Quoting Wikipedia on the "rule of tincture" for heraldry, though the passage has no verified citations:

>The most basic rule of heraldic design is the rule of tincture: metal should not be put on metal, nor colour on colour (Humphrey Llwyd, 1568).
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>This means that the heraldic metals or and argent (gold and silver, represented by yellow and white) should not be placed on each other, nor may any of the colours (i.e. azure, gules, sable, vert and purpure, along with some other rarer examples) be placed on another colour.
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>Heraldic furs (i.e. ermine, vair and their variants), as well as "proper" (a charge coloured as it normally is in nature – although that may be as defined by heralds), are exempt from the rule of tincture.
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>The rule seems to have operated from the inception of the age of heraldry, i.e. about 1200–1215, but seemingly was never written down. It was rather deduced by later commenters as a rule which must have existed, based on the evidence it produced.
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>Although the vast majority of coats of arms ever used across the whole of Europe follow the rule, a very few coats which contravened the rule were borne in the mediaeval era by certain families or corporate bodies for many centuries without effective censure by the heraldic authorities.
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>The reason for the original contraventions and for the toleration of them is unknown, although in the case of the arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, clearly extremely high status was involved.

From the scientific study "The Emperor's new coats: History of horse coat colors" (2016):

>"During medieval times, the attractiveness of spotted horses decreased, and solid coat colors, especially chestnut, became dominant. Religious symbolism may

So my heraldry is currently being drawn. For the phrase that goes with it, are there any rules when it comes to these phrases? Do they need to be a specific language? Also how have some of you came up with yours?

GENERAL INFORMATION

My main sources for this project were the Book of Traceable Heraldic Art and Wikimedia Commons. A couple additional images were taken from Wikisource. All of my work on the project is released under the CC Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. Links to all of the images I used are below, under the "Devices" heading, but you should check any copyright information on the originating database before using them. The release of my work under Attribution-Share Alike does not mean that the images used are necessarily under the same license. All characters their associated heraldry are the property of Games Workshop Limited.

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DESIGN GUIDES

Warhammer Wiki, Bretonnian Characters

Warhammer Armies: Bretonnia (6th Edition), pg. 14-17

COLORS

• Or

  • Hex: #d4af34
  • RGB: 212, 175, 52
  • CMYK: 18, 28, 96, 1

• Argent

  • Hex: #ffffff
  • RGB: 255, 255, 255
  • CMYK: 0, 0, 0, 0

• Azure

  • Hex: #3953a4
  • RGB: 57, 83, 164
  • CMYK: 88, 76, 1, 0

• Gules

  • Hex: #790000
  • RGB: 121, 0, 0
  • CMYK: 0, 100, 100, 53

• Sable

  • Hex: #000000
  • RGB: 0, 0, 0
  • CMYK: 100, 100, 100, 100

• Vert

  • Hex: #11671d
  • RGB: 17, 103, 29
  • CMYK: 87, 34, 100, 27

• Cendrée

  • Hex: #dbdbdb
  • RGB: 219, 219, 219
  • CMYK: 13, 10, 10, 0

DEVICES

Basilisk Sejant

Battle-Axe I

Battle-Axe II composite image by me derived from [Battle-Axe I](http://heraldicart.org/axe/battle-a

What symbol would be used to denote the indigenous nobility of Mexico? My family de Mascorro (Maxorro) is descended from the Guachichiles Chief, Maxorro, how was apart of the La Grand Chichimeca Nation in central Mexico. He was a great leader who fought off invaders for many years and was eventually captured. He was a brave leader and buried with all the honors of a monarch. I would like to include this in my own CoA, but I want to keep traditional and within the appropriate rules. Any suggestions are welcomed.

My surname is Bohannon I’m of Scottish descent my my family is one of the septs of Clan Buchanan would I use the clans crest or not

I know the answer to these type questions is usually "It's ambiguous/inconsistent in the lore, do what you like" but I've got a storm eagle for my Traitor Eskaton Imperative Dark Angels. I've made one before for my 40k Word Bearers but this will be a little different because I chaos'd that one up.

I'm declaring as Traitor but the way I'm thinking of it, my Eskaton force is returning from the Rangdan Xenocides, finding rhe galaxy in flames. They're more likely to throw in with the Warmaster, as they're increasingly disenchanted by the Imperium. Their really a wrecking ball heading for Caliban to protect it (they're more Caliban loyalists than true Traitors, but they'd at least be responsive to orders from Horus).

I'm guessing this means no Aquilas. What might be in their place? It was easy to do chaos stars for my Word Bearers. Is there a symbol for Caliban?

And as for the pilot, is the pilot of the storm eagle meant to be a tech marine? Should he be red in 30k, in part or in whole?

I remember reading that the Emperor's Children were given the right to use the wing of the Aquila as their chapter icon as a special honour. Does that mean that you cannot use the Aquila or its elements in your iconography willy-nilly? So you can't, say, place the Aquila on your shoulderpads unless you earned it.