Posted November 07, 2014
As a followup to my earlier post, and as requested, here are my arms and my husband's, from our more-active SCA days:
My husband's: http://www.bronzehelm.org/attachments/Image/Member_Devices/Odar_ODorney.gif
Blazoned: Or, two dragons combattant and an ermine spot gules.
Mine: http://www.bronzehelm.org/attachments/Image/Member_Devices/Athenais_Bryennissa.gif
Blazoned: Argent, a water bouget sable and a point pointed azure.
The water bouget is a stylized form of two water bags on a yoke. (I'm an artistic type, but my main demand for my arms and badge were "able to be drawn/painted/whatever on practically anything with practically no effort." I wanted simple.)
My badge: http://www.antirheralds.org/IL/2003/0403/submits/Alexandria2.gif (just imagine it black instead of white; the circle around it is due to the form and is not part of the badge.)
Blazoned: [Fieldless] A staple sable.
Yes, as in a staple (the nail kind, not the stapler kind).
To clarify: Arms can only be used by the person they belong to. In the SCA and in the real world (at least so far as the English and Scottish CoAs go), arms only ever belong to one person; there is no such thing as "a family coat of arms" that anyone related can use. There are lots of places you can pay to "research" your family tree that will tell you otherwise, but those places are generally referred to as "bucketshops" for a reason.
Arms are usually used in the "Hey, I'm here" sense - on your armor, clothing, tent, campsite (ideally only when you're present), etc. Badges are meant for the "this is mine" type of use; my badge has been scribbled, inked, painted, or otherwise put on everything from plastic totes to books to forms to favors to leftover boxes. (It's a handy shortcut when everyone in the household knows the symbol. *g*)
My husband's: http://www.bronzehelm.org/attachments/Image/Member_Devices/Odar_ODorney.gif
Blazoned: Or, two dragons combattant and an ermine spot gules.
Mine: http://www.bronzehelm.org/attachments/Image/Member_Devices/Athenais_Bryennissa.gif
Blazoned: Argent, a water bouget sable and a point pointed azure.
The water bouget is a stylized form of two water bags on a yoke. (I'm an artistic type, but my main demand for my arms and badge were "able to be drawn/painted/whatever on practically anything with practically no effort." I wanted simple.)
My badge: http://www.antirheralds.org/IL/2003/0403/submits/Alexandria2.gif (just imagine it black instead of white; the circle around it is due to the form and is not part of the badge.)
Blazoned: [Fieldless] A staple sable.
Yes, as in a staple (the nail kind, not the stapler kind).
To clarify: Arms can only be used by the person they belong to. In the SCA and in the real world (at least so far as the English and Scottish CoAs go), arms only ever belong to one person; there is no such thing as "a family coat of arms" that anyone related can use. There are lots of places you can pay to "research" your family tree that will tell you otherwise, but those places are generally referred to as "bucketshops" for a reason.
Arms are usually used in the "Hey, I'm here" sense - on your armor, clothing, tent, campsite (ideally only when you're present), etc. Badges are meant for the "this is mine" type of use; my badge has been scribbled, inked, painted, or otherwise put on everything from plastic totes to books to forms to favors to leftover boxes. (It's a handy shortcut when everyone in the household knows the symbol. *g*)
Post edited November 07, 2014 by penumbren