Michael Pope request for arms

[Mic'haglh Loquatsch]

My name is Mic'haglh Loquatsch, or, in English, Michael Pope.

If it so please the Squirrel King of Arms, I request the assistance of the College in designing and obtaining arms for myself and my lawful heirs.

My favourite colour is cerulean.

I would be interested in something that incorporates the Guelph Cross, as a nod to my previous political party in the Republic, if such is possible.

Thanks!

[Hooligan]

From and for The Royal Talossan College of Arms

Azul Mic'haglh --

As Squirrel King of Arms, I am pleased to accept your request for assistance in designing arms. I now charge the Penzance Pursuivant, Dean of the College, with assigning one of the Fellows of the College to provide that assistance.

Rouge Lobster Herald
Squirrel King of Arms

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

Azul!

IN that I am the Penzance Pusuivant , it is my privilege and honor to assign this petition to a well deserving member of the College, and one that I feel is up to the request -

Columcille Pursuivant - COME ON DOWN!

[Hooligan]

S:r Loquatsch and I spent some time in discussion and design last evening, and an initial draft of a possible conception for his arms may be posted here soon.

Columcille

[Ceváglh Scurznicol]

I bet there will be an elephant somewhere in there.

[Mic'haglh Loquatsch]

Actually, no. Hadn't thought of that. Although it may have been appropriate in more ways than one.

I like the draft we've come up with, though.

[Hooligan]

Jan 7, 2013 16:11:55 GMT -6 Mic'haglh Loquatsch said:

I like the draft we've come up with, though.

Here is that draft:

Or in cäps üna liun paßind azür glhimbada goglhas es armada or
in el baseu àl sinistrà üna coraziun
es pað üna tardà goglhas ün crutz erxhent.

Or in chief a lion passant azure langued gules and armed or
in sinister base a heart
and upon a gore gules a cross argent.

Columcille

[Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă]

Wow great work!

[Sir C. M. Siervicül]

Very nice. The lion looks passant rather than courant, though. And if the gore is covering the lion's paw like that, should it be blazoned "overall"?

BP

[Hooligan]

Yes, my bad. Passant it definitely is. I blazoned it without looking, and my memory is bad.

My understanding is that being a full-blown ordinary, a gore is applied to the field at large, and always is therefore overall. His Majesty is encouraged to chime in here.

Columcille

[Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă]

why not make the dragon slightly smaller so it fits on the field and is not partially hidden?

[Iustì Carlüs Canun]

Jan 16, 2013 21:27:19 GMT -6 Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă said:

why not make the dragon slightly smaller so it fits on the field and is not partially hidden?

Because it's a lion?

I'm still waiting on someone to put a bonacon on their arms.

[Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă]

Yeah sorry wrong animal but same question. A bonacon would be cool.

[Béneditsch Ardpresteir, O.SPM.]

The 'Or' used here looks like a shade of cream, not a perfect gold... in recent times a shade of gold resembling 'orange' was turned down by the high-ups in the college.

I am too small a man, er... I mean a 'fellow' to object, but what can I do? I just interjected...

[King John]

I think the "upon an X a Y" blazoning isn't used where X is a charge. (A gore is a charge, not an ordinary.) And the cross on the gore would then be a charge itself, because an ordinary can't go on a charge, can it?, so we should specify it as throughout. I think the blazon should be: Or, in chief a lion passant azure langued gules armed or and in sinister base a heart gules, overall a gore gules charged with a cross throughout argent.

I'd make the heart and gore the same shade of red; and maybe a bit bigger to better fill its space?

— Blanc Wolf