Coat of Arms HD

9 months ago #9684027            

Finns must be proud that their lion is so sharp-minded.

9 months ago #9684055            

@JanValentine Indeed we are. In that special lion I can see myself!

9 months ago #9684058            

@JanValentine A bright minded creature of undivided concentration who is always on point. Penetrating blunt arguments with sharp logic cutting to the core of the problem.

9 months ago #9684328            

The lions sort of fit with the stereotypes...

9 months ago #9685843            

@ImportViking Ouch.

3 months ago #9742492            

@ImportViking Yes, it does, but maybe not as you might expect...
I'm Austrian and I met a number of Finns over the years, and yes, Finns are a very special kind of crazy.

But their craziness is so refined and ingenious that you just _have_ to admire them for it. ;-)

2 months ago #9756676            

@ImportViking

Ow. That... hurt.

9 months ago #9683955            

I feel like Norway's lion is just about to murder someone with that axe. While still smiling.

8 months ago #9687641            

lipstick. give them. fucking. lipstick.

9 months ago #9684044            

the special lion is still my favorit

1 month ago #9765198            

But norway has nils olav... Why using dancing lion when he has cute pinguin?

2 months ago #9756510            

Us finns are proud of our lion
(Well not ours, it was taken from a grave of an old swedish king who's name i forgot)

20 days ago #9767615            

@Finlandball The special lion`s first apperance was at king Gustav I Vasa´s tomb. His son Johan assumed the title of "Grand Duke of Finland and Karelia", shortened to Grand Duke of Finland in 1577 (or soon thereafter), the lion became closely associated with Finland. That was before prince Johan killed his brother king Erik with pie soup and become king Johan III.

9 months ago #9684051            

Missed oppurtunity to do Icelands Coat of arms!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Iceland-Coat_of_arms.svg

9 months ago #9684056            

@Gunni But the others are lions. Thats sorta the "theme2 or the strip

9 months ago #9684073            

@Fluffkin Well we had a lion coat of arms at one time (coat of arms of the earl of Iceland and later Icelandic coartmasters I think).

http://www.flagofarms.com/images/designs/EarldomofIcelandCoatofArms.jpg
or
http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Coat_of_arms_of_Iceland

But no lion now, so it doesn't count.

9 months ago #9684075            

@Gunni Oh yeah, and while Greenland may not have a lion they have a badass coat of arms.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Coat_of_arms_of_Greenland.svg

9 months ago #9684079            

@olvirki ...indeed...!
With an animal, that REALLY lives there... ;-)
(not many lions in Scandinavia... :-) )
(well, pehaps cave-lions during the ice-age...? ;-)

9 months ago #9684078            

@Gunni

I was in impression that imaginary animals weren't allowed in coat of arms. I would've thought there'd be more dragons, giants or leprechauns and such in them if that is allowed.

But thenagain, lion was pretty much imaginary animal for Nordics when those have been made.

9 months ago #9684081            

@piir2 #9684078
Heraldry is where you will find most fantastic creatures. Scotland has its unicorns, Steiermark its panther (which looks more like a goat than a cat), Iceland its land spirits (one of which is a giant) and so on and so forth.

9 months ago #9684107            

@Gunni Here: https://satwcomic.com/iceland-s-coat-of-arms

9 months ago #9684741            

@Dayvi awesome!

9 months ago #9684023            

MORE POMPOSITY!

That is fun.

9 months ago #9683959            

Excellent job on the coats of arms, though even for Humon's style, I think the Swedish one could have been drawn a bit more detailed, instead of just plain blue and white squares.

9 months ago #9684149            

@EricTheRedAndWhite
Not going to lie, as a no-fun, pendandic stick-in the mud amateur rald that's bugging me too The crowns are important!