On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 15:34 -0500, Pavitra wrote: > ais523 wrote: > >> > Pavitra wrote: > >> >> The vexillum of Agora is defined by the following blazon: > >> >> Pales argent, sable, and argent, charged with a quill sable, an > >> >> open-ended spanner argent, and an axe sable respectively, and in > >> >> the canton a capital letter A gules. > > > > I re-object, because although it isn't quite the same, it still isn't > > very original. (Also, argent on argent both looks bad and violates > > heraldic rules.) > > I was deliberately trying to preserve the elements and style of the > original while "translating" from shield to flag. > > The proposal that repealed the Arms said "WHEREAS nobody even uses > shields anymore", it didn't say anything about disliking the general > design. I see no reason why my Candidate shouldn't have the chance to be > voted down democratically. > > Where do I have argent on argent? I should have gules on argent, sable > on argent, argent on sable, and sable on argent. I was careful to follow > heraldric rules -- more careful than the original escutcheon, I might > add, which cheated by using "proper".
Ah, I see; I assumed that the spanner would be large enough to infringe upon the side bands, in which case the ends of the spanner would be argent on argent. -- ais523
