[ANSTHRLD] Device help

[Yoshinobu]

OK,
By using the same logic, a device I am working on for one of my new people 
that starts out  "Per Cross Wavy Gules and Sable..." would be out for the 
same reasons? Or are the larger fields enough to make good contrast?
Your guidance would be most helpfull.

Arigoto,
Odawara Taro Yoshinobu
Greywood


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim McDaniel" <tmcd at panix.com>
To: "Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <heralds at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Device help


> On Sat, 23 Oct 2004, Paul Matthews <pem1968 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> A client would like a gold bulldog standing on a red and black
>> checkered field
>
> "Insta-boing" is the technical term for what's up with the field.
> Rules for Submission VIII.2.b.iv:
>
>    iv.  Elements evenly divided into multiple parts of two different
>         tinctures must have good contrast between their parts.
>
>         For example, "checky argent and gules" is acceptable, but
>         "checky azure and gules" is not.
>
> If you've ever heard of "no metal on metal, no color on color", that's
> an example of not good contrast.  Both gules and sable are colors, so
> checky of the two is right out.