

The Russians?

[Lord Grattan]

Originally Posted by wormyguy

The Russians?

Not neccessarily, just a California which separates itself fom Mexico w/o US intervention.

[Hapsburg]

Originally Posted by Lord Grattan

Alternate CoA for California:

Talk about the right to bear arms...