[Steppes] {HERALDRY} Help with emblazoning

[Jann Mays]

I have been in the SCA for over 20 years, Steppes Hospitaler for 8 and Kingdom Hospitaler for 2, and my first advice would would be that she not be too quick to decide.  Once you decide to be this persona or that, this nationality or that, early or late period, and it shows in your heraldry, you are pretty much stuck with it.  It sounds like with the fleur-de-lys she has decided to go French or Norman.  What period is her persona representing?  Is she late period?  Is she willing to make her garb according to that time period?  What if a few months from now, she attends a Celtic, Icelandic or even Byzantine event and wishes she had waited?  Once you have chosen a name for your persona, and people start knowing you by that name, it is difficult to change.  Have her think it over in this respect and if she really wants to jump in with both feet, go for it.  There are plenty of device and name heralds who can help her out.

YIS,
HL Gabrielle Honoree de Saint Pierre

“It was a good clang, with the oiyoiyoioioioioioinnnnnggggggg that is the mark of a clang well done.” The Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchett. (also the exact sound of a face connecting with a Paris traffic light) :D

--- On Fri, 6/11/10, Randy Shipp <randyshipp at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Randy Shipp <randyshipp at gmail.com>
Subject: [Steppes] {HERALDRY} Help with emblazoning
To: "Barony of Steppes - SCA Inc." <steppes at lists.ansteorra.org>
Date: Friday, June 11, 2010, 12:25 AM

My wife feels left out of the game a bit.  We sent in our money and signed
us both up with SCA, Inc, but her blue card has no name on it, and she's a
little jealous of my heraldic device as I work on painting my shield.  So,
over dinner, we bashed out a decent starting design for her device and I'm
working on creating a test image, but I'm running up against my vector
graphic editing limits here.  I wonder if there's anyone who can help.

I'm using Inkscape to combine vector graphics I've found online; if another
tool is better suited (and free, like the GIMP, for instance), let me know.
 Also, if you want to see what I have so far, I'll send you the SVG in
e-mail.

The idea we're playing with is something like, "Argent, three greyhounds
courant in pale sable, on a bordure engrailed or fimbriated gules eight
fleurs-de-lys in orle azure."  I'm struggling with depicting the engrailed
bordure.  So, any Inkscape / vector editing help would be welcome, as would
any comments on the blazon.

Yours,

Antoine
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