Reposted by SoaringAvenTariToons @taritoons.bsky.social · 22/12/2025#Heraldecember 2025 - Day 22: Mandarin Azure, above a base chevronny Sable and Argent, a peacock passant wings displayed Argent armed Or, in canton a bezant. #Heraldecember2025 #heraldry 1133
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 25/12/20252/ ...towards the end of 2025 caused a halt in the workings of most of the parliamentary institutions meaning they will likely be granted some time at the start of 2026. 010
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 25/12/20251/ An overview of the coats of arms and flags I designed for Czech municipalities and which were also granted in the year. Technically there should be two more but those haven't been granted yet. While they have received expert pre-approval, the Czech parliamentary elections... 150
Reposted by SoaringAvenTariToons @taritoons.bsky.social · 07/12/2025#Heraldecember 2025: Day 7 - Cinnamon Argent, within a tressure soutached Gules, a cinnamon tree branch of the same. #heraldecember2025 #heraldry 0103
Reposted by SoaringAvenvaakkuna.bsky.social @vaakkuna.bsky.social · 07/12/2025The first week of Heraldecember 2025 #heraldecember2025 #heraldecember 084
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 07/12/2025#Heraldecember 2025, day 7 prompt - Cinnamon "Cinnamon-mon!" Depicted in Coffee Hag album style. #heraldecember2025 093
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 06/12/2025#Heraldecember 2025, day 6 prompt - Fate “Fate tied a red string between us, which is cute, until I trip over it in public.” Depicted in Coffee Hag album style. #heraldecember2025 0114
Reposted by SoaringAvenTariToons @taritoons.bsky.social · 06/12/2025#Heraldecember 2025 - Day 6: Fate Impaled: The first Azure, a distaff Or with fibre Argent. The second Argent, a drop spindle Sable with string Gules. The third Sable, a pair of scissors Argent cutting string Or. #heraldecember2025 #heraldry 0225
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 06/12/2025#Heraldecember 2025, day 4 prompt - Passing “Arsenal’s newest signing, Triskelion wearing number four, is absolutely dancing through the defense, they can’t lay a finger on him!” Depicted in Coffee Hag album style. #heraldecember2025 0102
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 06/12/2025#Heraldecember 2025, day 5 prompt - Journey “A salmon’s journey upstream: going out with a splash.” Depicted in Coffee Hag album style. #heraldecember2025 0124
Reposted by SoaringAvenRobert M Ross @bob.omg.lol · 04/12/20254. Passing #Heraldecember2025 #heraldry (A second day of bonus shield!) 273
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Oh damn it, you did what I was planning to do :D Pissant passant. Well, now I have to think up another idea.... 110
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Very cool emblazonment style! With every new arms I see, I'm more determined to commission you for an emblazonment one day! 120
Reposted by SoaringAven𝕻𝖎𝖑𝖔𝖚 𝖑𝖊 𝕷𝖔𝖚𝖕 🐺 @pilouleloup.bsky.social · 04/12/2025My third entry for the #Heraldecember ! 2025 - Day 3 : "Cavalry" with the Allfather of the Silent Silphe I think that we will go for the "one day delay" from now on XD #heraldecember2025 #art #medieval #fantasy #coatofarms #heraldry #blason #artistsofbluesky 2155
Reposted by SoaringAvenZee @zeeteeart.bsky.social · 03/12/2025#Heraldecember2025 3 | Cavalry The motto “fumus ante ignis” is my tentative Latin translation of “smoke before fire,” the phrase indicating that white starts a game of chess. #heraldry #heraldecember 0145
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 04/12/2025#Heraldecember 2025, day 3 prompt - Cavalry "Sir, their cavalry are charging our infantry!" "Very well, Captain, sound a... countercharge." Depicted in Coffee Hag album style. #heraldecember2025 084
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 02/12/2025If you're feeling brave, try to blazon it. It doesn't bite... much. 010
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 02/12/2025#Heraldecember 2025, day 2 prompt - Feast Depicted below: an average Czech on St. Martin's day. Poor goose... Depicted in Coffee Hag album style. #heraldecember2025 1124
Reposted by SoaringAvenfenn @fennomanic.bsky.social · 02/12/20252. Feast #heraldecember2025 #heraldry #art 2186
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Preach! 🙏 The save function is your best friend! 010
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Treat it as a low-stakes way of learning the programme! It'll be worth it in the long run :) I've been using it for nearly ten years and I learned some new things today while working on my entry too! 010
Reposted by SoaringAven#Heraldecember @heraldecember.bsky.social · 30/11/2025And once again - now for the fifth time - we kick off a new edition of #Heraldecember! This year's prompts are inspired by various famous novels from around the globe. (More info below...) #heraldry #heraldecember2025 #artprompt #promptlist #artchallenge 1148
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 01/12/2025#Heraldecember 2025, day 1 prompt - Counterfeit Can't say if I'll have time, energy or inspiration to do all of the prompts (knowing myself, that's a no), but here's a little something. "Bezants voided" are sometimes refered to as "false roundels". #heraldecember2025 2145
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 30/11/20254/ ..., and a choice many other Czech municipalities should take inspiration from. #heraldry #vexillology 010
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 30/11/20253/ When choosing their coat of arms, the municipality opted for something simple and striking: a golden trilobite on blue, with the flag taking the form of a banner of arms. It is a clear way of highlighting what makes the place unique... 110
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 30/11/20252/ ...and major nobles. During the rule of the Schwarzenbergs, the locals took part in anti-serfdom uprisings that were brutally suppressed. Skryje is a world-class fossil site, largely thanks to the cataloguing work of the French engineer Joachim Barrande, whose name is well known in Czechia. 100
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 30/11/2025🧵 The fourth entry in my trilobite series comes from the municipality of Skryje. The first written mention of the village dates to 1229. Like many small Czech settlements, it changed hands repeatedly over the centuries, being traded, bought, sold, divided, reunited, and governed by various minor... 130
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 29/11/20257/ The flag offers an interesting adaptation of the arms. The board is expressed as a divided white and green hoist stripe that curves into the rest of the flag, whose colours reflect both the charges and the overall palette. #vexillology #heraldry 010
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 29/11/20256/ The blue trilobite refers to the rich fossil deposits in the local limestone, while the sour cherry blossom recalls the long tradition of growing sour cherries, evidenced by several sour-cherry-related place names in the village. 110
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 29/11/20255/ Documentation also cites it as a reference to an endangered butterfly found in the area, the Meleager’s blue. The two charges in the centre add further symbolism. 110
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 29/11/20254/ White represents the local limestone quarries, green reflects Málkov’s natural surroundings, and blue is taken from the arms of the historical nobility who once owned the land. 110
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 29/11/20253/ The blazon, however, refers to it as a board and then specifies the shape, likely because it is not immediately recognisable as a window. The colours carry specific meanings as well. 110
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 29/11/20252/ Its coat of arms is a curious one. At first glance, the strange curved counterchanged field in the centre stands out. This shape represents the local church, taken directly from the form of one of its windows. 110
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 29/11/2025🧵 The third municipality in my trilobite series is Málkov in Central Bohemia. A small community of around ninety inhabitants, Málkov is a typical Bohemian agricultural village. Depending on the source, it dates back either to the eleventh or the fourteenth century. 120
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 27/11/20256/ The arms and flag were designed by the heraldist Jiří Louda, author of the national coats of arms of Czechia and previously of the Czechoslovak Federative Republic. The municipal symbols were granted in 2001. 010
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 27/11/20255/ The green field features a plough blade, a typical Czech heraldic charge, representing the historical village of Čelechovice proper and its agricultural past, a recurring theme throughout Hanakia. 110
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 27/11/20254/ A more unexpected religious link appears in the figure of the trilobite, representing the historical settlement of Kaple. The settlement developed around its namesake, a hilltop chapel built of limestone, a rock common in the area and often rich in fossils. 110
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 27/11/20253/ The town’s connection to the Olomouc Diocese, specifically to the historical village of Studenec, is reflected in the three piles in chief. Their number also symbolises the three historical villages that form the modern municipality. 110
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 27/11/20252/ The village is first mentioned in the 12th century as royal property. It later passed through various noble houses until, in 1500, it became church property. 110
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 27/11/2025🧵 The second arms and flag in my trilobite series belong to the municipality of Čelechovice na Hané. The name itself suggests its location in the fertile ethno-geographical region of Hanakia (Haná), sometimes referred to as the breadbasket of Czechia. 131
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 26/11/2025The town received a flag in 2008 and sensibly chose the trilobite for it, resulting in a simple and distinctive design. (6/6) 020
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Above the trilobite are two nails symbolising the iron industry, and in the left field there is a tower on a wooded rock referring to the local historical fortification Plešivec. (5/6) 120
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 26/11/2025The discoveries were significant enough that when Jince was elevated to market town status in 1900 by Emperor Franz Joseph I, the fossil found its way into the arms. (4/6) 110
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 26/11/2025For centuries it was a centre of iron mining and forging, producing everything from kitchenware to cannons and shot. It also became known in the nineteenth century for its trilobite fossils. (3/6) 110
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Jince is actually a step above an ordinary municipality because it is a "městys", usually translated as a "market town". The area has a long history, with settlement reaching back to the Stone Age. (2/6) 110
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Lately I have been looking into unusual charges in Czech municipal heraldry and ended up finding five coats of arms in the country that feature a trilobite. Naturally I had to emblazon all of them. This one is the first, belonging to the town of Jince. (1/6) 240
SoaringAven @soaringaven.bsky.social · 22/11/2025I would probably at the very least remove the lion and the eagle and keep only the yellow and red stripes. (3/3) #vexillology 030
