Heraldry
Sheilagh Marie Blaise O'Hare
calypso at eden.com
Wed Apr 5 11:30:53 PDT 1995
> >"pizza" and "M-16's" and "Ford Mustangs" and...well, you might get my
Would the running Mustang emblem (monochrome) on a solid background really
be a bad choice? We don't live in Europe, there are perfectly noble symbols
from this hemisphere that would seem right.
> So lets change the rules, change submission guidlines to accept a MUCH
> greater degree of freedom, still encourage period heraldry but do not
> REQUIRE it.
One very good reason for this would be to encourage more people to detail
their trappings, displaying more color & banners, which *would* be an
improvement to the look & feel of events.
nother question: are the heraldic guidelines meant to be European? I don't
want to just assume that, but it doesn't seem like much non-Continental stuff
gets displayed; would Japanese or Native American designs be put down, even if
they were possible in Period? It might bring a heterogenousness to events
that displeases some aesthetic tastes, but big merchant cities have always
had colorful alien visitors. And no, I don't mean Xfiles aliens. A pierced
& tattoed Maori king would certainly clash with an Italian event, but....
sheilagh
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