Members Arms, Crests, Badges.

[WVHighlander]

Again Harold knocks it out of the park. Having had my own arms done by Harold I highly recommend his work to anyone...

Patrick, those look fantastic.

[Cardinal]

Harold took my ideas and my chats with a skilled herald, and really gave them life.

BTW, we are sitting together at Satruday's Burns Supper. Another of the myriad instances of XMarks building community. See you then!

Again Harold knocks it out of the park. Having had my own arms done by Harold I highly recommend his work to anyone...

Patrick, those look fantastic.

[Chas]

Cardinal, what is the blazon of your arms, please?

[Cardinal]

Cardinal, what is the blazon of your arms, please?

Chas,

Here's what we went with:

ARMS: Azure between two barrulets argent five furze blossoms proper and in dexter chief a canton or charged with a wyvern gules.

CREST: Upon a helmet mantled argent and gules upon a wreath of the colours argent and azure a cardinal proper.

MOTTO: On a scroll above the crest the motto: Spes audaces adjuvat.


I am particularly interested in your opinion of what I've ended up with--your comments on heraldry in the forum have been an education for me. Note that I had some great advice--Harold was invaluable, as were others who have asked to remain nameless. Any errors are all mine, though.

Best,
Patrick

[Tim Little]

Brilliant!

[Cardinal]

Brilliant!

It was a process of self-discovery for me. It required me to identify those things/traits/and experiences that were most important to me, and then distill them into a simple graphical representation. The "less is more" ethos made that harder than it sounds.

It was well worth the journey.

Best,
Patrick

[Gael Ridire]

Very nice arms with a lot of thought. Yes it is very difficult to design one's arms. To you and Harold excellent job.

[WVHighlander]

Harold took my ideas and my chats with a skilled herald, and really gave them life.

BTW, we are sitting together at Satruday's Burns Supper. Another of the myriad instances of XMarks building community. See you then!

Excellent. I think I may join that organization after the event. It seems like they have a lot of things going on throughout the year.

[Harold Cannon]

Some of you have asked what I use. The vector program is Inkscape and I do use some of the images in Armorial Gold for some things but a good deal is hand done in Inkscape.

[WVHighlander]

and brilliance...don't forget brilliance