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Sir Wolf:
hey how did you find a picture of my new shield?
Sir William:
--- Quote from: Sir Wolf on 2010-10-14, 20:43:07 ---hey how did you find a picture of my new shield?
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LOL wouldn't that be something though?
Sir Edward:
I thought of something funny and whipped this up...
Argent, three ghouls gules
EDIT: Changed image to a shield shape
Sir William:
That would go perfect with my Zombie Apocalypse Raider outfit! Maybe with a sword sticking through its chest, even.
Sir Edward:
Oh, one tip I wanted to bring up-- when it comes time that you want to work on your personal heraldry, the "KISS" principle applies ("keep it simple, stupid"). You want something that won't be a major PITA to paint or embroider, and historically most of the designs that would have actually been on a knight's shield, particularly in the earlier mail-wearing periods, wouldn't have been terribly complex. Geometric shapes started out being much more common than animals, for instance.
On mine, I'm guilty of making what some people call "resume heraldry".. I fight with swords, so I want a sword on there. That sort of thing. Also, dragons tend to get overused, and are difficult to paint.
The trick is to come up with something that's elegantly simple, and yet unique.
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