[ANSTHRLD] conflict check - natural panther rampant

[tmcd at panix.com]

On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, John Atkinson <johnmatkinson at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Ioannes
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> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 4:22 PM,  <tmcd at panix.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, eirik at hot.rr.com wrote:
> >> Or, a winged natural panther

Rampant?  The CoA Glossary of Terms doesn't have a default posture for
generic felines.

> >> sable maintaining in its front paws
> >> a sword argent

Low contrast, but I think that's OK for a maintained charge.

> >> and on a bordure azure an orle of arrowheads
> >> inverted Or.
> >>
> >> The underside of the wings is red if that is important.
> >
> > I can't think of a heraldic way of saying "winged where the
> > undersides of the wings are gules and the top and leading edges of
> > the wings are sable".
>
> Artistic detail, not blazoned?

Adding wings is a CD.  For wings elevated, which I think is the
default for wings on a non-winged thing, most but not all of the wing
that you see is the underside.  That seems like way too much to call
an artistic detail.

Dannet de Lyncoln
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Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: tmcd at panix.com