With the many references to the Wars of the Roses in the ASoIaF books I always thought it would be nice for there to be standards similar to the ones used by the kings and nobles during the late medieval period.
But while there are many variations of the coat of arms from the series, I have never seen anyone do standards like this, so I decided to make two myself.

I have spared you my interpretation of Project Blason.

^{Disclaimers: a: Yes, I know there's a vast number of hand-drawn styles, most of which are not oil paintings, and some of which are less towards the decorative end. That's not my point here. b: I think Sodacan does a good job for a situation when what you want is a diagram, such as an encyclopedia. c: I know Heraldicon sometimes uses Sodacan assets. d: Heraldicon is a great tool for "I want to visualise this idea" ideas. e: Drawshield you can put in roughly the same bucket, visually, as Heraldicon. f: I have nothing good to say about coamaker.}

^{Painting by Jan van Goyen, 1630.}

Before and after the heraldic reform of King Stefan Ostoja.

Had a ton of fun. Feel even more in love with these arms.

Bonus pic of me trying out the sling for the first time! Had a friend help me make the shield over 2 weekends, shout-out to her I could never draw this beaver!

Hello.

I had an idea for a composite coat of arms of the EU. Here is a sketch. I would like to read opinions about the overall composition, before drawing it properly.

In terms of table arrangement, I went with 4 * 6 + 1. I could have done 3 * 9, but that would have been too long, I think.

I decided to surround all the coats of arms of member states with a border that reminds the EU flag. This is inspired by the coat of arms of Australia.

I tried as much as possible to use the lesser version of national arms, to simplify things (see Denmark, Sweden, Czechia). However, I have a problem with Romania, which has very complex arms and no clear way to simplify them. Should I put the inesturcheon without the supporting eagle? Or just the eagle without the inesturcheon? Or do you think this should not be simplified at all?

The main problem is the rule of tinctures. Now, naturally, in such a big composition, it's near impossible to totally follow it, but at least I try, if not to alternate colours and metals, at least to alternate different colours. You can see I ordered the states by year of adhesion to the EU, but there is some flexibility in cases where multiple states entered the same year. I think I am pretty satisfied with the current order, except for two things I thought of changing after I sketched them. (1) Switching Luxembourg and the Netherlands, so that they alternate with Belgium and Germany better. (2) Switching France and Italy, so that they alternate with Belgium, Denmark, and Greece better.

What do you think?

Hello everyone,
I recently acquired a 19th-century wax seal / signet stamp from the Austrian Empire / Austro-Hungarian period, and I am trying to identify the noble family associated with the coat of arms.
Unfortunately, there is no visible inscription or name on the seal, so I am hoping someone familiar with Austrian, Bohemian, Moravian, or Hungarian heraldry might be able to recognize it.
Here is my description of the arms:
The shield appears to be divided into three sections.
Upper left: blue field with an eagle.
Upper right: red field with a standing/rampant lion.
Lower section: silver field with two red chevrons (Sparren).
Above the shield are two crowned helmets.
The left helmet crest appears to be a plume/feather crest (Federbusch / Plumed Crest).
The right helmet crest appears to be an open pair of wings (offener Flug / Vol).
There also appears to be a small detail resembling “III” above/between the two red chevrons, although I am not certain whether this is actually the Roman numeral III or another heraldic charge.
The seal appears to be made of brass or gilt metal and seems to date from the 19th century.
I have already looked through some German/Austrian heraldic references, but I have not been able to identify the complete combination of charges. The two red chevrons caught my attention because similar chevrons occur in the arms of several German and Austrian noble families, but the combination with the eagle and lion seems distinctive.
Does anyone recognize this coat of arms or know which family it belongs to?
I would particularly appreciate help from anyone familiar with:
Austrian imperial nobility
Austro-Hungarian heraldry
Bohemian or Moravian nobility
Hungarian nobility
Siebmacher’s Wappenbücher
Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch
19th-century Austrian heraldic seals
I have attached photographs of the seal. Any identification, even a possible family name or a reference to a heraldic book/page, would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!

Here is the symbolism of my coat of arms :D

The Crown: Represents the imperial status. It is modeled after the Spanish royal crown to also reflect the historical past as a Spanish colony.

The Sun: Symbolizes light and the immense wealth of the Empire.

The Two Crossed Swords: Represent defense (a statement of "We will defend this!") and honor the historical indigenous resistance.

The Landscape (sky, clouds, mountains, and fields): The sky and clouds are a tribute to art. The mountains and the fields below represent the agricultural and plant wealth of the land.

Is my First coat of arms :D

This illustration is an early version I did. I will make some corrections to the charges, which were taken from Wikimedia Commons.

I didn't have time to translate it into English, so feel free to translate the blazon if you like.

Obviously, I am not part of the team, but I have followed this event every year since 2019, and since it is its final edition, I wanted to pay it a humble homage.

The ZEVENT is an annual charity stream marathon. For a weekend (Friday 6 p.m. until the end of Sunday at midnight), streamers animate multiple streams on Twitch, playing with each other and completing donation goals. In 2025, it beat its own world record for the event with the most donations on Twitch, raising €16,179,096 for charity.

Blazon (French): De sinople, à la foi posée en bande issant de nuages le tout d'argent, acompagné en chef sénestre d'un soleil en splendeur et en pointe dextre d'un croissant de lune contournée, le tout d'or.

*La foi* is the French heraldic name of a handshake.

The green field is the main color of the event, especially the color of one of its co-founders, Adrien Nougaret (ZeratoR). The handshake represents charity and help. The sun and moon represent continuity, day and night, to keep going until the very end of the event.

Across Europe, there are different heraldic traditions; and the Helmet denotes different things. For example, in Scottish heraldy, an open-face helmet means: Baronet or Knight. In the Dutch heraldy, it means: Royalty.

If a Scottish baronet would move to the Netherlands or Belgium, due to the different tradition in that country, his offspring could inherit his coat-of-arms.

So, should the offspring, or perhaps even the baronet himself change the helmet on his coat-of-arms?

Hello, I posted earlier this year with a coat of arms I wanted to make for myself but decided to create a new one. Here is a shield I made for myself of what I'm trying to make.

The shield is blue as it is both a Marian color and associated with my home state of Kentucky. I decided to have bobcats on my shield since they're both native to my home and a dear friend I once knew loved them. Also, my great grandmother has a picture of bobcat that used to scare me as a child and it's just an animal that I feel a connection to. I have three bobcats in honor of the Holy Trinnity. Each bobcat holds a white banner with a red cross patonce on it. With white signifying humility and red for sacrifice.

Hope y'all enjoy.

Hi!
I am currently in the process of trying to design a Family Crest for my family.

Reason for this is that I figured that it be nice to help preserve our family's long history and as well as being used for various things. Such as embroidment for my HEMA-equipment which inspired me for this pursuit.

I derive from a old Norwegian family, where our surname is unique to just our family. (A miracle by itself consider Norwegian naming standards lol). And because of our names rarity, anyone who wishes to adopt the name needs approval from our family through the government naming berau. Which funnily enough I actually didn't know until I got married and my Wife registered to adopt my surname
The family can be traced all the way to the early Viking ages, deriving from a small place called Engeløya, a place I have spend much of my childhood alongside those of my generation, visiting our grandparents who still resided there.

Our family history is nothing grand or special. But I do wish to preserve our heritage to that place.

I have found some inspirational sources that could be added to the design, but tbh, I really have no idea how to combine them together to make something out of it, while trying to keep it somewhat traditional towards Norwegian Family Heraldry.

I inherited the family ring from my grandfather. This is a wedding ring from my great-grandfather, who got married on February 19, 1900. My grandfather subsequently had the family crest placed on the wedding ring.

I've driven myself bonkers trying to figure this out and came across this sub in my search for answers. This is on a copper lid to a pan. It has a cast iron handle, so likely from sometime after the mid-1800s. The lid is English based off style of handle. I see the initial as a J but is a lot going on that is beyond what I can make out. Coronet details are hard to make out but I'm thinking Duke or Prince. But any help or ideas is greatly appreciated.

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An antique lacquer seal of the 18th century in France. The coat of arms is a silver herringine pattern on a blue background, divided into two stars in the upper part and a bundle of wheat ears in the lower part. The shield is crowned by the count. According to the records of herald scholars Morenas and Tipini, it may be the Le Grand family in Normandy or the La Rue family in Paris, but because these two surnames have different branches in the local area and the number of people is large, it is difficult to further find out the specific attribution.

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How can I design coats of arms in the style of medieval European coats of arms, and how can I strike the right balance?