Greater State Arms

Started by Üc R. Tärfă, March 13, 2023, 07:02:31 AM

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Üc R. Tärfă

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Quote from: Danihel Txechescu on March 14, 2023, 03:40:09 PMI'm not in love with those ears either -- they remind me of a sea monster's ears.

Remember that the European squirrel has longer and hairyer ears than the American one, so it is perfectly understandable that in heraldry we find squirrels with that ears.

Üc Rêntz'ëfiglheu Tärfâ
Membreu dal Cosă | Distain Grefieir d'Abbavilla
FREEDEMS President | Presedint dels Democrätici Livereschti
Keys to the Kingdom (Cézembre), Stalwart of the Four Stars (Fiovă)

Ián S.G. Txaglh

ah, no squishy-squashy squirrels, we need flesh-eating deadly squirrels to guard the sacred symbols of talossa. the point of heraldic animals is to look scary and ready to fight; there are no domesticated pets but armed and dangerous guardians.

when nazis took over the rest of czecho-slovakia in march 1939, establishing protektorat böhmen und mähren, they also devised a new CoA with both heraldic animals, the two-tailed lion of bohemia and the checkered eagle of moravia, looking like a wet cat and flabby hen, intentionally making it different from the traditional, combative, way they were depicted (e.g., the lion looks like being neutered, as the testicle is covered with some cross-hatching). they also ordered that no other form of the CoA is acceptable.


Baron Alexandreu Davinescu

Quote from: Üc R. Tärfă on March 14, 2023, 01:01:17 PMI tried to make the original squirrel slightly less scary
Do you have an SVG file you can share?  I think these ultimately look pretty good, and it would be great to incorporate them into some state stuff.
Alexandreu Davinescu, Baron Davinescu del Vilatx Freiric del Vilatx Freiric es Guaír del Sabor Talossan


Bitter struggles deform their participants in subtle, complicated ways. ― Zadie Smith
Revolution is an art that I pursue rather than a goal I expect to achieve. ― Robert Heinlein

Üc R. Tärfă

Yes I do. I'd like to have a sort of consensus on the College on those before saying "ok I can upload it on the wiki". Also if someone else wants to try to improve the squirrels, they can. I don't have them in the PC I'm using now (and I didn't put the last SVG on my cloud), I'll attach those later in the week.
Üc Rêntz'ëfiglheu Tärfâ
Membreu dal Cosă | Distain Grefieir d'Abbavilla
FREEDEMS President | Presedint dels Democrätici Livereschti
Keys to the Kingdom (Cézembre), Stalwart of the Four Stars (Fiovă)

Baron Alexandreu Davinescu

Sounds good! Thank you for your hard work!
Alexandreu Davinescu, Baron Davinescu del Vilatx Freiric del Vilatx Freiric es Guaír del Sabor Talossan


Bitter struggles deform their participants in subtle, complicated ways. ― Zadie Smith
Revolution is an art that I pursue rather than a goal I expect to achieve. ― Robert Heinlein