Request for Arms

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

Yes, but if you change the background to a Metal ( Gold or Silver ) , then you will have to change the other devices to a Colour (blue, red, black, or green )

[Andrew Marcu]

Jul 8, 2014 12:33:16 GMT -6 Capt. Sir Mick Preston said:

Yes, but if you change the background to a Metal ( Gold or Silver ) , then you will have to change the other devices to a Colour (blue, red, black, or green )

Ok, it will be good. I think the black raven will look good on a Silver background, what do you think?

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

Jul 8, 2014 12:41:53 GMT -6 Andrew Marcu said:

Jul 8, 2014 12:33:16 GMT -6 Capt. Sir Mick Preston said:

Yes, but if you change the background to a Metal ( Gold or Silver ) , then you will have to change the other devices to a Colour (blue, red, black, or green )

Ok, it will be good. I think the black raven will look good on a Silver background, what do you think?

If that's what you want, it's fine. Now you need to change the colours of the other devices - the crosses and axes.

[Andrew Marcu]

Maybe red bards and blue crosses?

[Capt. Sir Mick Preston]

Other rules you have to keep in mind is the "Rule of Complexity" , where each device and tincture is valued at one, and the limit is a total of 8. So far you have 4 tinctures ( Silver, Black, Red, and blue) and 3 devices ( Crow, Bard, Cross), so you are ok there.

BUT!

All your charges (Cross,Crow,and Bard) are on one field, and that runs afoul of the The Slot-machine Rule – No single charge group may contain more than two types of charge. (This rule is named after the apocryphal On a fess argent a cherry gules and a bell proper and a billet fesswise sable charged with the characters BAR argent.)

To fix that, you would need to add a division to your field , which would then bring you precariously close to violating the Rule of Complexity by having 8 complexity points.

We aren't in a hurry here , by the way. The next Honours Day is Monarchy Day , which is 24 August. That's 6 weeks from now. Perhaps we might look at other designs that you might like?

[Andrew Marcu]

Ok. Do you have some idea or suggestions? You are more experienced in this field

[Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă]

Jul 8, 2014 14:46:40 GMT -6 Andrew Marcu said:

Ok. Do you have some idea or suggestions? You are more experienced in this field

The thing you need to remember is that this is your coat of arms, not the Penzance Pursuivants or the Kingsbridge Pursuivant or any other member of the college. Take your time, try out things, etc. We can offer helpful advice but we don't usually say what we think looks nice or fits your personality or standing in life or what you just like.

- Kingsbridge

[Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă]

The Penzance Pursuivant has asked me to assist in creating the blazon for this request. However, I am not sure what is being asked. Do you still wish to have a Corvus Proper on an Argent background? What of the other charges?

- Kingsbridge

[Andrew Marcu]

Hello. Yes, if it's possible, I want the Corvus. The other elements could be black, too.

[Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă]

As Dean of the College of Arms, I am re-assigning this request to The Odd Fellow (Sir Iusti Canun).

[Iustì Carlüs Canun]

S:r Marcu:

Do you absolute have to have all three things?

What we might be able to do is quarter the field, and have the raven in one corner and the axes in another. What would you say to that?