Coats of Arms

**deguerra** · 07-10-2009, 15:48

yeah, i was thinking yesterday actually whether we wanted to get into the real Dukes and their names and arms. Its something I'll leave up to the players. Apart from anything else, unless i am mistaken, Brittany was quite independant of the French Crown at the date we start playing.

edit: additionally, real life arms tended to be far more simple than the ones I end up making. In a way, I find that makes them more asthetically pleasing, but on the other hand, for RP and immersion purposes, players seem to like to fit a lot of symbology in.

**AussieGiant** · 07-10-2009, 16:01

Well it seems I'm confirmed as:

Alain de Rohan, Duke of Bretagne, pending name change success of the mod.

Shield options are now requested Deg.

**deguerra** · 07-10-2009, 16:07

well i suppose the immediate question is, do we want:

a) pretty historical: the Rohan Arms with a subshield of the Brittany Arms

b) not at all historical: something as above

c) a mishmash: i could imagine, for example, incorporating the Rohan Arms into the background behind the dragon

**deguerra** · 07-11-2009, 05:05

for c), could be like this (removed the dragon after all, with a heavy heart, but it was getting too clustered):

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**AussieGiant** · 07-12-2009, 17:52

Hmm still a bit busy.

how about removing that river going through the middle?

**deguerra** · 07-13-2009, 02:37

AG:

not sure myself actually. this is simpler, but for some reason the river seems to divide better...but I leave it to you. Also made the fleurs de lys slightly darker:

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Tristan:

not convinced about the sword-wheat/sickle/fork combo. perhaps its just a colour issue, but something doesnt look quite right yet. that said i didnt want to go too wild without some feedback:

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**_Tristan_** · 07-13-2009, 07:31

Originally Posted by deguerra

AG:

not sure myself actually. this is simpler, but for some reason the river seems to divide better...but I leave it to you. Also made the fleurs de lys slightly darker:

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Tristan:

not convinced about the sword-wheat/sickle/fork combo. perhaps its just a colour issue, but something doesnt look quite right yet. that said i didnt want to go too wild without some feedback:

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That looks almost like what I expected... Perhaps putting the wheat ear and sword in gold/yellow with the sword over the the wheat.