Well, firstly I want to apologize for my recent lack of getting anything at all done, as I am in the process of moving from MO to NC at the moment and just returned from a trip out that way looking for a new house.
On this particular piece, I have done a bit of research and gotten a bit of advice from \"beermugger\" over at warhammer realm on the banner that I really liked. Because this is a memorial piece it is only fitting to try and make the banner represent the inidividual, and this is how it can be done. What he suggested was to use Highborn Sycath\'s last name as a starting point: Melton. Well, Melton is actually a burough in the East Midlands of England, with there very own coat of arms:
So, I played with it a bit and came up with something a bit more warhammer:
Then I realized that there would be no way, with my limited two dimensional skills that I would be able to put that on the banner. So, istead, I came up with a compromise. I am still going to use the colors from Melton (green and red). Then, I will incorporate the bails of hay and the towers, and also the white griffon. And, for the warhammer portion, I am still going to throw in the old twin tailed comet for good measure. Still needs a lot of work (i.e. highlighting), but what do you guys think of the idea?
Thanks for the comments guys... as far as the camera goes, what I need to do is to get a proper photo program, as the one I have doesn\'t really give much freedom for adjusting color levels, etc. Also, I think my interem photo set-up is not helping, as it really drowns out the colors.
