Category Archives: heraldry

To Colour or Not to Colour: a treatise on digital heraldic submissions

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Rachel

As more and more heraldic submissions are accepted using digitally rendered and coloured means, the question frequently comes up in heraldic spaces: what is an acceptable digital colour palette, in either hex codes or Pantone colours? This article will discuss … Continue reading →

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Pomp and Splendor: what to do with your heraldic device once registered

Posted on February 16, 2020 by Rachel

Once you’ve registered your arms, there are a multitude of ways to display them, all which add to our game. While I’ll be using my arms as an example, keep in mind that different shapes may work better (or worse) … Continue reading →

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Straight Outta SLC: Quick and Easy SCA Names Using FamilySearch

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Rachel

Documenting names for the SCA doesn’t always require large tomes or some sort of wizard with super-linguistic skills to interpret a source. One of the best sources we have at our disposal is FamilySearch, a genealogical tool that has compiled … Continue reading →

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Making Choices; or why Konstantia wore one outfit over another

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Rachel

Calontir Coronation was this weekend, and as is often the risk with midwestern kingdoms in January, we had the prediction of some pretty heinous weather. So not kidding – we had a winter storm warning issued that morning for potential … Continue reading →

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Making the Odds Ever Be in Your Favour: surviving the heraldic submissions process

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Rachel

How do you make sure that you increase your chances for your submission getting registered and less like you’re trying to get your submission to survive the heraldic Hunger Games? Continue reading →

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Byzantine Monograms: a heraldic practice

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Rachel

As an early-period Byzantine within the Society, I have come to grips that my arms and badges as registered with the College of Arms are perhaps not the most period for my persona, and so, this concept of trying to … Continue reading →

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Demystifying Heraldic Submissions: Waiting Is the Hardest Part

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Rachel

Picture the scene: you’ve got your name picked out, your badge forms coloured in, and you’re itching to get your device painted on your shield. You go to your local herald, and as you’re discussing the process, the question of … Continue reading →

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Text: Adelaide Sarsfield’s Calon Cross

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Rachel

Our Minister of Youth has done a bang-up job at taking care of the youth of Calontir, and when I was approached about writing the text, I said yes. (Also, I love writing scroll texts, and often wish I could … Continue reading →

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Andrixos’ Herald Extraordinary

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Rachel

When Brigida, Gold Falcon Principal Herald, asked me if I wanted a crack at a scroll, I asked who it was for and I jumped at the the chance. You see, Andrixos (or Drx, more familiarly) wrote both my Calon … Continue reading →

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Thaddeus’ Achievement of Arms

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Rachel

Finally!  I got another thing checked off my list of backlog projects!   We had a fundraiser for tents for Heralds’ Point and for arts and sciences for Lilies War, and I offered a heraldic achievement using gold leaf.  Unfortunately, my … Continue reading →

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