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Picture of a Greyhound

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Can someone email me a picture of a heraldic greyhound. I have been looking online and I can only find really low res crappy pictures. If the only picture you have is on a shield that would be fine. I am fiddling with my devise and I am thinking of trying a greyhound but I can't draw but I can alter digital images. If you have one please send it to the following email address.

davidpretz@a-tsolutions.com

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Try searching for a "talbot". Some of what you come up with should be recognisably a greyhound.
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Try this
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Maredudd wrote:Try searching for a "talbot". Some of what you come up with should be recognisably a greyhound.


Um, not really.

There are two general types of heraldic dogs. The greyhound is the sleek dog shown in the attached images. The bus-line logo is actually a pretty good depiction of a greyhound courant.

The talbot is a heavier dog with a squarish muzzle, large lop ears, and a stocky body. Think of a Labrador with longer hair. Or a slightly downsized Newfoundland.
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Well, I am actually pretty upset that I do NOT have my vector version of this anymore. I don't know what happened to it.

This is a device I made up to Aaron here on the AA. IIRC I sent him a copy of the vector file. You might drop him a line and see if you can get it.

If you do get it, can you email it back to me?
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Donal is correct. I should have been clearer.
What I meant was that searching for talbots was likely to throw up mis-labeled greyhounds.
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Post by D.Z.P. »

I appretiate everyones help. I decided to go with something else. I am not sure what that "something else" is but I am just not happy with the greyhound.

Again, thanks everyone.
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Bjorn Leorhals wrote:I appretiate everyones help. I decided to go with something else. I am not sure what that "something else" is but I am just not happy with the greyhound.

Again, thanks everyone.


Bjorn, I've been having a lot of fun recently coming up with period-ish looking devices (as opposed to blatantly SCA looking). Drop me a messege and maybe we can see what we come up with? I've been coming up with a large collection of heraldic components for the many many incarnations my own device went through. Don't think I have a greyhound at the moment, but am pretty sure I know where to find one, if you are still interested.
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*chuckle* ...must be nice having a resident artist... :P

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Old_bear wrote:*chuckle* ...must be nice having a resident artist... :P

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I don't ask you to draw EVERYTHING... just a lot of it. :P
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Most local heralds have a bg collection of cliparyt that they have gathered over the years. Ask a local herald for a copy of theirs.
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AriAnson wrote:Most local heralds have a bg collection of cliparyt that they have gathered over the years. Ask a local herald for a copy of theirs.

There's also http://www.aeheralds.net/Links/AE_Trace ... leArt.html -- with a greyhound courant on page 99.
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Karen Larsdatter wrote:
AriAnson wrote:Most local heralds have a bg collection of cliparyt that they have gathered over the years. Ask a local herald for a copy of theirs.

There's also http://www.aeheralds.net/Links/AE_Trace ... leArt.html -- with a greyhound courant on page 99.


Thats what I had been thinking of, but couldn't look for a greyhound until I got home. Good to know its there. I have a couple of ideas now. :)
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Ok, here's my first stab. I did do a cursory conflict check and didn't see anything, but that doesn't mean much. :D

Vairy en point argent and sable, on a chief argent a greyhound courant sable.

and also

Argent, a greyhound passant sable and a chief vairy en point argent and sable.

I apologize for my ultra-lame-o photoshop, but I'm just threw it together for the time being.
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