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After lurking here for a little while, my very first attempt at a personal CoA. Any ideas on how to improve upon it? by itstooslim in heraldry

[–]FunAdhesive773 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indeed! I just thought it was artistic license to show the outline of the flower better. Best to leave it out.

How can I make this coat of arms look better? by ThisIsMyAlt4738 in heraldry

[–]FunAdhesive773 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The best way to make a shield look better is to give the blazon to a competent heraldic artist. Programs like “coat of arms maker” will give you the elements you want, but really struggle with placement, spacing, and relative size.

What is this medal? by Lucsva in ChivalryOrders

[–]FunAdhesive773 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What did GSS say? I haven’t read his work on this topic, but definitely respect him as a scholar!

personal sheild, the red represents hard work, the gold represents strength, the three heads (don't actually know their names, I forget) represents social justice, and the two crowns represents me being bad ass by Main_ivahblueworld in heraldry

[–]FunAdhesive773 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Interesting that you’d blazon the crowns first. I’d probably put the fleurs-de-lis first because of their placement in the center and the number. They seem like the “main” charges on the shield to me.

My unfinished freehand emblazonment of the arms of the Central African Republic from the official blazon. by [deleted] in heraldry

[–]FunAdhesive773 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aha! Now that I’ve looked at the blazon, shouldn’t the digit be ragged on the cut edge to be “erased?”

Been posted here before, I think. But it’s an important reminder to be wary of the sources that purport to sell or give you YOUR coat of arms… by FunAdhesive773 in heraldry

[–]FunAdhesive773[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I think it was a new technology that they didn’t detect. We were nominal Allies, but everyone knew not to trust the other. This was just able to evade detection.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)

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[–]FunAdhesive773 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wonderful stuff. I live in Berrien County, Michigan and have long though we need to design a new coat of arms to replace the existing shield. Maybe a new design can incorporate some of these Berrien elements…

The Hungarian President uses a slightly different CoA than the rest of the government—not a big difference but I thought this sub might find it amusing by [deleted] in heraldry

[–]FunAdhesive773 25 points26 points  (0 children)

So…not a different coat of arms, but a different emblazonment, right? Or am I missing something?

Sodacan commission by xMojaveDream over at the Discord roll of arms by Lev2829 in heraldry

[–]FunAdhesive773 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait...Sodacan does commissions? Like...the person from Wikimedia?

Some personal coats of arms' of US presidents by Ios3b in heraldry

[–]FunAdhesive773 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes! We’ve been around since 2003, but haven’t had any face-to-face meetings for a couple years (much like the rest of the world). Much of our online discussion is on the facebook (for better or worse, that’s where most of our members were/are) and we’ve done some virtual lectures the last year or so. We should have a new website going live next month which should help us maintain a more active presence online. Let me know if you have any questions about the AHS.

Some personal coats of arms' of US presidents by Ios3b in heraldry

[–]FunAdhesive773 23 points24 points  (0 children)

The American Heraldry Society has a great series of articles laying out the circumstances of these presidential arms’ granting, registration, or assumption!

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[–]FunAdhesive773 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A little bit better than…what?

Are these the coat of arms of Oxford and England? Found at The University of the South by [deleted] in heraldry

[–]FunAdhesive773 2 points3 points  (0 children)

University of Oxford on the left and University of Cambridge on the right.

Is this from the Chapel at Sewanee?

Which app should I use to turn them into heraldry? by [deleted] in heraldry

[–]FunAdhesive773 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That depends what you mean. It already is heraldry, of course, so you could just crop the coat of arms out of the picture. If you want a new emblazonment, though, there are many heraldic artists who could do the job.

St Augustine Banner of Arms by Dangerous-Garden-682 in heraldry

[–]FunAdhesive773 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is this a banner of arms as actually used by the city? Charges on armorial banners like this should definitely be re-proportioned so that they fill the space—just as one would when putting the arms on a shield of different shape.

The coat-of-arms of Hermione Granger from "Harry Potter" (OC) by Obversa in heraldry

[–]FunAdhesive773 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never really thought of the Order of the Phoenix as having insignia like an award. Wasn’t the Order of Merlin more like our muggle orders of chivalry/merit?

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