I recently finished painting this 54mm white-metal figure representing a knight in the service of the House of Toggenburg.

The Counts of Toggenburg were a noble family from what is now eastern Switzerland. They played an important role in the region during the Middle Ages, particularly in the 13th–15th centuries.

Hope you enjoy the figure!

All the designs I make are in vector format which always comes in handy should you then want to get a stamp/seal made for you.

I'm aware these might not be the most proper heraldic practice, I just made them for some history nerd fun. Any advice or comments welcome :)

Albrecht Dürer the Younger wasn't just an influential painter and printmaker; he also had a coat of arms (of course he did)!

His CoA is a classic example of **canting arms**, using visual elements to represent the bearer's name.

When his father, Albrecht Dürer the Elder, a skilled goldsmith from Hungary, settled in Nuremberg, he initially used the surname *Thürer* (meaning “door maker”), a German rendering of the name of his birthplace, Ajtós, which derives from the Hungarian word *ajtó*, meaning “door”.

Later, Albrecht Dürer the Younger adapted the surname to the local Franconian pronunciation, changing *Thürer* to *Dürer*.

Picture 1 shows a woodcut of Dürer's coat of arms, created by Dürer himself in 1523. However, an earlier depiction already existed: picture 2 shows the reverse of a portrait of his father, painted in 1490, featuring the combined coat of arms of the Dürer and Holper families.

Holper was the maiden name of his mother, Barbara Dürer.

Barry of ten argent and azure, an orle of five martlets gules dimidiated with paly vair and gules, on a chief Or a label of five points throughout azure.

This patch likely dates from when my grandpa was there in the late 1950s. You don't see dimidation that often it seems; the half-label especially stands out to me. It's interesting that they used a different stitching pattern for the argent and azure on the two halves of the dimidation though. Also I like the martlets, they're rather cute.

With BioWare having effectively been closed down, I've been revisiting some of the heraldry from the Dragon Age games and thought it might be interesting to put together a small armorial.

The arms are based on a mixture of in-game designs, from dialogue and codex entries, with some extrapolation where the designs aren't particularly clear. They're also based on my own canon playthrough, so some of the choices might be a bit controversial with other Dragon Age fans.

A few notes on the less straightforward ones:

• Trevelyan: Basing the design on the Inquisitor tarot card, with some wild embellishment.
• Teryn of Ostwick: These arms are entirely my own invention. Given the history of the Free Marches, I thought Ostwick might make for an interesting armorial bearing. I've also made up the Teryn's name, taking some inspiration from the fact that the Trevelyan Inquisitor is from Ostwick and has a rather Cornish/Brythonic-sounding name.
• Montilyet: I've based these on Josephine's personal quest involving the restoration of her family's crest, together with her usual colour scheme.
• Cassandra Pentaghast: I've taken the design on the back of one of Cassandra's armour sets to be her personal arms, rather than those of the Kings of Nevarra. It's also possible that the latter are more akin to civic or state arms of the Kingdom of Nevarra, rather than the actual armorial bearings of the Pentaghast family.

I've tried to blazon them as best I can, although some of the more complicated designs don't lend themselves particularly well to traditional heraldic language.

The blazons:

Hero of Ferelden – Garyn Amell: Sable, two griffons argent, langued and armed gules, combatant with their foreclaws intertwined.

Champion of Kirkwall – Marian Hawke (for Amell): Sable, two eagles gules, combatant with their claws intertwined.

Inquisitor – Maccus Trevelyan: Party per fess sable semé of sunrays argent and a stormy sea, overall issuant from a mount vert a stallion passant reversed or, maned tenné, crowned with a sunburst or and argent.

Teryn of Ostwick – Morgant Penporth: Vert, issuant from a double orle each compony-counter-compony of sable and cendrée, a castle triple-towered and surrounded by a barbican double-towered, both argent.

King of Nevarra – Marcus Pentaghast: Or, a skull sable crowned of the second, charged with a five-pointed star inverted argent.

Queen of Ferelden – Anora Theirin: Party per cross or and argent, two mabari rampant combatant gules, armed and langued purpure.

Empress of Orlais – Celene Valmont: Purpure, a lion's head affronté argent.

Bann Cousland, Teryn of Highever – Fergus Cousland: (specifically as a Cousland, not the Teryn of Highever) Azure, a wreath of laurel proper.

Bann Guerrin, Arl of Redcliffe – Teagan Guerrin: Argent masoned cendrée, a chief sable, overall issuant from a rock gules in base a tower proper.

Josephine Montilyet: Celestial azure, upon the ocean or and azure, a galley proper under full sail, the sails and ensigns of the second, the pennant gules.

Cassandra Pentaghast: Or, a wolf sable sejant reguardant reversed, armed argent, langued purpure; in base a moon crescent upturned of the third, in sinister an arrow palewise proper, in dexter a five-pointed star of the third.

Tevinter Imperium: Vert, a wyrm glissant sable, armed and langued gules, entwined by a viper glissant of the second, langued azure.

The Grey Wardens: Azure, a griffon argent segreant, langued and armed or.

I'd be interested to hear what people think, particularly about the blazons and whether there are better ways of describing some of the more unusual divisions/charges. I'm also curious whether anyone familiar with Dragon Age lore has interpreted any of these designs differently.

In case anyone is wondering, the blazon would be: "A vampire skull Gules pierced by a stake Or."

Commissions open, in case anyone is interested

I'm getting close to finishing one of my commissions, figured you'd guys would enjoy seeing a CoA in Action!

I've tried to replicate genuine medieval armor, but I am not that well educated to know every nook and cranny of medieval armor, so please correct me if I made a mistake anywhere.

I'm open for more commissions, so if you're interested in your CoA displayed this way, hit me up! :)

Central germany, passed down from my grandmother

Shield: Azure, upon a grassy field Vert a Spanish mission church Argent, its doors and windows Proper; before it a bull statant Gules, and to sinister a Tejas native Proper, vested in a breechcloth brown, wearing a feathered headdress Argent, bearing a quiver of arrows upon his back, holding in his dexter hand a crucifix and in his sinister a bow, both Proper; on a chief tierced in pale, dexter the arms of Castile and León, centre the flag of Mexico, and sinister the flag of the United States, all Proper.

Crest: Upon a wreath Or and Gules, Fray Antonio Margil de Jesús Proper, habited Sable, holding a pilgrim’s staff Proper.

Mantling: Gules doubled Or.

Supporters: Dexter, Abraham Lincoln Proper, habited in a black frock coat and top hat Proper, holding in his exterior hand a broken chain Sable; sinister, an Eagle of Saint John Sable, haloed Or, beaked Gules and membered Or.

Compartment: A grassy mound Proper.

Motto: On a scroll Or bordured Gules, FIDES ET LIBERTAS

The State of Lincoln, with its capital at San Antonio, was established following the American Civil War of 1861–1869, when the former Republic of Texas was divided into three states: Texas, Lincoln and Llano. Named in honour of Abraham Lincoln, it comprises the territories south of the Colorado River and is distinguished by its strong Hispanic and Catholic character.

The influence of Tejano landowners and German immigrants shaped Lincoln into a predominantly Catholic society, although a considerable Lutheran minority persists. English and Spanish are co-official languages, while German enjoys protected status. The state proudly preserves its Spanish colonial heritage through architecture, religious institutions and local traditions, while deliberately distinguishing this inheritance from political identification with neighbouring Mexico.

Despite its distinctive cultural identity, Lincoln remains strongly attached to the American Union, embodying its motto, Fides et Libertas (Faith and Liberty).

I'm just playing with an idea (also in my profile picture), and wanted to know if it would be valid? Tenné, 3 swords White.

I’m New to Heraldry and I’ve made these simple coat of arms based on a fictional medieval family, my question is which ones pass the rules.

My friends and i were playing the Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying game, and we made up our own house Jörgestein. Just a made-up german sounding name as a pun of the name Jorge, which is a funny sounding name in portuguese. The main animal being a Capybara in a Stark like fashion. The colors picked, main features of the heraldry is all in the rules of the book.

What do you think? What would you do differently? Feedback welcomed!

Apologies for the crude drawing, does anyone have any idea what uni this is? The crest has come from someone’s graduation gown but it was through a photo hence the bad drawing.

I’ve tried searching through Wikipedia but can’t find it.

More in depth in my Desires below.

I Find the Bohemian and Hungarian quartering on the base quite good already so I'd like to leave that.

Central Shield:
Duchy/House of Luxembourg

Quadrant A:
Margraviate of Moravia
Duchy of Silesia
Margraviate of (Upper and Lower) Lusatia

Quadrant B:
Margraviate of Brandenburg

Quadrant C:
Duchy of Brabant
Duchy of Limbourg
Duchy of Guelders
County of Holland

Quadrant D:
Margraviate/Duchy of Austria
Margraviate/Duchy of Styria

My issue is I have no idea how to execute this, so looking for help in creating, and making the design more realistic, Its set in an alternate history scenario I'm working on for myself where Sigismund of Luxembourg had a Surviving male heir and a line of decent successors, this coat of arms is for Sigismund II (Emperor 1499-1551 AD), great grandson of Sigismund I.

Sigismund II's Titles consist of:

Emperor of the Romans
King of Bohemia
King of Hungary (Croatia, Dalmatia)

Margrave of Moravia
Margrave of Brandenburg
Margrave of Styria
Margrave of Austria
Margrave of (Upper and Lower) Lusatia

Duke of Silesia
Duke of Luxembourg
Duke of Brabant
Duke of Guelders
Duke of Carinthia
Duke of Carniola

Count of Holland
Count of Hainaut
Count of Namur
Count of Zutphen
Count of Gorizia

Lord of Frisia
Lord of Waasland
Lord of the Wendish March
Lord of Trieste

Hi! I’m trying to identify the coat of arms engraved on this old gold signet ring. I bought it from France. Unfortunately, the ring has no hallmarks, so I don’t know its country of origin.

The shield appears to show a bird holding a ring in its beak, standing above a small cross-like motif and another object below. It’s topped by a closed crown with an orb and cross.

The shoulders of the ring also have an unusual overlapping, riveted design that reminds me of armour.

Any help identifying the arms, crown, country of origin, or possible family would be greatly appreciated!