Is X Marks the Scot a Clan?

**ChromeScholar** · 18th August 07, 07:39 AM

Great, but let's have it in Latin.

Already done on page 12.

Per electus, non consanguinitas

**Panache** · 18th August 07, 07:43 AM

sporranlegionaire,

That is a very nice graphic. But I should point out that there is already a badge for XMTS

There is also a patch available

For more information take a look at the X Marks the Scot.com propoganda forum

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...play.php?f=152

Cheers

Jamie

**sporranlegionaire** · 18th August 07, 09:00 AM

No problem Panache.
Anyway, just out of interest, this is how it would have looked with a motto...

**pdcorlis** · 18th August 07, 09:05 AM

Not to be a stickler here but the plant badge is usually just that - the plant. In that way it is separate from the clan crest and its symbols and motto.

**Panache** · 18th August 07, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by pdcorlis

Not to be a stickler here but the plant badge is usually just that - the plant. In that way it is separate from the clan crest and its symbols and motto.

I also thought that the plant badge predates tartan and clan crests.
At the last games I was at with Walkerk and I were delighted to meet a gentleman sporting a small twig of boxwood behind his clan badge. We were the first people to know that he hadn't inadvertently walked into the shubbery...

Cheers

Jamie

**Don Patrick** · 18th August 07, 09:37 AM

If there is still room for comment, my vote is for the dandelion plant badge and the "By choice, not blood" motto.

A war cry? Hail X Clan!

**Don Patrick** · 18th August 07, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by sporranlegionaire

No problem Panache.
Anyway, just out of interest, this is how it would have looked with a motto...

Sporranlegionaire,

I like your rendition of a plant badge. If I have one, my vote is for it.

**MacWage** · 18th August 07, 09:51 AM

A plant badge is worn BEHIND the cockade and metal badge.

In the pre-Culloden days, the badge was simply pinned to the bonnet itself, NO COCKADE or BADGE.

Historically, the emblem inside the belt was the CREST of the chief-> what appeared on the HEAD of the helmet (helm) within the coat of arms. It had LITTLE do with the plant badge, tartan, most other stuff. One of the most interesting things (to me) is the IMPORTANCE that crest has taken in the Scottish context, in contrast to MOST crests across Europe.

**sporranlegionaire** · 18th August 07, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by Don Patrick

Sporranlegionaire,

I like your rendition of a plant badge. If I have one, my vote is for it.

The design is not a current requirement, and I obviously misunderstood some of the previous posts chatting about dandelion emblems, etc. But all has now been explained, which has been appreciated.
I enjoy designing stuff anyway. If no-one has any objections I might use it as my avatar as I have no other 'clan' I can hang my hat on.

**Don Patrick** · 18th August 07, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by MacWage

A plant badge is worn BEHIND the cockade and metal badge.

Maybe I've misunderstood. I was preparing to order a plant badge for the Lamont Clan. The crab apple leaves are designed as part of the badge - or am I just guilty of commercial marketing?