[ANSTHRLD] Eldwin's Submission II Version 3

[Eldwin Nightowl]

I'll have to double check with her.  But I'm almost positive that the things she definitely wants are these:
 
a mermaid, a pentacle preferably in Or (I think she would probably accept one in purpure), and a fair amount of purple on the device (her favorite color).  I'll check with her on your idea.
 
Also is it necessary to say crined?  I thought that would be assumed in a mermaid proper, but I'm obviously not an expert.
 
It seems like one of the pentacle devices that was accepted by the SCA had one in chief, but I'll have to look for it.
 
How would it be blazoned if she wanted the mermaid to have flesh-tone skin with a purple tail?

Eldwin Nightowl
 

--- On Wed, 7/28/10, Bob Wade:



A mermaid proper has a vert tail, only the hair (blazoned "crined") is unspecified.  The mirror and comb would be left unblazoned and left to artistic discretion.
 
Blazon aside, the new attempt does not address the double tertiary on the chief raised by Alasdair.  It does resolves the contrast problem.
 
What does the submittor think of something on the order of:  "Per fess purpure and Or, a mermaid in her vanity proper, crined, and in chief three mullets voided, each interlaced with an annulet Or?  This retains her preference for the tincture purpure and Or and also (1) eliminates the contrast problem of the per fess metal/color proper color of the mermaid and (2) eliminates double tertiary charges by making them secondary/peripheral ones.
 
Three mullets provides period heraldic balance with symmetrical charges.  An alternative is perod imbalance with having only one in canton ("Per fess purpure and Or, a mermaid in her vanity proper, crined, and in dexter chief a mullet voided interlaced with an annulet Or."
 
Tostig