[Loch-Ruadh] Question for the Heralds (Past and Present)

[Tom Parr]

>From a Voice Heralds point who is not big on armory.......

My motto is... Just slap a bordure around it...... :)

The Seamus

On 8/8/05, Clint Gallon <cgallon at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would try something like adding to your device until you have more than 3
> differences.
>  
> Your base design is the white double headed eagle on a blue background.
>  
> Maybe add something like a blue and black checker background or a blue and
> black background split into 8ths.
>  
> Then maybe add something else on the top or bottom. 
>  
> Just some ideas you can throw out there that wont significantly change what
> you like about your device but gets it past the college of heralds.
>  
>  
> --Cathal
>  
> :)
>  
>  
> On 8/8/05, Kaz <kaz.od.wolin at gmail.com> wrote: 
> > Since my device was rejected by the Kingdom Heralds as unregisterable
> > because it conflicted with all "birds" ever registered (a bird is a 
> > bird is a bird) and other reasons, can I assume that I can feel safe
> > in not running into another Scadian using my device, registered under
> > their name? My reasoning is that since I can't register it, neither
> > can anyone else. I have grown attached to my design and in order to 
> > register it, I would have to change to something unrecognizable to its
> > present form. The examples of conflicts presented to me bear NO
> > resemblance to my device in tincture or background layout. My current
> > idea is to forget about registering my device and just use it. Any 
> > ideas?
> > 
> > On a related note, I was told that (hypothetically) a white raven on a
> > blue background would be in conflict and therefore unregisterable if
> > there was already a gold double-headed eagle on a red background. The 
> > reasoning was that there weren't three points of difference. One point
> > for background tincture, one point for charge tincture, but no points
> > for charge since a bird is a bird is a bird. These devices would have
> > only two points of difference. These devices look completely different
> > no matter how artistically they are drawn, yet they would be in
> > conflict in the SCA. Any input?
> > 
> > 
> > Yours in Service (and Frustration)
> > --
> > Kazimierz od Wolin, the Unregistered
> > 
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Tom Parr
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically
thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the
most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
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