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Post by Ishida Kentarou Mitsumasa on Dec 12, 2011 0:42:23 GMT -5
My SCA household's "persona" is that it is a Scottish border reiver clan in the late 16th century. Our heraldry, as displayed on the towers that travel with us to big events that we attend en masse, looks like this:  While this particular samurai seems to have gotten himself lost in Scotland, he knows what to do with round heraldry.  Carn Kataginu, dog knot close up by tomlapille, on Flickr  Carn Kataginu by tomlapille, on Flickr I used metallic gold Speedball screen print ink to do this. I was hoping to emulate gold leafing. This didn't quite work, as you can still see the threads below the shiny gold color, but I'm still happy with the overall effect. The lines didn't come out quite as clean as the previous screen print effort, which is a combination of me letting a little bit of ink dry in the screen between impressions and needing to use a coarser screen for opaque light-colored ink, which is thicker than dark ink. I am also now aware that I got the dog knot upside-down. I swear I checked that before I did the printing, but I guess I got it messed up somehow. Happily, everyone in the household so far seems to think that the object is cool enough that they don't mind.  I'm still working on a hakama to match, but ran out of thread tonight. I should be done with that in a few days. |
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Dec 12, 2011 0:49:31 GMT -5
While this particular samurai seems to have gotten himself lost in Scotland, he knows what to do with round heraldry. <Snerk!> ;D Looks pretty good though. That's a fiddly design with lots of very fine lines in it. I got to do some stencil work with Lumiere's Bright Gold paint this weekend. Granted, it was on white silk, but I'm extremely pleased with the look I got with it. (You'll have to wait for photos until AFTER Twelfth Night though.)  |
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Post by AJBryant on Dec 12, 2011 14:03:05 GMT -5
That is just too cool. Nicely done! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2011 15:11:01 GMT -5
I am also now aware that I got the dog knot upside-down. I swear I checked that before I did the printing, but I guess I got it messed up somehow. Happily, everyone in the household so far seems to think that the object is cool enough that they don't mind. It always pays to remember that it is the blazon (text description) of the badge that actually gets registered, and not the artistic representation. Unless the blazon specifically says one of the dogs is at the top, your representation falls under "artistic license". At least you got them running in the correct direction. Looks great! |
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Post by solveig on Dec 12, 2011 18:19:07 GMT -5
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! It always pays to remember that it is the blazon (text description) of the badge that actually gets registered, and not the artistic representation. Unless the blazon specifically says one of the dogs is at the top, your representation falls under "artistic license". You are partially mistaken. It is actually the emblazon (the picture) which is registered. The blazon (description) is what shows up on the books, but the picture is what really counts. Now then, there is artistic license allowed when redrawing the picture as long as it is essentially the same thing. The College of Arms rather meticulously keeps a record of the pictures themselves which are consulted in case of question. |
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Post by Suzuki Ken'ichi on Dec 14, 2011 16:08:19 GMT -5
That's interesting, as last year, when I was Baronial Herald, I had a discussion with the Kingdom Herald, because my Baron, who was about to step down, wanted to create a new badge for himself, with a hound chasing its tail in a circle. The Kingdom Herald of Atenveldt told me at that time that animals had to be depicted with their legs to the outside, that theriomorphic crests like the one you've drawn here are no longer allowed. Which says that your group's registration pre-dates that ruling, and, like I said... interesting. 8)
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Post by Ishida Kentarou Mitsumasa on Dec 16, 2011 2:31:03 GMT -5
...and we're done.  Carn Kamishimo by tomlapille, on Flickr  Carn Kamishimo, SamuraiSpace by tomlapille, on Flickr I'll be wearing this Saturday to my household's winter feast. Hooray! With regard to the age of the heraldry, this year in August was the household's twentieth anniversary. We've been around for a while. |
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Dec 16, 2011 9:07:34 GMT -5
I like!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2011 10:09:10 GMT -5
Call me superstitious, but please flip that image horizontally to compensate for the mirror.  Looks great, otherwise. I should learn the fancy knot for binding the hakama himo for storage. |
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Dec 16, 2011 10:32:20 GMT -5
Call me superstitious, but please flip that image horizontally to compensate for the mirror. Oh, as if the iPhone hasn't already stolen his soul already?  |
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Post by Ishida Kentarou Mitsumasa on Dec 16, 2011 17:09:44 GMT -5
My iPhone has long since stolen my soul at this point.
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Dec 16, 2011 18:37:45 GMT -5
My iPhone has long since stolen my soul at this point. On the other hand, all the ladies who read my LiveJournal like this photo! |
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Post by Ishida Kentarou Mitsumasa on Jan 2, 2012 11:41:27 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2012 10:36:57 GMT -5
I wanted to have a kataginu with heraldry on it (specifically the populace badge of the local barony, which is having a birthday party for itself next week), but for some reason I am really not interested in learning how to screen print. (I really should, one of these days.) Part of it is that I don't like doing work just to save myself work. Anyway, I have fabric paint and brushes.   Wow, the quality of the images really suffered in the JPEGging. Here's a close-up of the front heraldry:  For the large one on the back, I just sketched it in with tailor's chalk and then painted. For the small ones on the front I printed the design on cardstock, cut out the important sections, then 'sketched' them in using an almost dry brush before painting them by hand. Everything has two coats of paint and was ironed at the hottest temperature to set the paint into the linen. Hopefully I can get some good pictures of me wearing it at the event next week. |
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Post by Ishida Kentarou Mitsumasa on May 17, 2012 16:57:40 GMT -5
That is quite nice!
Screen printing is good for what it does, but is not nearly as versatile as fabric paint and brush. I'm not sure in hindsight that learning to do it was more worthwhile than just developing skill with stencil and brush.
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