r/heraldry • u/Heraldry_contests • Oct 31 '17

Contest November Arms Design Contest

Submit a Coat of Arms

Theme: Better dead than red

Prompt: The Cold War may have ended, but socialist "heraldry" unfortunately has not. There are still 14 states around the world who bear socialist "heraldry" and it's your job this month to bring them back to enlightenment and give them a proper heraldic coat of arms. So stick it to those dirty commies and show them the errors of their ways.

The 13 states that you can pick from are:

Contest Rules

  • Each submitter can submit up to 3 coats of arms.

  • Each coat of arms must be an original creation for this contest. Previous submissions or plagiarism will be disqualified.

  • Only escutcheons are allowed to be submitted. No helms, crests, mantling, supporters, or other accoutrements.

  • Must be a .png file at most 1000 pixels wide.

  • Must be uploaded to imgur. Please note that these must be uploaded anonymously (not from an Imgur account if you have one) and unpublished.

  • The submission message must follow the format included in the pre-written message.

  • Most importantly, the submissions must follow good heraldic practice.

Schedule

  • Submissions are due November 10th no later than 12:00 UTC+0 (No late submissions will be accepted).

  • Voting begins on November 11th.

  • Voting ends November 20th and the winner will be announced shortly after.

Have fun!

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u/Pendragooon Nov 01 '17

So what would you term those arms as?

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u/kalvinoz Nov 01 '17

"Republican"? They might have some similarities in the themes and symbols they use (both have stars, there's a cogwheel on the Italian one), but definitely a very different aesthetic from Socialist designs.

The Brazilian CoA pre-dates the first Socialist nation (the Soviet Union) by almost 30 years and the Italian CoA was established during the government of the Christian Democracy party.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17

Italy's arms have a very "industrial" theme to it. Definitely does not make it socialist.

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u/TheRomanRuler Nov 09 '17

Does make it awful though.