tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post3457640416785215004..comments2023-07-12T06:59:28.442-05:00Comments on <center>About Bruce Heard and New Stories</center>: Alphatian Coats of Arms -- Part II (Updated July 19th)Bruce Heardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02929476133092132896noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-72533051513646872932012-07-24T16:03:44.070-05:002012-07-24T16:03:44.070-05:00Loving these! :)Loving these! :)Havard:https://www.blogger.com/profile/03672640381532559035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-22918247194439254482012-07-20T12:15:15.189-05:002012-07-20T12:15:15.189-05:00Hi Hausman. Sorry, but your question is unclear. ...Hi Hausman. Sorry, but your question is unclear. Try writing it directly in Portuguese .Bruce Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929476133092132896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-74195646244252652562012-07-20T11:52:35.495-05:002012-07-20T11:52:35.495-05:00Bruce on My Alphatian Champaign, i usually show ve...Bruce on My Alphatian Champaign, i usually show very aspects, places and Characters on Haaken Family, is there any conditios to show me how is it could be? (Hausman)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867778714373078864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-25053298593185195052012-07-19T22:10:41.912-05:002012-07-19T22:10:41.912-05:00No problem. Feel free to switch them to fit your ...No problem. Feel free to switch them to fit your campaign. I'd like to draft the alternate shield but I'm afraid I don't have an appropriate piece of art depicting the offensive gesture. For now anyway. :-)Bruce Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929476133092132896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-56359030702954752232012-07-19T22:07:55.962-05:002012-07-19T22:07:55.962-05:00The Yannivey CoA isn't meant to "mean&quo...The Yannivey CoA isn't meant to "mean" anything. It's more likely to have been assigned by a master herald in Sundsvall than by anyone in the islands.Bruce Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929476133092132896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-46324792571788347742012-07-19T22:05:45.940-05:002012-07-19T22:05:45.940-05:00Thank you very much for the InkScape link. I'...Thank you very much for the InkScape link. I'll check into that asap. That may be just what I'm looking for.<br /><br />Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll be looking into them very soon. I'd keep Alphaks and the merchant fleet out. The "standardization" part comes off a bit too modern a concept. I'm sure than anyone in the merchant and navigation business can handle less than 100 heraldic designs. I can recognize more than 100 real world flags, so I'm assuming Mystarans not to be any less capable of telling an imperial fleet from a Greenspur trader.Bruce Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929476133092132896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-90970567894992134192012-07-19T20:06:37.472-05:002012-07-19T20:06:37.472-05:00Enjoying all your Alphatia work. The shield you ha...Enjoying all your Alphatia work. The shield you have for Blackheart is decidedly more standard and heraldic than the one I came up with (which was somewhat more irreverent):<br /><br />"Black, Red, and Silver. The heraldic symbol of Blackheart is a black background with a white hand dripping blood in the middle. The hand is set in a gesture that is almost universally considered rude. It should be noted that Blackheart has no formal crest- this logo was created in response to the artistic craze of Mylertendal centuries ago, and has come to be the 'unofficial' crest of the kingdom."<br /><br />http://pandius.com/blkhrtgz.htmlAndrew Theisenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17536058298170643589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-18735176052160216852012-07-19T19:15:22.427-05:002012-07-19T19:15:22.427-05:00Once again beautiful coats of arms! I like all of ...Once again beautiful coats of arms! I like all of them (general Torenal foremost) but... what is the meaning of Yannivey symbol? <br /><br />A free .svg creator is Inkscape. You may download it at this link:<br /><br />http://inkscape.org/download/?lang=it<br /><br />(this webpage is in Italian, but there is also a French version. Oddly, I was not able to find the English page. Anyway, the software is in English, about 35Mb in downloaded size. Warning: installing is pretty long, especially at the end. Just have patience)<br /><br />I just had a quick try of the software and, by browsing the loads of commands in the interface, I think you should be able to edit/draw any .svg picture you like. By the way, there is also the 8-point star symbol needed for Qeodhar flag! ; )<br /><br />On another matter, if you are still looking for Alphatian organisations needing a flag here are a few more suggestions (feel free to pick what you like and ignore the rest, of course):<br /><br />- The bloodhound corp (a magically altered group of lupins used as hunds and spies by the Council of Wizards. From Dragon Magazine 344, VotPA, part 36)<br /><br />- The Guard of the Lawr (likely a hybrid between rangers and "national guard" defending Shyie-Lawr civilized lands. From Xerdon background at the end of Champions of Mystara: Heroes of the Princess Ark module)<br /><br />- The Center for Disease Control (a magic-medical Alphatian organization devoted to fight magical illnesses, especially lycantropy. From PC4 module)<br /><br />- What about Alphaks'Volcano? There is a whole secret organisation of people devoted to the destruction of Alphatia, ruled by a Black King and a Black Queen. Alphaks' symbol is a horned skull against a phoenix-shaped flame. <br /><br />- Do the merchant fleet shows a dedicated coat of arms? The need for such a flag could rise for practical purposes: the Empire is so large that distant colonies could not recognize each other's flags when approaching to the foreign land. A standardized banner solves the problem.LoZompatorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531087744841747217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-35941217268812980182012-07-18T18:59:13.232-05:002012-07-18T18:59:13.232-05:00Thanks. What I really need is a .svg file to be r...Thanks. What I really need is a .svg file to be really clean. I don't have the software to create these.Bruce Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929476133092132896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-23668691444415479522012-07-18T18:56:41.033-05:002012-07-18T18:56:41.033-05:00To avoid nasty edges try this one, it should work:...To avoid nasty edges try this one, it should work:<br /><br />https://sites.google.com/site/lozomparchive/Home/archive-1/qeodhar-flag-template/Qeodhar%20flag%2002.bmp?attredirects=0LoZompatorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531087744841747217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-32353632006024666952012-07-18T17:57:33.079-05:002012-07-18T17:57:33.079-05:00It's not a very good design because I had to i...It's not a very good design because I had to import an image (the star) which explains the nasty-looking edges. This design also breaks heraldic rules (sanguine tint directly adjacent to another tint, azure.) Tisk, tisk...Bruce Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929476133092132896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-29390364902492626002012-07-18T17:54:35.917-05:002012-07-18T17:54:35.917-05:00Here's one approach:
https://docs.google.co...Here's one approach: <br /><br />https://docs.google.com/open?id=0ByHsRdpWU3qedkVpejVHb3lGUTABruce Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929476133092132896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-72264094210616364212012-07-18T17:02:18.654-05:002012-07-18T17:02:18.654-05:00Thanks to the geometric shape of Qeodhar coat of a...Thanks to the geometric shape of Qeodhar coat of arms I was able to make a copy of it by using the "shape" commands of MS Word (nonetheless):<br /><br />You may see the result here (a black and white .bmp file, hope the link opens):<br /><br />https://sites.google.com/site/lozomparchive/Home/archive-1/qeodhar-flag-template/Qeodhar%20flag.bmp?attredirects=0<br /><br />See if it could be an useful tremplate for you...LoZompatorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531087744841747217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-62127096704262347072012-07-18T16:14:39.869-05:002012-07-18T16:14:39.869-05:00Really though, an eight-point star?Really though, an eight-point star?Bruce Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929476133092132896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-25655146412962193362012-07-18T16:10:00.640-05:002012-07-18T16:10:00.640-05:00OK, I'll give it a shot. Should be easy enoug...OK, I'll give it a shot. Should be easy enough. Thanks!Bruce Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929476133092132896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-18276441022997703842012-07-18T14:26:23.415-05:002012-07-18T14:26:23.415-05:00The coat of arms closely resembles this (free) sym...The coat of arms closely resembles this (free) symbol:<br /><br />http://tattootabatha.com/tribal-8-point-star-tattoo/2931/<br /><br />To make it similar to the picture shown in M1 the inner circle and everything inside it have to be cleared; then the resulting image has to be superimposed on a large circle whose radius reaches slightly less than the halfway poinf of each spike. Done.<br /><br />About colors: even if M1 picture is in black and white, it is possible to infer that the spikes are colored (in blue, from M2 info) and the rest of the picture is left blank (or it is colored with a pale shade of blue or any white/pale blue/other light color combination). <br /><br />Or you can use the free picture without any alteration, it is pretty similar anyway.<br /><br />Hope it helps.LoZompatorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531087744841747217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-17645681659006606152012-07-18T13:36:36.151-05:002012-07-18T13:36:36.151-05:00A blue star... easy enough to fix. Is there any il...A blue star... easy enough to fix. Is there any illustration available?Bruce Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929476133092132896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-29532666682984679682012-07-18T13:33:43.719-05:002012-07-18T13:33:43.719-05:00Oooohhhh, beautiful add-ons! Thanks a lot for this...Oooohhhh, beautiful add-ons! Thanks a lot for this work! :)<br />I like especially the Ordo Imperialis coat of arms. The Great Council symbol - the whole ravens' thing - is very interesting, too. Maybe the artificial ravens were dropped as they were too often used as spies, who knows...<br /><br />The Smoke and Mirror symbol could be mostly hidden on dresses and equipment of its members, who could be trained to search for it anytime they meet a stranger (just to know at what lengths they must go in their acting).<br /><br />A note about the coat of arms of Qeodhar: in M1 and M2 modules the coat of arms of Qeodhar is a blue star (see M1 picture on page 6 and M2 note in "Dream one" box at the bottom of page 5, for example). BUT... it is possible that such picture would refer only to the fleet. I like the white bear coat of arms you designed for the island, it's a pity to left it unused. You wrote M1 module, so I suppose the final decision is up to you! :DLoZompatorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531087744841747217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-48067654079236077162012-07-17T14:41:04.162-05:002012-07-17T14:41:04.162-05:00Thanks a bunch for these ideas. Your research wil...Thanks a bunch for these ideas. Your research will save me lots of time! I'll see what I do with them. :-)Bruce Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929476133092132896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752010860639064233.post-37582070142728689152012-07-17T14:05:45.781-05:002012-07-17T14:05:45.781-05:00Wow! Wonderful pictures! Thank you very much for y...Wow! Wonderful pictures! Thank you very much for your work. Frisland, teh Clockwork Realm, Haven, Foreshome and Shyie-Lawr coat of arms are really attractive, in my opinion. : )<br /><br />The "Eye of Ambur" could be edited with other software, if needed, to add the white part, but I think the yellow background is fine. The whole symbol could also represent a star (the blue dot) centered in the aiming grid of the Great Observatory (the black reticle). <br /><br />About the Clockwork realm: this picture seem really suitable for any gnomish settlement throughout Mystara. If you like to use it inside the Empire of Alphatia it could be used for the gnomish community of Stoutfellow, or for the gnomes who were working on the island of Aegos to dig the tunnel to the Hollow World. Outside the Empire there are a lot of coiches. A few suggestions: the Snartan Empire; the gnomes of New new Mistrhaven (from the Book of Wondrous Inventions), the gnomes of Torkyn Peak (a former gnomish settlement among the three volcanoes in northern Glantri, introduced in the Dragonlord Trilogy novels); the gnomes living beneath the Black Mountains (from X5 module and other supplements), the gnomes of the Northern Reaces or... the empire of Dorfin IV! Or it could be something completely different, not necessarily related to gnomes.<br /><br />From a gaming point of view, I think a few more interesting coat of arms could be those of the elite/police force of the Empire: the Alphatian Imperial Guard (uniform's colors are blue, yellow and red, see and the charachter entry of Torenal in DotE) the Crimson Guard (a skyship police force based in Sundsvall - from VotPA, part 11) and the Imperial Forest Rangers of the Imperial Territories north of Vertiloch (PWAI, entry about Zandoria). Their coat of arms should be well known among commoners - including the PCs - who might need to seek (or likely avoid) their intervention during their everyday tasks.<br /><br />Just throwing in a few ideas :DLoZompatorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531087744841747217noreply@blogger.com