Heraldic description?

[ffutures]

I wanted to create a flag for Tiamath, and came up with this:



If anyone reading this knows anything about heraldry, a description in heraldic terms would be useful. Basically, a dragon flying over mountains.

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[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Is 'big pointy teeth' a technical sort of heraldic term?

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[briandorion.livejournal.com]

Pedantically, classic heraldry tries to emulate a more static, non action look, however that would deal with the style of drawing and not the blazon.

Azure, a dragon rousant proper, mountain of three peaks argent in base.

Or in english;

Blue (background), a dragon rising (in natural colour) with a mountain of three peaks at the bottomed coloured silver (white technically).

Grey is not commonly used as a colour, and I'm not a heraldry geek enough to figure it out, so I cheated by calling it silver. Silver is commonly shown as white thought.

[briandorion.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, the Victorians ignored all the rules.

[inamac.livejournal.com]

It would have to be 'silver' anyway given that, in clasic heraldry you shouldn't blazon a colour on a colour. For that reason I'd probably describe the dragon as Or (gold).

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[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Yes, the dragon was supposed to be coppery gold.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Thanks - the dragon is supposed to be coppery-gold, but that's great.

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