Garmadon Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 It has been a while since Sir Uridius Dratiphe has been around in Mitgardia - however, that is (partly) because he has been occupied in fixing a huge shield with his coat of arms upon his castle's walls. The heraldic symbols on the Dratiphe coat of arms consist of: Gauntlet - strong and prepared Scales - justice Anvil - honor Arrows - readiness for war Motto - Omnia Praesignis Est (if you want to know what it means, look it up for yourself!) Further, there's all the color stuff and the cornered shield, but I won't bother you with what all that means right now! You see, I actually did put a lot more work into this than it looks like! This is my entry to the Coat of Arms category on MOCathalon, and when I started it, I figured I could make it so that it would work here as well as Uridius' coat of arms. Thanks for viewing, C&C are welcome! Quote
TitusV Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 That shield itself is Great and the symbols are marvellous, but I Love that text and the way you made It! Great job Quote
Kai NRG Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 Great work with this shield Garmadon, the shape is excellent and the scroll on the bottom adds a lot! The FP picture is really nice too! Really like the balances! Quote
Captain Braunsfeld Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 Very fine! Great idea to build such a coat of arms. And something like 48 x 42 is not a small coat of arms by all means. The motto part must have been quite difficult - result is excellent! Quote
Garmadon Posted April 6, 2016 Author Posted April 6, 2016 Thanks all! That shield itself is Great and the symbols are marvellous, but I Love that text and the way you made It! Great job Thanks Titus! After a lot of fiddling I was quite happy with how the motto turned out! Great work with this shield Garmadon, the shape is excellent and the scroll on the bottom adds a lot! The FP picture is really nice too! Really like the balances! Thanks Kai! The FP pic was one of my favorites as well! Very fine! Great idea to build such a coat of arms. And something like 48 x 42 is not a small coat of arms by all means. The motto part must have been quite difficult - result is excellent! Ha, ha, thanks Captain B! Glad you like it! I wouldn't say that it was necessarily the most difficult thing in the build, but it was pretty close! Quote
Gideon Posted April 7, 2016 Posted April 7, 2016 Wow! That shield is definitely one of the top brick-built insignia I've seen Quote
peedeejay Posted April 8, 2016 Posted April 8, 2016 Fantastic work on the shield signs and paper scroll! Great stuff! Quote
Umbra-Manis Posted April 8, 2016 Posted April 8, 2016 This is a fantastic build! Well done Garmadon! Quote
MassEditor Posted April 8, 2016 Posted April 8, 2016 Woah, that's awesome Garm! What a great idea, and a perfect execution. The fact that you put so much thought and meaning into this makes it even more special. Such a unique idea, thanks for sharing with us! Quote
BrickCurve Posted April 8, 2016 Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) A great idea that has been perfectly built, great job! Edited April 8, 2016 by BrickCurve Quote
Garmadon Posted April 9, 2016 Author Posted April 9, 2016 Thanks all! This is epic! Thanks Mike! Wow! That shield is definitely one of the top brick-built insignia I've seen Thanks a lot Gideon! This is a fantastic build! Well done Garmadon! Thanks Umbra, glad you like it! Woah, that's awesome Garm! What a great idea, and a perfect execution. The fact that you put so much thought and meaning into this makes it even more special. Such a unique idea, thanks for sharing with us! Thanks ME! When I got this category in the MA, using it over here was one of my first thoughts... and my second was that finding out exactly what symbols to use and how to build them was going to be some work! Thanks! Quote
soccerkid6 Posted April 9, 2016 Posted April 9, 2016 Really impressive build. The shield, motto, and wall are all excellent individual aspects that combine nicely The scales and gauntlets are probably my two favorite insignias on the shield Quote
de Gothia Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 What a great Idea!! It turned out perfectly!! I'm impressed with the details you have in the shield!! Quote
Jacob Nion Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 Amazing work. The idea itself is above ingenious. And the execution is superb. I wanted to give lord Osric a coat of arms for a while now, but my thoughts were about making custom stickers and clothing etc, but this is just so brilliant. Stunning! Quote
Patgeo Posted April 12, 2016 Posted April 12, 2016 WOW! Amazing Coat of Arms! Really nice creation with a lot of nice details! I loved the scale/libra! Quote
Garmadon Posted April 14, 2016 Author Posted April 14, 2016 Thanks all! Really impressive build. The shield, motto, and wall are all excellent individual aspects that combine nicely The scales and gauntlets are probably my two favorite insignias on the shield Thanks SK! The scales were actually surprisingly easy (probably because it was then that I decided that not everything needed to be attached )! What a great Idea!! It turned out perfectly!! I'm impressed with the details you have in the shield!! Thanks a lot de Gothia! Glad you like it! Amazing work. The idea itself is above ingenious. And the execution is superb. I wanted to give lord Osric a coat of arms for a while now, but my thoughts were about making custom stickers and clothing etc, but this is just so brilliant. Stunning! Thanks JN! I doubt I would have thought of it myself though (at least I wouldn't have gotten around to it for a while! ) if it hadn't been for MA! And yes, I do kind of wonder how I am ever going to be able to scale this down a bit to fit in some minifig scale MOCs here! Thanks again! Quote
Mpyromaxos Posted April 14, 2016 Posted April 14, 2016 Good job! If you look it from far, it looks like a real shield!! Quote
Full Plate Posted April 18, 2016 Posted April 18, 2016 Excellent work Garmadon! Good shapes on the shield and the items all around The seamless transition between the center of the shield and the dark grey border is very impressive! Quote
LittleJohn Posted April 18, 2016 Posted April 18, 2016 Fantastic build, Garmadon! As Full Plate said, it's very impressive how closely you were able to get the sections to match around the edges Excellent job with all the symbols and lettering too Quote
Garmadon Posted April 20, 2016 Author Posted April 20, 2016 Thanks guys! Excellent work Garmadon! Good shapes on the shield and the items all around The seamless transition between the center of the shield and the dark grey border is very impressive! Thanks Full Plate! Getting the shield's interior to fit in was a bit of work (all those nasty half-plate offsets! ), but I'm quite happy with how it ended up! Fantastic build, Garmadon! As Full Plate said, it's very impressive how closely you were able to get the sections to match around the edges Excellent job with all the symbols and lettering too It was the idea of doing meaningful symbols and a motto which really made me want to do this build! Thanks LJ! Quote
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