Heget's Blatherings

Disclaimer: Here is a blend of Original Tolkien creations (aka my best efforts at recreating the author’s drawing), modifications on the original, and designs completely from cloth. Previous Entries can be found under the sigil tag. Please credit if use.

In order:

Finwë, Fëanor, Findis, Fingolfin, Lalwen, Finarfin 01, Finarfin 02

Notes:

Yes, I'm reposting these once more. Because if people in the Silmarillion/Tolkien fandom continue to use them, I want nice official links to them. And so another crosspost from tumblr project is born.

House of Finwë today.

The daughters’ sigils are completely from my own head, as their canon status is sometimes debated. I prefer canon that inclues them- at least Findis and Lalwen, though poor Finvain…

I’ve shamelessly adopted kaywinnet’s head-canon for the two, and kept that in mind as I made them. Thus shy Findis has a simple design, and Lalwen (Lalwendë or Irimë) has golden branches that could also be locks of hair or deer antlers.

Finwë is pretty close to how all the images show it, though some renderings have more reddish orange in the center. I think I forgot about it when I was remaking the sigil (my first version was not nearly as crisp) and decided the whole thing was more coherent and aesthetically pleasing without it. I still tease that the combination of sky blue and orange is a tad eye-searing, but it works for the Noldor. Fëanor’s is one of the oldest I made that I didn’t need to go back and remake (also I think the rainbow-y bit in the center actually breaks elven rules of heraldric symmetry). Fingolfin’s flag that pairs with this sigil is blue and silver, per source material.

Why does Finarfin have two?

Well, there are two versions of his sigil floating around- one without the blue center and one with- and I liked them both. My Wastonian answer for including both is the gold and white one is his sigil when he is the over-looked third son, and he adds the blue when he gets saddled with the Noldorin kingship.