And we have a winner

[norsegirl]

After much thought and consideration, I think the winning heraldry design will be a hybrid of the other designs I've come up with. Has all my favourite colours and yet still doesn't seem too busy.



I'd love comments and suggestions from the peanut gallery as to how to blazon it and whether or not you think it will pass (with the black bordure on the quartered background the charge is exactly 50-50 on metal and colour so I'm not sure how that will fly). And of course if you hate it, feel free to let me know.


So here's my attempt at a blazon...
"Quarterly purpure and argent, a serpent vert nowed in a Heneage knot inverted within a bordure sable"
Edit: Thanks to Hel for the inverted catch. Have updated blazons accordingly

And of course, if it doesn't pass, I have my fall-back design that I am 95% sure will pass.

"Quarterly purpure and argent, a serpent vert nowed in a Heneage knot inverted"

Comments

Also ...

[eliskimo.livejournal.com]

I think the second design is more period, with the primary charge (the serpent) filling more of the avaliable space. The border cuts into your design space unnecesarily and forces a reduction in the charge size.

It also adds another element and thus pushes up the complexity count. Simpler is better. Think "big, bold and butch" when designing period-looking heraldry.

Re: Also ...

[eve-the-just.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, good comments. I will consider them and maybe pin the two finalists up in my cube for a few days while I think about it. Don't have to submit it right away after all.