[ANSTHRLD] Device check
Reis ap Tuder
reis at plumes.org
Thu Oct 20 13:58:03 PDT 2005
> Too simple?
Setting aside the discussion of the device in question (which Alden
has already addressed), there is _almost_ no such thing as "too
simple." (Historically, I might omit almost; sadly, for the SCA, I
can't. Quite.)
Allow me to toot my own horn in public as an example.
My device: Azure escutcheony Or (or if you prefer, Azure, semy of
escutcheons Or.)
My badge: (Fieldless) An escutcheon Or.
It is, I would argue, impossible to get simpler in the SCA, although
if you don't buy escutcheony as a complex field treatment, then
perhaps Francois's (Vert estencele Or) will do. The point being,
you'd have to go with a simple tinctured field (e.g. Or) which isn't
permissible SCA heraldry. (For that matter, neither was my badge
until a few years ago, under the argument that it would be mistaken
for a simple tinctured field. But anyway.)
My point is: within the bounds of legality above, Simple Is Good. And Period.
I like to show new folks my Kingmaker (Avalon Hill, great game) noble
cards. Very very nearly every device you'll see is a single charge on
a plain field. What's amazing is how much ground there is that fits
this design that's _still_ not a conflict, because everyone wants to
have Gyronny, Every Object I Own Within a Fimbriated Bordure Dancetty
or whatever.
Simple good. That's all I'm saying.
Reis
maybe I should get back into book heraldry
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