The Gauntlet - October 2008

October Gauntlet Newsletter

A Publication of Armorial Gold Heraldry Services

HERALDRY RAMBLINGS

This month, a collection of new daggers, a set of diamond bordures for those who use the lozenge type shield, some new garters, a nice mantling to add to your ever-growing collection, a very special Maltese Knight supporter, and for those who use an oven shield, a collection of oval bordures.

Next month we will feature 4 new mantlings, 7 new shields and shield templates, including a wonderful new angel template; a collection of arms embowed holding various elements, and a nice collection (exclusive to AG) of circular bordures.

STAFF NOTES

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GARLIC BULB

The ancient Romans looked at the clove as a magical herb that created great strength and stamina. Of course you will also find it in canting arms for the surname “garlick”.

CHECKIE, COMPONY AND

COUNTER COMPONY

Be careful with these...

Some of you have pointed out that you have seen a fess checkie with 4 tiers....this is poor heraldry, and only if the blazon specifically indicates a change to the general rules of heraldry, should you design it this way (the fess checkie has 3 tiers)

Here are some basic reference drawings that will assist you.

Bordure Checkie
Bordure Compony-Counter Compony
Bordure Compony
Fess Checkie
Bend Checkie
Chief Checkie
Fess Compony Ctr Compony
Bend Compony Ctr Compony
Chief Compony Ctr Compony
Fess Compony
Bend Compony
Chief Compony

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PEACOCK BRUSH

New this month is a peacock brush or as some call it a peacock feather fan. A symbol of eternal life. In ancient times, Juno the queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage used the peacock as one of her symbols. Germanic arms use this charge, often as a symbol of nobility and in some cases a religious symbol of the eternal life of the soul.

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SPECIAL THANK YOU

To Rui Valerio for providing the translation for the new full Portuguese full achievement of arms, now featured in that resource section.

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We have added more textures to the Member resources page, and have added more blazons which bring the database to about 62,000...

This is mantling number 512 with a nice natural embossed look. We have also set it up with a crown instead of a wreath, if you need it.

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THE WORLDS LARGEST PROVIDER OF HERALDRY ART

We are leaving this help tip up, as more and more of you are upgrading

your Corel Draw software to X3 or X4

Corel Draw has changed some default settings in X3 and X4 that can render your vector images black, do the same for your F9 preview and in the case of X4 display your image excessively dark.

Fixes:

Top Command Bar/View Select “enhanced” and not “enhanced with overprints”;
Top Command Bar/Tools/Color Management Color Mode for Effects-should be set at RGB (not CMYK);
Top Command Bar/Tools Select “Save Settings as default” ;
When importing AG graphics into X4, make sure you first group your image before using the F9 full screen preview (X3 imports the graphic already grouped).