I recently commissioned Barrie to do some renditions of my arms, and I am pleased to share a couple of them.

http://www.americanheraldry.org/pages/uploads/Armorial/Drake_ahs_2.jpg

http://www.wyverngules.com/Webmasters/CD_Shield_Crown_and_Support.jpg

Also, the avatar showing at the moment.

I am extremely pleased. Many thanks to Barrie.

Congratulations Charles,

Barrie has done excellent work in these emblazonments, I am glad you have shared some with us.

Charles,

When did your sinister supporter become guttee de sang? I don’t read Spanish so I don’t know what it says on your certificate from Don Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera, but it isn’t depicted as such in the portfolio.

Very nice, I always enjoy Barrie’s work.

Kenneth Mansfield;78829 wrote:

Charles,

When did your sinister supporter become guttee de sang? I don’t read Spanish so I don’t know what it says on your certificate from Don Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera, but it isn’t depicted as such in the portfolio.

OK, a stupid question:  where do I find the portfolio? (and the certificate, for that matter)?

It was to be guttee de sang all along, though the emblazonment in the certification only shows one drop of blood. Here is the language in the document:

Quote:

"y a la siniestra un leopardo de oro goteando sangre, linguado de gules y encollarado de un corona ducal de oro"

The images from the certification are here:

http://www.wyverngules.com/Webmasters/Spanish/a spanish_certification_of_arms.htm

I have since published further on this line, and I plan to "reveal" most of the unpublished pages once I get around to it.

It might be worth mentioning that for the dexter supporter, I chose something paternal, in this case the crest from the Scottish grant.

For the maternal supporter I chose the leopard because my mother’s mother’s family (Godbee) bore Gules, a fleur-de-lis or, on a canton azure, a leopard’s face or. The drops of blood came from mother’s arms, shown in my 3rd quarter.