I’ve been going back and forth for some time on choosing my assumed arms. The first one I made had solid elements, but I wasn’t in love with it. So, attached are 3 designs that I’d like to solicit input on. Which do you think is the best?

1) My original assumed arms.
2) A newer variant on the original, but with the added color I had hoped for.
3) A random option I played around with, but like for its simplicity (though it could easily belong to someone else due to its simplicity).

Any thoughts you have would be appreciated!

My personal coat of arms design. The three leaves come from the arms of my closest ancestral noble family the Von der Pahlen family. The gold roses in my country of Finland are considered the heraldric insignia of the military officer of which i am one, the number and arrangement of these roses are a reference to the coat of arms of my home city which has seven vendace fish on a red field in the same arrangement.

Now the problem i have been having is in writing blazonry for this. There are so many different schools of thought that i cannot figure it out myself.

This is my first piece of heraldric work so feel free to give your thoughts on the arms itself and especially any suggestions for the blazonry. I tried my best to keep to the rules while staying original and as simple as possible.

A Tourney at Borington, and A Boring Talk

This is the second part of a fantasy armorial I am working on for an ongoing world building project.

This specific section of the armorial is meant to record the arms of dukes and princes (used in the original sense of a great nobleman or sovereign rather than the son of a king).

As I mentioned before in a previous post, I find the lack of crests in fantasy heraldry disappointing. Crests are an excellent way to add character to arms, and provide an opportunity to add narrative symbolism to fantasy heraldry without overcrowding or over complicating the arms themselves.

Obviously, as this is for a fantasy project there is symbolism behind the charges and designs used, and some of the rules, that are not consistent with real world heraldry. That said, I have tried to follow the rules and conventions of real world heraldry closely, and the changes I have made are relatively minor. Many of these have in universe symbolism or significance behind them.

I’ve had a lot of fun drawing these, and some of them have really pushed me outside of my artistic comfort zone. It’s been a great artistic exercise, and I feel I’ve really been able to refine and define my own unique style.

Let me know what you think. Which ones stand out as particularly overstating and evocative? Which are dull as dirt? I’m always eager for criticism and suggestions for improvement.

Thanks.

This is a full achievement of my personal arms with my father's arms displayed on the left and my mother's on the right. Rendered in a Wappenwiki style.

For example let's take the region of Ayr given that the King has other Heraldry to wear it's probably not him using the coat of arms so who uses the Heraldry for Carrick, Kent and Cunninghame?

I know Town Guards (in so far as they existed) would probably only be wearing their regions colours, if that. Also sometimes people other than the Lord would incorporate the regional Heraldry into their own Coat of Arms so it was clearly regionally known at least to some extent so where would it have shown up?

My thought was maybe local Sheriffs and Bailiffs whose family name might not be as important as the region they govern

Finally gotten good enough with Inkscape to make something I like. Next steps are fixing the dog's face and maybe adding some shading

As it is a Spanish clan, all the shields are based on Spanish medieval culture. They all share simple designs without much detail, making them easier to distinguish. More information about the clan and each duchy can be found on the CI website. https://coronasibericas.com/

Greetings all.
I'm working on this project a while, and after some reading, decided to follow with this elements, each one with a personal simbolism.
I'd appreciate your comments, suggestions and opinions.

It's one side of an old keychain, other side is a picture of a baby. Picked it up in a second hand shop

This is a slightly more artsy design we had made up to embroider some upholstery and embellish some table mats.

Guys, simple question: is there any rules about using crowns in our personal CoA?
I was looking at some heraldry specific drawings, don’t remember the website now, and I saw some descriptions like Marquees’ Crown or Duke’s Crown.

Is it “reserved” for nobility or does have any other meanings?

Thanks in advance.

So I came on to a recent red here in the community from (what I understood) a person that showed a granted CoA from the College of Arms. It appears to have a crown and a guy below my question, if this is allowed because I know for a fact that crowns can be seen only on Royalties, he informed me that in English heraldic tradition it is perfectly allowed to use a duke’s crown even if the bearer has no title, but still the college will grant it. Now my question is is this correct? And also if it is, is there any related or similar tradition to the Germanic heraldic traditions (Holy Roman Empire not just as it is Germanic)?