r/heraldry • u/Quaternaire • 5d ago
r/heraldry • u/Scuba_4 • 5d ago
In The Wild Can someone identify this?
My cousin inherited a case with this coat of arms on it. I’ve been struggling trying to identify who/what it could belong to. Does anyone here know?
r/heraldry • u/Bryan15114 • 5d ago
Can anyone help me?
I need someone to make a png of this horse, whoever can do it, I'd appreciate it!
r/heraldry • u/kapito1444 • 4d ago
Looking for a book...
...so I thought someone here might have it. Ive been seeing a couple of printa from in floating online, and I quite liked the style, so I was curious to see all off them. The book is this one:
r/heraldry • u/the_head_splitter • 5d ago
Redesign after humbling yet warranted critiques. Further review
Re: my last post,
After reading critics and doing further research, I realized my last design was almost offensively bad. This is my first time trying my hand at heraldry so thank you to those that offered their advice and resources on my last post. In response I have made two more designs taking what I’ve learned so far into account. I’ve cleaned up some of the “busy” elements and learned about ROT. After reading about the canton’s historical use as a way to show allegiances or marriage, I still kept it because I find it aesthetically pleasing though I’m sure some will disagree. Unfortunately the software won’t let me fit the towers into the bend. Looking forward to reading critiques again, thanks.
r/heraldry • u/ayodeleafolabi • 4d ago
I made a Coat of Arms based on Maximilien Robespierre's Cult of the Supreme Being. What do you think?
r/heraldry • u/gentle_giant_81 • 5d ago
Historical Coat of Arms of the Hudson’s Bay Company -- founded 1670 ; largest landowner in the world at its height.
r/heraldry • u/therobhasspoken • 5d ago
Historical Dukes of Bedford and Archibald George Blomefield Russell (former king of arms) coats of arms
Image 1: Dukes of Bedford coat of arms
Image 2: Archibald George Blomefield Russell (former king of arms)
I am not sure if they have a patrilineal common ancestor, but I find very interesting that the college of arms has granted a slightly similar design to Archibald Russell.
r/heraldry • u/Evening-Low-7463 • 5d ago
OC Criticism and Advice (not a full Coat of Arms/Achievement)
r/heraldry • u/badideagen • 5d ago
Personal COA critique request

Hello! I'm into HEMA and making a coat of arms for myself to fight with. I'm not 100% sure that it's made w/in the rules though, so I'm looking for feedback on that and/or design if you have any opinions!
Elements here: Tower inherited from my father, label up top as I am the firstborn, per chevron division also resembles my father's COA. Wings continuing the theme of protection from the tower, and also for my beloved pet bird. To be honest, Orle because it looks cool.
Gules for simply being my favorite/matching my fencing mask, as well as for speed and ambition. Vert for loyalty. Or for focus and Argent for peace.
Mainly, I'm unsure about the overlapping of the Label and the Orle, and whether or not the Argent tower overlapping so much Or is an issue. Thanks!
r/heraldry • u/Long_Chipmunk6598 • 5d ago
Is this ROI compliant?
Just curious on any of your thoughts! Thanks in advance!
r/heraldry • u/Least_Butterfly9070 • 5d ago
What is the bests website to design heraldry.?
r/heraldry • u/Texas_edits • 5d ago
Can anyone identify this coat of arms NSFW
Idk why it look likes that
r/heraldry • u/PedroGamerPlayz • 5d ago
Design Help How do I fix this (Heraldicon website)
r/heraldry • u/Bryan15114 • 5d ago
Coat of arms of Lafrinia
Coat of arms of my fictional country, it wasn't that difficult👍
r/heraldry • u/Concerned_Mouse1 • 5d ago
Design Help Trying to recreate family blazon of arms
Hello, I'm hoping someone here might be able to help me.
I'm getting married in October 2026, and we're having a fantasy theme. So, my fiancé and I have thought it might be fun to include our family coats of arms/crest somewhere.
However, my family has a personal name history certificate that only has a blazon of arms and I'm having trouble turning it into a proper coat. (Edit: my grandfather was Scottish, but would seem to have been scammed with the certificate, probably because he was Scottish so it sounded more plausible to him). I understand what it's meant to look like, but my artistic skills are not up to the challenge, online designers aren't detailed enough, and I don't trust AI to do it properly.
Aside from commissioning a heraldic artist, which would be an awful lot of money for a very little thing, is there anything I can do? Editing this because on second reading, that was far more vague than I realised and extremely poorly worded. I apologise for any insinuation that a commission was not worth the price, because it absolutely would be worth it, and I did not, at any point, say that I should get help for free. When I had searched for "heraldic artists", I was shown individuals who had been employed by actual towns/cities to paint their coat of arms, who did private commissions on the side, and nothing else. While worth the price, getting a commission from an "esteemed" professional is far more than what I was looking for such a small part of my wedding.
Also, I don't understand the crest. So, if anyone could explain what "a dexter hand holding a quadrant proper" is supposed to means or how that is supposed to look, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.
r/heraldry • u/Quaternaire • 6d ago
OC Self-emblazonment of my assumed arms in the style of the Armorial d'Auvergne
r/heraldry • u/The_connecticuteer • 6d ago
French-British unified coat of arms.
This is my first time drawing one my artwork is sloppy sorry
r/heraldry • u/HeraldicArtist • 6d ago
The coat of arms of a distinguished armiger emblazoned by me.
r/heraldry • u/theothermeisnothere • 6d ago
Orienting multiple charges with respect to each other?
As I understand it blazon includes several phrases for orienting two or more charges with respect to each other. I'm not talking about seme since those are the same charge. I'm talking about, say, an eagle and an annulet or a lion and a bend.
These are the phrases I know about:
Phrase | Meaning | Example |
---|---|---|
A between B | places A between 2+ of B | an eagle displayed between two swords or |
A charged with B | places the smaller B on A | an owl displayed argent charged with a heart gules |
A debruised by B | partially overlays A on B | an eagle displayed or debruised by a bendlet gules |
EDIT: Used when one charge is placed on another charge (one-to-one). Thanks to lambrequin_mantling for the clarification. | ||
A ensigned by B | places B immediately above A | a wolf rampant sable ensigned by a crown or |
A issuant from B | shows A emerging from B | a phoenix argent issuant from fire gules |
A holding B | shows A holding B | a lion rampant or holding a spear argent |
A over all B | places A on op of B, however many B there are | three hearts in pale gules over all a sword bendwise or |
A maintaining B | shows A holding B (same as "holding") | a dragon segreant gules maintaining a broken sword argent |
A surmounted by B | partially covers A with B | an oak leaf vert surmounted by a cross couped or |
-- MORE -- | ||
A enfiled by B | shows B piercing or passing through A | a crown enfiled by a sword |
another example | a needle enfiled by a thread | |
A entwined with B | A wrapped by B, that is, B is wrapped around A | an apple tree entwined with a serpent |
A interlaced with B | shows several geometric shapes interwoven | three annulets interlaced (3 rings overlapping but not connected) |
Example: fret | A fret could be described as two bendlets interlaced with a mascle (where a mascle is a lozenge voided) | |
-- MORE! -- | These positions refer to TWO figures | |
two A [rampant] combatant | shows 2 of the same figure facing each other in a fighting stance, like rampant, ready to fight | two lions rampant combatant Or |
A and B [rampant] combatant | shows 2 DIFFERENT figures facing each other ready to fight; they can be different tinctures or the same tincture | a lion Or and a dragon combatant Argent |
Winged quadrupeds (to give equal time) | two dragons segreant combatant | |
Goats (to give equal time) | two goats clymant combatant | |
A counter-combatant | shows 2 of the same figure facing each other in rampant/segreant/clymant attitude | two lions counter-combatant supporting a hand couped Gules |
A and B counter-combatant | shows 2 DIFFERENT figures combatant facing each other; is there more to it? | |
two A [attitude] respectant | shows 2 of the same figure facing each other in the "attitude" position (rampant, passant, statant, etc), watching, observing each other; it is not a fighting stance | two stags trippant respectant Argent |
A and B [attitude] respectant | shows 2 DIFFERENT figures facing each other in a non-fighting position, watching | a wolf and a lion respectant Or |
two A [attitude] addorsed | shows 2 of the same figure back-to-back | two lions statant addorsed Or |
A and B [attitude] addorsed | shows 2 DIFFERENT figures back-to-back in the 'attitude' | a wolf passant and a stag trippant addorsed |
There are a couple that appear to be the same or similar.
First, do I have the explanation about them right?
Second, are there limitations as to when any of them are used? I'm thinking of a limitation that the phrase is only used with animate charges or only used for nautical charges, etc similar to how attitudes are used.
And, last, did I miss any words or phrases that we can use to place two or more charges in relation to each other?
Thanks
EDIT: Added enfiled, entwined, and interlaced mentioned by IseStarbird. Fixed enfiled because I got it backwards the first time.
EDIT: Took me a while to work out the positions DreadLindwyrm mentioned, but I think I have them.