Re: [fh] nac vexilliology was Re: Awards and Anthems(andnowsomebackground) [OT] [HIST]

Doug Evans wrote:

[On the Welsh Dragon]

> A re-enactor tried
> to tell me it was a griffon. 'Look, this is a muzzle, not a beak. This
> chest is covered in scale bands, not feathers...' 'But the book
sez...'
> Basic read, don't think.

<G> He had obviously read the wrong books! 
 
> ***
> The Welsh national arms is unheraldic already - per fess argent and
vert,
> a dragon gules (don't remember the correct term for the dragon's
pose);
> the dragon is placed squarely over the division, so half of it is on
the
> green.***
> 
> Isn't the phrase 'en passant'? 

Yes! Thanks! :-)

> I'm still nerved about trying to do small details on ships, but an 'y
draig
> goch' would probably be unavoidable. 

Hm. I'm pretty sure I have some (very small) red dragon transfers around
somewhere - shield decals for 15 mm historical miniatures. Have to check
again once I unpack everything. (OK, so transfers have to go on a flat
area. I'm not up to painting any detail in any other place anyway <g>)

Later,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

"Life is like a sewer.
  What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
- Hen3ry