[MR] Question about fighters & unpassed heraldry

[Rachel/Rozsa]

Amie,

As someone who has made a great many heraldic surcoats for fighters (and
various other heraldic items) I would highly recommend that nothing should
be made in heraldry that has not passed or is going to be changed.  A lot of
work is put into anything heraldic - and some of those items may be around
for a great many years and it would be a disappointment for all that work to
go into something that may not be usable/correct 6 mos from now.

I have never seen a law or requirement that a fighter has to wear heraldry
on the field in order to fight - so they are good there.
If they want something spiffy - consider tabards that are just in their
favorite heraldic colors.  Parti-colored or quartered are perfectly
acceptable - or decorated in just neat medieval decorative designs.  There
are tons of fighters on the field that don't wear heraldry but have used
fancy fabrics or put neat designs on their tabards.

Have fun with it - take your time on your heraldry as it is something that
is very personal and will represent you for a great many years.  And THANK
YOU for taking the time to help get your fighters looking purty!!!  :)

If you have any questions for me personally, please feel free to contact
me.

Rozsa (who is not a herald but loves decorating with heraldry)
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*Baronö Bessenyei Rozsa
Emergency Kingdom Seneschal*
*Eastern NC Regional Seneschal *



On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Amie Sparrow <troenwolf at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi List,
>
> I have a question about unpassed heraldry. My husband is a new heavy
> fighter (Fighter 1) and I have another friend who is also a new heavy
> fighter (Fighter 2). I am working with the assumption that fighters need
> heraldry.
>
> What do we do in a situation where the heraldry has not been submitted yet?
> The two situations are slightly different.
>
> Fighter 1 - Has passed heraldry, but wants new scarier heraldry. Should he
> use his current heraldry until the new heraldry gets approved? Or can he
> start using the new scarier heraldry because he likes it better?
>
> Fighter 2 - Does not have heraldry at all. What should she do? Can she
> create a tabbard with heraldry that is being submitted while the submission
> works its way through the heraldic review process?
>
> Fighter 3 - For good measure, I'm going to assume that there is at least
> one new person reading the Merry Rose and wants to fight, but doesn't have
> the foggiest idea of what heraldry he or she wants. What should that person
> do if that person wants to fight at an event?
>
> You can assume that none of these fighters is going to be in a crown
> tournament before heraldry is passed, so we can remove that possiblity from
> the discussion.
>
> I have skimmed the SCA Marshall's Handbook and the Atlantian Book of
> Policy. I did not find anything that implied a fighter had to have heraldry
> at all (much to my surprise).
>
> What should these fighters do?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Amie
>
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