User talk:Sodacan

Please direct all new requests here: Graphic Requests (So I can monitor them more easily)

Thames Pageant flag guide and other observations

Have you seen this? There isn't much original information, but I think you will find the heralds' flags interesting; I haven't seen them anywhere else, though I believe they are used at the College of Arms to show which herald's shift it is, so to speak.

I also have a question: why is the crown missing from the Hanoverian arms here? It seems to be a "the heir is no Elector" thing, but I couldn't find any relevant information on Wikipedia.

Finally, I've had a look at your ever-growing Requests page, and spotted yet another Canada post (almost a month old now). Might I respectfully suggest adding a "No Canadian or Australian arms please" notice at the top of the page? It's become a FAQ, and maybe someone will notice this way. Waltham, The Duke of 16:34, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Sory to break in here, but to answer your question about the Hannoverian arms: you're right. The crown is the symbol of the office of Arch-treasurer, wich was associated with Hannovers 8/9th electoral vote. Officially only actual electors could use the arms. Sir Iain (talk) 16:12, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

That makes sense, thanks. Waltham, The Duke of 12:45, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

I finished them a while back, but haven't uploaded them yet, just wasn't in the mood to do the categorizing and other stuff just yet. Finished the College and the Lyon Court's flags that is. The Imperial Crown is an 'augmentation of honour' (rewarded by the Holy Roman Emperor) and can only be borne by the actual office holder (the reigning Prince-Elector), and is not reflected in his family's arms (except in his marriage arms, impaled with his father-in-law's shield). His rightful heir (and only him) may display a blank red inescutcheon "In Right of Regalia", as the heir to the office, if I am not mistaken the Brandenburg/Prussian heir was also allowed to have a blank quarter on his personal arms to reflect this right (as hereditary Arch-Chamberlain of the HRE) as well.

Still haven't made up my mind about the Australian and Canadian Arms just yet. They are however a low priority, as my main focus now is to finish the emblems of those countries without a vector version. Malawi for example has neither a vector or any other file type coat of arms on Commons. I have a backlog of unfinished national emblems on my laptop, started but not completed stuff, I want to clear that off first. Vanuatu is almost finished, Sodacan (talk) 03:38, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

I like it, and I like the arms of the Seychelles even more. It's always nice when people actually do something about the systemic bias of the Wikimedia projects.

I also like the idea of the blank quarter: nothingness as a status symbol! Waltham, The Duke of 01:27, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

This is my special category Category:National flag and coat of arms images that should use vector graphics. I've been away from my laptop recently and only have my iPad, so I haven't been able to use Inkscape at all. I like the Seychelles arms too, it is well designed and appropriate for the islands. Sodacan (talk) 01:48, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Interesting to-do list, though I see no flags in there; I presume most of them, if not all, were taken care of long ago. They tend to be simpler than coats of arms, after all, which is exactly as they ought to be.

I've also seen your heralds' flags. Curious thing I noticed in that guide: most of the College of Arms flags have a divided field, but none of the Scottish ones. Perhaps that's because the latter tend to have more complex designs. Waltham, The Duke of 10:30, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

The "coat of arms" of the Qing Dynasty

Cheers! I would like to discuss with you about this "coat of arms"(right). It's a good image but it is totally fictitious. The Qing Dynasty had two version of flags, but had never used coat of arms. I checked the source you gave on the talk page of the image, it seems the image is from a book in Russian, which is probably a work based on imagination or on the official flag. I think it is better not use it in articles on this topic.Dirrival (talk) 09:19, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Agreed, somebody asked me to draw it a very very long time ago. Back then I did not check my sources as much as I do now, the tag that you inserted is correct. I will alter the image description to say that it is fictitious, however at worst it is a misattribution. Thanks, Sodacan (talk) 09:25, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

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	I've just seen File:Royal Coat of Arms of England (1399-1603).svg for the first time. Beautiful work, dude! OwenBlacker | Discussion 10:30, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Discussion about a category

Please, we need a another point of view in this discussion: Commons:Categories for discussion/2012/08/Category:Cyclamor in heraldry. I will appreciate your opinion. --Xavigivax (talk) 07:18, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

repaint a insignia

Hi. I need a Help for repaint a insignia of Golden Crown. if you agree, I glad to send you old scanned photo. how can I send you?209.188.29.254 08:39, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

File:Rama IX ceremonial attire.jpg

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125.25.137.206 09:09, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

Mary Stuart's full achievement

Could you please comment at Commons:Deletion requests/Fictional achievements of arms on whether you think the dexter half of the shield (showing the arms of France and the dauphin) should be supported by a Scottish unicorn. Thanks. DrKiernan (talk) 17:59, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Malawi CoA

Many thanks to do the complete version, I've no time to do it. Best regards Mathieu C. (talk) 06:40, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Central_African_Federation.svg

After your creation of the excellent new version of Malawi's coat of arms, is ot possible for you to do that request [1]?--Antemister (talk) 19:09, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Austro-Hungarian CoA

Dear Sodacan,

Your new arms are absolutely gorgeous. When I saw them in the list, I was sure they would be great, but the actual picture was even better then I imagined. Thank you so much for all your heraldic work!

Sir Iain (talk) 13:27, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Austria

Great work, I've tagged my versions as superceded. Though I think you should probably darken the eagles a bit, they look a little bit too grey, I think. :) Adelbrecht (talk) 20:51, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

FP Promotion

The image has been promoted to Featured picture The image File:Imperial Coat of Arms of the Empire of Austria.svg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Imperial Coat of Arms of the Empire of Austria.svg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

/FPCBot (talk) 06:03, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Dear Sodacan.

I don't know if you were aware of my nomination of your stunning work.

I hope it is a surprise for you, and a good one !

Enjoy this triumph (please read the comments !), and congratulations for your great great work.

"Fan" of history and of heraldry, and as I went to Vienna last spring, I was very interested by your very detailed picture.

Now, like many others, I'm waiting for your next heraldic marvel !!--Jebulon (talk) 11:45, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi. I took the liberty to update your users page.--Jebulon (talk) 11:33, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Helm in English royal arms

I've just noticed something interesting... If the two sentences preceding this link are to be believed, then your use of the barred gold helm in the arms of Tudor monarchs may need to be revised. Waltham, The Duke of 18:58, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

nominating pic

Hi Sodacan, I'm nominating your coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago for featured pictures. I added a description about the coa to the file for the nomination process. I hope they choose you! --Turn685 (talk) 11:37, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

File tagging File:The Royal Regalia of Thailand.jpg

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Paul_012 (talk) 21:31, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

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	Excellent work. Benstitch (talk) 14:52, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg

Hello, I would appreciate if you do not tag my edits as vandalism. I included justification of my removal of false copyright claims to Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg. As a matter of fact, this image should not be on Commons as it is not free - it is covered by Crown Copyright. I have now reverted your change - feel free to discuss the topic on the respective Talk page. Regards, kashmiri 12:50, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

svg requests

hi Sodacan, how are you?

Thank you for creating all these svg.s, great work. Could I request you to please try to convert these files here as well?

• File:Habsburg-lothringen.png
• File:Habsburg Lothringen.png
• File:Wappen Habsburg-Lothringen Schild.PNG (there is an svg version of this, but somehow it still does not look quite right, maybe you can help?)
• File:StemmaLombardoveneto.jpg
• File:Isabella of Austria Arms.jpg
• File:Coat of arms of kingdom of nepal 1962-2008.jpg
• File:Royal Standard of Nepal.jpg

and maybe ask an administrator to restore this image for you so you can use it [2].

Thank you very much.

Gryffindor (talk) 08:54, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

BestTrinidad and Tobago Coat of Arms!

I say this as a citizen of T&T. Yours is the BEST vector rendition of our coat of arms I have ever seen. You do my country an honor! Thanks! :-D By the way, could you perhaps do the Azores coat of arms? I was looking for one in vector format but all Wikimedia Commons has is the png: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Azr.png Again, as a T&T citizen, thank you! --TriniPosseStar (talk) 16:46, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

File:Coat of Arms of Margaret Thatcher, The Baroness Thatcher (1995–2013).svg

Great work, very timely. So, what's up with the version on a heater style escutcheon with an inescutcheon argent (to show it's her own arms) I see popping up every now and then? Here for example. :-) Lemmens, Tom (talk) 23:12, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, just artistic preference I guess, but I think the lozenge is nicer. I made the other version as well, but haven't upload yet - don't want to confuse people just now (maybe in a week though). ;-) Sodacan (talk) 06:19, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

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	Very good job ! Thank you for all these images !!! Edoardo Cavaleri (talk) 13:23, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

African Warrior

Dear Sodocan, i need help to improove this picture of i made it for Tannguelan (see WPfr) a small town in West Africa. I would like :

• Make the skin moore dark
• Improove the face.

Thank you for your help

coat of arms of Norway and small service

Sodocan Hello, I hope you are well, I just noticed that on your coat of arms of Norway, Halberd is gold while the handle is normally gold but the blade is silver.

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Could you make me a favor could you do me a copy of this coat, but with your lion please.

Thank you in advance good day to you.--Dunkerqueenflandre (talk) 08:51, 20 May 2013 (UTC)