Help with Blazon

 
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06 February 2007 17:15
 

My daughter appears to have developed an interest in heraldry as well, could someone help with the blazon for this

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06 February 2007 19:12
 

How about this -

(public attempt at blazoning #3:rolleyes: )

 

Arsm:  Azure a Unicorn rampant ungued and attired Or and in chief two crosses bottany argent voided azure

 

Crest:  A lion rampant proper maned or

 
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06 February 2007 21:26
 

Andrew J Vidal wrote:

Crest:  A lion rampant proper maned or


I think the lion should be blazoned as Or… also, if you want the tail to be knotted it should be described as "nowed" as in…

 

A lion rampant nowed Or

 
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06 February 2007 21:35
 

Also, it bears a fair resemblance to Mr. Center’s Arms over at HSS…

does anyone know if they are too similar?

 
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06 February 2007 22:38
 

I’m not sure how that would work.  The look similar in layout, but each of the charges are different as well as the crest.  I’d leave that to more knowledgeable fellows!

So, was my blazoning correct?

 
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06 February 2007 23:19
 

Andrew J Vidal wrote:

So, was my blazoning correct?


the shield looked right to me, unless I’m mistaken, that shield blazon with the corrected crest should do it… assuming it isn’t a design conflict

 
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07 February 2007 08:35
 

Everett/Andrew,

Thanks for that catch and the blazoning, I agree, it does appear too similar. Adding an additional charge, would this differentiate it sufficiently?

 

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07 February 2007 09:26
 

Happy to help.  The blazon would change:

Arms:  Azure a Unicorn rampant argent ungued and attired or and three bottony crosses argent voided azure 2 in chief 1 in base

 
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07 February 2007 09:58
 

Is there a bordure or on that, or is it just some random emblazoning weirdness?

 
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07 February 2007 10:03
 

just an emblazoning weirdness, when she was using armorial gold, she chose an extra fancy blank to build on, the intent was not to border

 
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07 February 2007 14:36
 

Andrew J Vidal wrote:

Happy to help.  The blazon would change:

Arms:  Azure a Unicorn rampant argent ungued and attired or and three bottony crosses argent voided azure 2 in chief 1 in base


Azure a Unicorn rampant argent ungued and attired Or between three bottony crosses argent voided azure 2 in chief 1 in base

 

although I’m not sure if "attired" is the right word for unicorns… that is mostly used for deer-kin… perhaps "horned" is better… also… the last bit "2 in chief and 1 in base" isn’t required, it helps make it more definite but that is the already the default arrangement… as is specifying "voided azure"  if something is voided and a different tincture is not specified the assumption is that it is of the field.

 

Tchuess!

 

one last thing.. I promise it will be the last… there has been some heated discussion about the merits of capitalizing tinctures, the details aside I think it would be best if you capitalized at least Or, so as to distinguish it from the conjunction.

 
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07 February 2007 14:55
 

I was all full of confidence with my first successful blaon, so I was re-typing fast and missed the shift key!  See what happens when your head gets big?!:D

 
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08 February 2007 12:37
 

Just curious, Rand, but how did your daughter become interested in heraldry?  Did she like your arms and wanted a coat of her own? Maybe she didn’t want to wait around for yours!  wink

 
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16 February 2007 21:12
 

Stephen R. Hickman wrote:

Just curious, Rand, but how did your daughter become interested in heraldry? Did she like your arms and wanted a coat of her own? Maybe she didn’t want to wait around for yours! :wink:

I was kinda wondering the same thing, myself. Of course, she doesn’t have to wait around for yours and I think yours would look quite nice on a lozenge.

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16 February 2007 22:24
 

Stephen,

Once I bought the package from Armorial Gold, she got hooked, was charging around trying to come up with her own mark

 
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16 February 2007 22:27
 

Philip,

That does look good, thank you for your efforts, her design I think was more based on her not liking the cadencing and my choices for charges than anything else.