My Arms
I know that a person's heraldic badge need not have any relation to their
Arms, but I'm going to start off with an illustration of my Arms.
A few notes on my device. As illustrated I am using a heraldic dolphin
rather than a bottle-nosed dolphin. The heraldic dolphin is the more typical
one used in heraldic design and has the rayed fins and tail as shown. I
plan on eventually changing my blazon to read "per bend sinister, ber bend
sable and vert, and azure, a dolphin embowed argent". For the meantime I'll
just use artistic licence and draw my dolphin in the haeraldic style. Eventually
on a page discussing how I designed my device I'll go into greater detail
about it.
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Per bend sinister, per bend sable and vert, and azure, a bottle-nosed dolphin
embowed argent
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My Proposed Badge
I think I like this one best out of what I have been looking at. It also
seems to pass for construction and conflict with other heraldic devices in
the current SCA Amorial.
The badge design incorporates the heraldic dolphin in white or silver and
the heraldic rose in its natural proper colouration of red petals with green
barbs and yellow seeds.
The badge's dolphin will match the dolphin I want to have on my arms. At
present it is registered as a bottle-nosed dolphin, but I originally wished
and eventually plan to have the blazon read is a dolphin, the heraldic version
with the rayed fins and tail.
Though not necessary, the elements of the badge have special meaning to me.
The dolphin I see as being intelligent, caring, and joyous and it freely
swims the ocean's waters where it will. It might not be the strongest in
the sea, and it's weaponry the sharpest and hardest tearing, but the dolphin
holds its own, especially when travelling in its family pod. Silver is a
metal considered by many to be purest of metals spiritually. While not as
valuable per ounce as gold has its own strength and purpose and indeed is
considered valuable and treasured. The Rose, and in particular the red one
is symbolic of love, loyalty, and passion.
Together what they say are important things to me. More personally the badge
could be read, Wade, on a dolphin argent arose. Symbolic of rising to overcome
difficulty in life using humour, wisdom, strength and love.
Note that (fieldless) is just a term to let herald folk know that the badge
actually has no field and that it hasn't just accidently been left out. Also
note that the default colour for the heraldic rose is gules barbed vert seeded
Or, (red with green barbs and golden seeds) and so is implied by simply saying,
a rose.
If for some reason I can't register this badge, I would first change it by
simply taking the dolphin from its traditional default Naiant posture (horizontal)
and have it hauraiant instead. (vertical)
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(fieldless) On a dolphin argent a rose proper
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Components
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Horizontal Dolphin Variants
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Here are some variants using the
dolphin in a horizontal orientation.
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I want to keep the dolphin in my badge, though perhaps
not in the same horziontal alignment. I think that I'll stick with the heraldic
dolphin, though I'm not sure. There are a few attractions to using a more
natural dolphin like a bottle-nose dolphin. The natural dolphin defaults
to grey when in the default or "proper" tincture. The heraldic dolphin defaults
to green with red fins and tail when "proper".
I also think I want a rose on my badge. I've liked that idea ever since
I saw a red rose painted on a shiny black helm. The deafault heraldic rose
is not the typical rosebud or double rose of today, but the five petalled
rose seen face on. It defaults to red with green barbs and yellow seeds
as "proper".
Other heraldic colours are available, but I like red for the rose, or if
not, perhaps white or yellow.
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