Intro to Heraldry: Part II - Tinctures, charges, and the blazon

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  • @samhaine6804
    @samhaine6804 2 роки тому +10

    MORE we need more PLEASE an hour long video describing every possible charge and attitude PLEASE I beg

  • @skreelthebarbarian
    @skreelthebarbarian 6 років тому +54

    killed me with the mullet jokes

  • @justinnorman8517
    @justinnorman8517 Рік тому +2

    Great video very informative. You got a few strange people commenting. I was not insulted seeing you make your own heraldry. You just did it for fun and to show what commonly went into making one.
    Would be nice if people stopped trying to ruin anything that is positive and informative. You handled it all with class and maturity.

  • @mikado6407
    @mikado6407 6 років тому +16

    Holy fuck an actually good heraldry video on youtube.
    This is like the first time i see this ever.

    • @je-freenorman7787
      @je-freenorman7787 3 роки тому

      Are you serious.? This kid knows nothing

    • @Scottie444
      @Scottie444 2 роки тому

      @@je-freenorman7787 I know right... Wait till they find out it's for recognising each other during the End times. I proudly carry The Lion of Judah and a little Gadite symbols for my Mother's Bloodline.

    • @je-freenorman7787
      @je-freenorman7787 2 роки тому

      @@Scottie444 Please understand that the "end times" refers to the "end of the cycle" (or the Age)
      NOT THE END of THE PLANET!!!!
      So the world ended with the 9/11 ritual, back in 2001
      The Age of Pieces ended
      so, that means Ano Domini, the year of the Lord, IS NOW OVER
      and the age of Aquarius began
      Pisces was ruled by the Fish/Jesus
      (the highliner symbol)
      THE BIBLE IS "NOT" REAL

    • @Scottie444
      @Scottie444 2 роки тому

      @@je-freenorman7787 yeah, I thought that too.

    • @je-freenorman7787
      @je-freenorman7787 2 роки тому

      @@Scottie444 The Lion of Judah is an Imperial symbol for the Holy Roman Empire
      If you display it, you praise "THEIR" bloodline
      and you are Heralding THEIR Holy Roman Empire
      People DO NOT understand heraldry
      herladry is a language for SERVANTS of the Holy Roman Empire

  • @dafoex
    @dafoex Рік тому +8

    Symbolism may not be inherent to heraldry, but its still a very useful design tool to help you condense rich and complex themes into a simple and recognisable design.

  • @phlarrdboi
    @phlarrdboi 4 роки тому +8

    i like the way you narrate, your voice and delivery sounds nice and happy

  • @RavenFoxx
    @RavenFoxx 6 років тому +40

    That was really helpful and easy to understand, thank you!

    • @je-freenorman7787
      @je-freenorman7787 3 роки тому

      and wrong.

    • @RavenFoxx
      @RavenFoxx 3 роки тому +1

      @@je-freenorman7787 It was fine to get basic pointers. I know more about proper heraldry now. Also, this comment is old as heck, why respond now?

    • @je-freenorman7787
      @je-freenorman7787 3 роки тому

      @@RavenFoxx Heraldry is an Ancient language. We still use it for slavery. Why not comment now and get rid of it, once and for all? Its been around for too long already

    • @sirleroyale4412
      @sirleroyale4412 2 роки тому

      Hey check these out
      ua-cam.com/video/Y1NrWkBwDfo/v-deo.html

  • @RESIST_DIGITAL_ID_UK
    @RESIST_DIGITAL_ID_UK Рік тому +1

    Heraldric terms always confused me but this video helped clear it up a lot

  • @AXZ1974
    @AXZ1974 5 років тому +15

    I believe when more than one copy of a charge exists on the shield, the way they are laid out should be explained in the blazon, e. g. At 10:18 the three crescents would be described as something like "in fess two and one" to show that they are not all in the same row. Also with the fish at 13:14, they should be something like "three fish naiant proper in pale".

    • @Ralchire
      @Ralchire  5 років тому +7

      Good catch! I would say the default position of three charges would be already assumed to be 2 and 1, but you’re spot-on about the three fishes naiant proper in pale. Thanks!

    • @AXZ1974
      @AXZ1974 5 років тому +1

      @@Ralchire Cheers! Very good presentation. As per the layout of charges, I (perhaps because I'm a programmer) personally believe that it should be described in as much detail as possible. So I would even blazon the three towers in your coat of arms as "in bend". But maybe that's just me.

  • @sofiekakurosu9161
    @sofiekakurosu9161 6 місяців тому

    The mullets got me, I went here to learn I was not expecting a joke in ambush, thank you.

  • @donaldmanthei3556
    @donaldmanthei3556 6 років тому +15

    Excellent presentation. Thank you.

  • @rivenoak
    @rivenoak 3 роки тому +2

    14:12 "per bend argent and azure" _on its own_ is Zürich (canton and city) in switzerland.
    in heraldry you can use such patterns of other arms and usually you have to (BUT add your own distinctions !); all simple designs were taken already :)

  • @josephfoley7672
    @josephfoley7672 2 роки тому

    Good content easy to understand and saved me about two days of reading

  • @timmimagic2
    @timmimagic2 5 років тому +3

    Nice one, mate, this is awesome!

  • @kalebfreeman9189
    @kalebfreeman9189 Рік тому

    You are awesome! I got done reading this book on heraldry that explained the history of heraldry and other stuff. But you perfectly explained and summed up everything I have learned about heraldry so far! Thank you 😊

  • @OldSchool1947
    @OldSchool1947 Рік тому

    Excellent descriptions! Love the way you change up the “charges.” Of course I get a little lost in the names, being my first time here. But, wow, lots to learn!

  • @srenhaandbk7904
    @srenhaandbk7904 5 років тому +5

    This has really helped me make my own shield of arms for a kingdom in my Dungeons and Dragons campaign, and all my players were very impressed. Although, i have trouble naming my final design. This is what i came up with however.
    Bend Sinister Gules and Vert, in chief a tower Argent and in base three barley grain Or.
    (Now for the shield itself, i am pretty sure i am correct, although i can't figure out where to tell the reader that the metal separating Gules and Vert is Or, and i don't know if i should define the colour of the tower and barley, or simply end it with "all proper". Now to continue with supporters:)
    Above the helmet of his rank mantled Vert double Or,
    a boar's head Gules is set for a crest. Supporters: on Dexter, a goose guardant proper, and on Sinister a Boar guardant Gules.
    Motto: "Quantum unitatis reverentia" to be carried in an escroll below the shield.
    (Now, i don't know where to specify the type of helmet, i had envisioned a tilting helmet, the frog mouth one. I doubt the colours / metals for supporters and mantle are specified properly, but i am pretty confident of the motto.)

    • @EdwardDesignSyt
      @EdwardDesignSyt 4 роки тому +1

      Join r/heraldry

    • @dafoex
      @dafoex Рік тому +1

      I know I'm three years too late, but from what I understand, a division per whatever doesn't count as a tincture being *on* a tincture, therefore "per bend sinister gules and vert" would be totally fine without an Or Bend Sinister to separate them. If you still want the three tinctures you could try "per bend sinister gules and vert, a bend sinister or, in chief a tower argent and in base three barley grain or" or alternatively you could define the field as three tinctures all in one go, i.e. "per bend sinister gules or and vert, a tower..." which would say "divided per bend sinister, I have these three tinctures, listed chief to base.

    • @dafoex
      @dafoex Рік тому +1

      Oh, and for anyone confused about if a tincture is "on" another tincture, or just beside it, I imagine it like a modern drawing programme with Layers. Any division of tinctures (e.g. per bend) happens in the same layer, but any ordinary (e.g. a bend) or charge (e.g. a lion rampant) creates a new layer. When reading the blazon, these layers are separated with commas (e.g. per bend gules and azure, a bend argent, a lion rampant proper).
      Of course, take this with a pinch of salt since I'm no authority on the matter, these are just the rules as I understand them; and I could be mistaken.

  • @J_GamerSP
    @J_GamerSP 4 роки тому +4

    YOURE THE GUY I JUST SAW ON r/Heraldry!
    cool.

  • @gemonlar8605
    @gemonlar8605 3 роки тому

    I want to make my own mixing the polish and spanish symbols because that's my ancestry.....but wow yours is amazing....simple, elegant and so beautiful!

  • @Njoofene
    @Njoofene 5 років тому +2

    This is very informative. Thanks.

  • @creatureris
    @creatureris 6 років тому +5

    Helpful, thank you!

  • @bewareofpigeons
    @bewareofpigeons 2 роки тому

    Very interesting and brilliantly well explained. Thank you.

  • @brandowhitemusic
    @brandowhitemusic 6 років тому +4

    Make part 3!

  • @benz.
    @benz. 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the video, really well explained and easy to follow!

  • @Oklaslim
    @Oklaslim 6 років тому +3

    Greetings Ralchire, What an informative series on basic heraldry! Well done lad.
    Could you help out a senior citizen and tell me what program or app you used for your presentation? Old hands shake and eyesight is not so good. If I could use my mouse to click, drag and drop would be so much better than the old fashioned way of physically cutting and pasting. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. And again wonderful presentation!

    • @Ralchire
      @Ralchire  6 років тому +2

      Ronald Raney Thank you for the kind words, sir! I just made the video in my preferred video editing program, which is Hitfilm 4 Express. For image editing I used paint.NET. Hitfilm is pretty powerful, lots of cutting and pasting still, just had to make it work I guess. Thanks for watching!

    • @Oklaslim
      @Oklaslim 6 років тому +3

      Thank you so much for the information. You are truly a bright talented lad. I wish you much success in your endeavors @@Ralchire

  • @AnnabelleBeaudoin
    @AnnabelleBeaudoin 2 роки тому

    Great video 👍

  • @kimosabe6692
    @kimosabe6692 5 років тому

    Yeah nice work man. Clear presentation.

  • @evagaray5356
    @evagaray5356 2 роки тому

    gracias peto pefiria que hable un pocp màlento y bien dichas asi la tradicciòn sale perfecta Dios lo bendiga 🙌🕊😇😎🇪🇸

  • @geoffroylaumet3101
    @geoffroylaumet3101 Рік тому

    Great video

  • @George-sz7cs
    @George-sz7cs 6 років тому

    Really well presented.

  • @rosenberry9150
    @rosenberry9150 2 роки тому +1

    10:50 what if you want to have three crescents from chief to base?

    • @Ralchire
      @Ralchire  2 роки тому

      Could describe them as three crescents, one and two

  • @RobinWilliamsss
    @RobinWilliamsss 5 місяців тому

    This is helping me world build thank you

  • @osborne9255
    @osborne9255 Рік тому

    Good stuff!

  • @TREK5900cheats
    @TREK5900cheats 3 роки тому

    I don’t know how I ended up here but this was very interesting

  • @felipematus3021
    @felipematus3021 3 роки тому

    I loved your video!!!

  • @braindamage1973
    @braindamage1973 2 роки тому +2

    I’m pretty new to heraldry, so I have a few small questions. So one, I know either in this video you specify that there are actual rules to heraldry, but I didn’t know they were regional. If you could explain the regions where heraldic rules apply and the divisions between those regions that would be great, also something else I’ve been wondering is whether or not furs are exclusive. Would it be ‘legal’ for someone to use a fur on their arms, or is it just a simple add-on?

    • @dafoex
      @dafoex Рік тому

      As I understand it, these rules of design are mostly universal, so unless you're going for historical accuracy, or perhaps trying to get your coat of arms made official, its probably nothing to worry about. It seems to just come down to certain styles being more apparent in different regions.
      As for furs, there's no real rule about placement, they are considered "amphibious" and can be laid atop both metal and colour, but do be aware that furs may imply some level of regality, so just a gentleman would be unlikely to have a fur, but a nobleman would. Same goes with certain charges, like lions, eagles, crowns, etc. which imply royalty, nobility, or close affiliation with royalty and nobility.

  • @aroshgk
    @aroshgk Рік тому

    Have a question, in the shield you designed for yourself what color do you use for the tower?

  • @codiepereira636
    @codiepereira636 Рік тому

    question did you use a website to make the sheilds you did?

  • @HassanAbdi-t8m
    @HassanAbdi-t8m Рік тому

    how did you make your Armorial Achievement, what website/ software did you use

  • @advancedfaces
    @advancedfaces Рік тому

    I found a family coa for Thomas Seymour 1575's, it is divided into 6 smaller coa. The top middle is the Seymour wings in gule blazon in or. Directly below is the MacWilliam. Joining these two is a mullet charge. His brother Edward is also in the book has the same coa without the mullet charge but has the crown as the head of the family. Is it ok to have a charge that spans individual
    COA? I wish I could
    Add a picture

  • @arcticfoxvikingseaking2206
    @arcticfoxvikingseaking2206 Рік тому

    Great info, thnks

  • @SP-qi8ur
    @SP-qi8ur 5 років тому +2

    Hello, thanks for making this video. What are some good books on heraldry you'd recommend?

    • @MitchellWillie
      @MitchellWillie 5 років тому

      It's not the best ever, but I started with The Complete Guide to Heraldry by Fox-Davies.

    • @gjks6647
      @gjks6647 3 роки тому

      @@MitchellWillie The easiest (most understandable) heraldry book in the English language is "Boutell's Heraldry" as revised and edited by J. P. Brooke-Little, the latest edition being printed in 1983.

  • @seanboyd9902
    @seanboyd9902 3 роки тому

    Glad my arms are nice and simple! Azure field with a chequey fess of rules and argent 👌

  • @NwclBadge
    @NwclBadge 6 років тому

    Hi Ralchire- hot off the press: my arms were granted just today and the arms blazon reads; Gules on a Pile reversed throughout Ermine a Pile reversed Azure all between in chief two Mantles Or lined and collared Ermine in base a like Mantle in fess point a Saint Cuthbert’s Cross proper. Your opinion- well constructed or too busy? I'm stuck with it whatever!

  • @donchapin14
    @donchapin14 6 місяців тому

    Thank you

  • @angryy_96
    @angryy_96 Місяць тому

    Hey this mine
    "Per pale Gules and Azure, overall a cross Or; crest, a crown Proper; supported by two lions rampant; motto beneath, Memento Mori."

  • @stoephil
    @stoephil 10 місяців тому

    "Per bend sinister Azure and Sable, an argent rampant Pegasus" breaks the rule of tincture. Is it however a valid shield ?
    I want to design heraldry for my painted army of Parravon in the Warhammer Old World setting, but stay close to actual heraldry rules (even if I guess in that fantasy setting, some artistic freedom can be found).

  • @7swordquanta459
    @7swordquanta459 4 роки тому +1

    I actually didn't know you can reference the colors only once when making a blazon. Man, that's really challenging if you're using more than two colors. Nonetheless, it's a very useful info.

    • @JaneXemylixa
      @JaneXemylixa 4 роки тому +1

      Well, it's not like you'll get hung by the neck until dead if you mention a color more than once :) Some descriptions coming from the frigging College of Arms or Court of Lord Lyon repeat colors if it's necessary for clarity and elegance.

  • @theanthonyrrmillsshow3876
    @theanthonyrrmillsshow3876 Рік тому

    Interesting discussion. I cover a lot of heraldic topics on my channel, in particular a series called “Heraldic Mysteries.” Thanks again!

  • @eliegbert8121
    @eliegbert8121 5 років тому +4

    11:20
    Estonia?

  • @brianbaker9286
    @brianbaker9286 4 роки тому

    Nice job. I didn’t have time to listen to everything thoroughly, but I tried to get most of it… Did you get into any particular meanings for the animals? In particular, I’m wondering if there is a standardize meaning for the swan.

    • @gjks6647
      @gjks6647 3 роки тому

      Depends if it is on land or water. Normally, on water, it is termed naiant (swimming).

  • @dagon8318
    @dagon8318 4 роки тому

    7:53 Ostland

  • @jw8984
    @jw8984 2 роки тому

    I’m so confused with my families crest or whatever the correct name is for it. it has 3 divisions but not evenly divided. Imagine split in half vertically (so 2 divisions) and then the first half being split it half horizontally, so one larger division and 2 smaller ones. And Each division has a different image in it. The largest division has white background with red rampant lion, then with the other 2 smaller divisions the top has a black tower or castle on yellow background colour, and the lower has what looks like blue waves with the yellow background colour as well. Above the shield is the helmet, and above helmet is what looks like the iron cross. Can anyone help with what any of these mean?

  • @kverkagambo
    @kverkagambo 5 років тому

    Great vid! (Why does UA-cam recommend part II before part I?)
    I want to create a software that would be specially designed for creating coats of arms. Question to Ralchire and anybody who reads this - if there was an app of that type, what features would you like to see in it?

    • @kverkagambo
      @kverkagambo 4 роки тому

      @Matthew Crossley Well, my comment was 10 months ago, and meanwhile Heraldry Studio has already been created. Check it out yourself: store.steampowered.com/app/1152420/Heraldry_Studio/

  • @zhengqiu3737
    @zhengqiu3737 Рік тому

    Would anyone know how to pinpoint a motto to a specific family?

  • @jana31415
    @jana31415 3 роки тому

    i should be studying for my chemistry test rn

  • @thirdspacemaker9141
    @thirdspacemaker9141 4 роки тому

    Great series! I noticed that you used the term “counterchanged.” I always thought it was “countercharged.” Have I been wrong all this time?
    By the way, I created a personal shield about 10-12 years ago which I now use for my business: Argent, an acorn between flaunches sable, below a chief gules. (I think some of my grammar is wrong, and when I had an artist create this as my business logo I had her “cap” the acorn gules.) It is a heraldic interpretation of one of my favorite birds, the red-headed woodpecker, which I associate with oak trees.

    • @thirdspacemaker9141
      @thirdspacemaker9141 4 роки тому

      Yep, I have been saying it wrong ever since I learned about heraldry. I am wondering if it was misspelled in the first thing I read or if I just read it wrong.

    • @gjks6647
      @gjks6647 3 роки тому

      'Things' are ALWAYS below a Chief, so that word is redundant. Suggest the blazon to be 'Argent between Flaunches an Acorn Sable [capped Gules]'. What do you actually mean by 'capped'? What sort of cap? Acorns don't wear caps, or is this an addition of a 'Revolutionary Cap'?

    • @gjks6647
      @gjks6647 3 роки тому

      {{ I noticed that you used the term “counterchanged.” I always thought it was “countercharged.” }} There is no such word in Heraldry as 'countercharged' - that is a purely legal term. Look it up in a dictionary. Another often seen heraldic gaffe is the use of 'overall' when what is meant is 'over all'.

    • @thirdspacemaker9141
      @thirdspacemaker9141 3 роки тому

      @@gjks6647 Thanks for the grammar help. By “capped”, I mean the scaly top portion of an acorn. The correct botanical term is cupule, but I think most people call them caps. So I guess some other options that I see in the previous sentences might be “scaled,” “topped,” or “cupped.”

  • @SpaceSoups
    @SpaceSoups 3 роки тому

    What do you use to make heraldry? (on the computer I mean).

    • @Ralchire
      @Ralchire  3 роки тому

      Paint.NET, a free image editing tool

    • @SpaceSoups
      @SpaceSoups 3 роки тому

      @@Ralchire thanks!

  • @JohnKramer913
    @JohnKramer913 5 років тому

    Quarterly 1st & 4th argent, 2nd & 3rd sable, a fess of gules.

    • @gjks6647
      @gjks6647 3 роки тому

      The word 'of' is redundant.

  • @seminolerick6845
    @seminolerick6845 5 років тому

    Nice description. I do wish you had chosen not bricks as a background tho, as the colored words get muddled.

  • @nyinanajulu4905
    @nyinanajulu4905 5 місяців тому

    Is this use in sports?

  • @creamCarnivalJones1234
    @creamCarnivalJones1234 4 роки тому

    I have struck gold.

    • @ghostie7028
      @ghostie7028 2 роки тому

      I thought I had struck gold until he had to give himself a Heraldry (without having done anything to deserve it)

  • @aviationenthusiast2002
    @aviationenthusiast2002 3 роки тому

    I love you Xoxo

  • @daisybrain9423
    @daisybrain9423 6 років тому +3

    Great video, really liked it!
    But your pronunciation of escutcheon is such a hyperforeignism. XD

    • @Ralchire
      @Ralchire  6 років тому

      Yeah, I try to pronounce things correctly if I can find out how to pronounce it. But I never learned that one. Mind enlightening me?

    • @daisybrain9423
      @daisybrain9423 6 років тому

      Like you would pronounce it in English. Es-cut-chen :)

  • @susavet
    @susavet 3 роки тому

    Fess or and azure, two dolphins naivant or.

    • @gjks6647
      @gjks6647 3 роки тому

      Naiant, without the typo.

  • @ckyth
    @ckyth Рік тому +1

    LOL😂

  • @MarkAnthonyHenderson
    @MarkAnthonyHenderson 4 роки тому

    Nice and simple. Pronunciation, however needs work.

  • @moonlightsoldier8443
    @moonlightsoldier8443 Рік тому

    Howdy good info brother though about us Americans us true Americans consider anything weaponized as arms there's no distinction in the constitution to anything arms as arms in whatever form it takes now days a phone and a laptop as as much as an arm as an ak47 technically speaking

  • @NugisBiboSchicken
    @NugisBiboSchicken 4 роки тому +3

    Micronationalism

  • @yousircantknow8987
    @yousircantknow8987 6 років тому

    You are wrong. Each color had a distinct meaning....

    • @Ralchire
      @Ralchire  6 років тому +5

      Yousir Cantknow Yes, you’re right that there could be a meaning to someone’s tincture selections, that’s on a personal level rather than broadly speaking. In the age of heraldry there never was any universally-accepted symbolism ascribed to each tincture. Any attempts at such symbolism are subjective, but it isn’t wrong to give meaning to elements of your arms.

    • @tcroft2165
      @tcroft2165 5 років тому +7

      Ralchires explanation below is correct there is no set meaning for any colour/metal etc

  • @je-freenorman7787
    @je-freenorman7787 3 роки тому

    Videos like this one are very annoying to see. This child obviously has no clue what Heraldry is or how to read it. Destroying and Erasing history is disgusting.

    • @ghostie7028
      @ghostie7028 2 роки тому

      I am so tired of seeing people create their own Heraldry, it's disrespectful to those of us who actually have one.
      My ancestor did not fight in the cold north, survive and escape russian war prisons and defend his country, to then have something he was awarded by the king himself be made by some kid in his mom basement

    • @je-freenorman7787
      @je-freenorman7787 2 роки тому

      @@ghostie7028 I am so tired of people using a Roman language for servants. Heraldry should not be used.

    • @je-freenorman7787
      @je-freenorman7787 2 роки тому

      @@ghostie7028 Your ancestors got scammed. Religion is a curse to humans. The Royals are all Nazi

    • @je-freenorman7787
      @je-freenorman7787 2 роки тому

      @@ghostie7028 I will give you this, people that need to give themselves awards, is pretty sad. Seeing as they mean nothing .

    • @je-freenorman7787
      @je-freenorman7787 2 роки тому

      @@ghostie7028 In other words, and please dont take this the wrong way? get over the heraldry and your ego. Its just a Coat of Arms, or what ever it is you got. I actually have 2 bodies of water named after ny family but , its all tainted because its from the Royals and the Holy Roman Empire