Post Your Granted, Assumed or Desired Arms

[WVHighlander]

I figured ONI but I didn't want to assume. I think the Motto is very appropriate... If you were a fan of Norse Mythology you could go with Ravens on the Trident, reminiscent of Odin's Ravens who brought him intelligence everyday.. Forgive the quick artwork in paint and power point.

[Phil E. Begg]

Yours is very close to what I had so far:



I like the idea of Hugin and Munin, but I am still working on it. But yes, at this point it is down to crest and motto; I could even skip the motto for now.

Dunno.


Cheers!

Phil

[WVHighlander]

I liked Hugin and Munin as well and almost incorporated them into my arms....up until the last moment. Good luck. Let us know when you decide so we can see what your final product is.



Side note: What program are you using to create your arms?

[Phil E. Begg]

I just worked that up from the template that Cygnus graciously linked in the first post - https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4N9yTY8IriiMDc0YjM3YmMtYjlkOC00MmNiLThjMDUtYzhmM mU2ODcyNWJj/edit?pli=1 . I used Paint, then saved it to Fotobucket. Fiddly, but I got it done.

In one version of my arms I included an orle of seven magpies. From the old rhyme "one for sorrow..." I thought that one fit very well with my service.


Cheers!

Phil

[Gael Ridire]

Phil E Begg - Not to be nick picky, but the twisted torso wreath above the helm is of six twists starting with the main metal, then main color. If one uses a fur such as ermine the color used is white not an ermine spot. Just FYI.

[Mike_Oettle]

Hi, Phil –
remember that a crest needs to be fairly compact. If you go for the idea of a trident and a pair of ravens, you need the birds to be somewhat bigger.
I rather liked your idea of an orle of ravens, which could be just what you need to make your shield unique.
Keep up the good work.
Regards,
Mike

[Phil E. Begg]

Yeah - I think I will stick with the idea for an arm with trident, such as in the arms of the Isle of Ely County Council or of John Holmes. As far as the orle goes - it was seven magpies, to go with the nursery rhyme ending "...Seven for a Secret, never to be told". And of course when I tried it out, they had to be on a bordure for clarity (mostly black birds on a black field is a non-starter) and when the bordure was large enough for the birds to be clearly identifiable, it impinged far too much on the main charge.

So the shield will stay as it is, I have a good idea of what to do for a crest, and I am still working on a motto. I could use a fieldless orle of magpies as a badge, I suppose...

Thanks!


Phil

[Phil E. Begg]

Thanks!

This is just as the template came, with five twists. I should probably have started with Or, but I actually started with the middle twist. By the time I thought about it, I would have had to go back and redo all of them... this was supposed to just be a quick sketch, not a final rendering. I am certainly no artist.

Phil

[Cygnus]

I made that template and made the twists in the wreath a bit too big, and out of laziness never remedied that.

Perhaps I should update the template...

[WVHighlander]

Cygnus,

What program are you using?