Hi All,

I'm currently trying to create a pair of Heraldries for my partner and I to use within the SCA but I don't know how to actually make size adjustments in Drawshield where I created these. Could anyone help me out, please either by A: showing me how or B: doing it for me if I send the specifications of what needs tweaking?

Many thanks in advance!

The Belgian order of st. John, inspired by the British order of st. John

Hi everyone, my dad and I have been doing some research into family history and found this “coat of arms “ idk if that’s the right term and was wondering if it is actually a true by the rules coat of arms or if there’s something missing

Ps if I wanted to get this on a signet ring, is this the right version or should I only use parts of it

My dad told me many years ago that this was a seal on a pin setting from the ‘Bishton’ side of the family, that was previously ‘Beeston’ in the Cheshire area, but the name was changed at some point for reasons I don’t understand…and there’s no one left on dads side that I can ask. A local jeweller was unable to tell me the metal, other than it was “very old, possible had some tin in it”.

I’m not convinced about the Beeston/Bishton situation, as I can’t find any name change going back to the 1500’s, but perhaps it’s earlier than that. Someone did once suggest it was written as Bishton by someone in the southern areas of England, and due to the strong accent difference they wrote it incorrectly…which isn’t an impossible scenario. As an Australian I found the Cheshire accent difficult, but had no problems the farther south I travelled (I’ll be in all kinds of trouble when I start talking to people in Scotland about my family tree up there!) It was a point of pride for dad, as he was told his ancestors once resided in Beeston Castle. I visited the castle in 2004, and there was one person in the gift shop, and they had no idea about anything.

It’s hard to see, but the seal has a castle with an arm clenching a dagger raising out of the top. It looks to be a J B initial. I know it’s a long shot, but if anyone knows anything about the castle/arm/dagger part of the seal, it would be greatly appreciated.

Anyone knows what happened?

By the way, if anyone has any tips on how to improve it, I'll gladly accept! The Or animal in the bottom is a Narwhal

I received this coat of arms from my Grandpa who passed away. He did a lot of research on our family and I would like to know more.

Is there anything I can learn from this coat of arms? I’ve tried to do some research, but it is all very complicated and I’m not sure if what I’m interpreting is correct.

I remember him telling me our ancestors fought in the crusades and I thought I’d ask Reddit since that was a very long time ago!

Hello everyone! You're always so helpful, and I thought of another question of you don't mind. I know nonconventional helms are a bit controversial, but for a project I'm working on, I thought it might be neat to have a fireman's helmet. I was wondering if anyone knows of an svg heraldic firefighter helmet, preferable in sodacan style, but I seriously doubt that there are any out there at all!

Has there very been modern heraldry ideas you had in mind, one that featured supporters of modern dressed men, objects that can only be found in the most recent eras, etc.

I've been working up some quarterings for my latest CK3 playthrough. As usually happens, due to numerous intermarriages, the quarterings for one of the characters in my dynasty is a little messy, due to her inheriting 6 crowns:

Fully quartered arms of Beatrijs Westdorp-Pompeiopolis, Queen of Germany, Estonia, Sapmi, Thesssalonika, Nicaea and Italy

When you have quarterings like this, is it a general practice to "simplify" arms?

IE in the above example, I would simplify the 1st grand quarter to the first subquarter, and the 4th grand quarter to the 3rd subquarter of the first.

The 2nd and 3rd grand quarters would be simplefied to the 3rd an 1st subquarters of the 2nd and 3rd grand quarters respectively.

Is that something that happens in Heraldry or is the practice of quartering fixed to include the full arms of both parents?

Edit: added the simplified quartering:

https://preview.redd.it/y0scgw11t94e1.png?width=768&format=png&auto=webp&s=cd6d0e069960f06660eba735fdefefd25fcc9418

https://preview.redd.it/lpxk8e7ly74e1.jpg?width=350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a3c807b2722fffaaa0929ed6008843ac826ddee0

Saint-Servan's arms

D'azur au voilier contourné d'or à dextre, pavillonné de sable, voguant sur une mer de sinople, au rocher de sable, mouvant de la mer à senestre, sommé d'une tour carrée essorée d'or, pavillonnée de sable; au chef d'argent chargé de cinq mouchetures d'hermine.

What is the meaning of pavillonnée ?

https://preview.redd.it/4n17pnn1j64e1.png?width=509&format=png&auto=webp&s=a6068fc7ff2c267a72cdb826c875232b0937b747

I'm looking for feedback on this CoA I created (not artistically, these are assets made in Paint and some basic shapes in ChatGPT), and I know it's not perfectly symmetrical. Specifically im worried with regards to rules and design.

I have always been fascinated by the concept of CoAs and thought that it was time to create on for myself, so here's my first draft. The shield itself is supposed to be evocative of a blue jay's feather, and then the three shafts of wheat as a charge, both intended to represent myself. I believe this would be blazoned *Chevronny Azure and Sable with the lowest two chevrons Argent, three stalks of wheat chevronwise Or*

I've seen conflicting answers about divisions and rule of tincture, but as far as I can tell if it's half and half, then colors are considered to be beside each other, not on top, so rule of tincture isn't violated...? I don't know if the lower two chevrons being argent changes that though. I think that the wheat should be fine, given that it's proper, but if that is also violating a rule that I am uncertain about, then please educate me.

I don't want to have a blue jay as a crest, or as a charge, but I do want to incorporate it somehow. so suggestions for ways to make this rules complaint (If it's not already?) would be appreciated.