Gyldenholt Groundcloth
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 Gyldenholt Baronial Groundcloth | ||||
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Inspired by the artistry of Mistress Danaë FitzRoberts of the West (and tired of hauling rugs to serve as flooring for the baronial pavilion), Giuseppe and Giles decided to promote the creation of a groundcloth. Mistress Danaë had given the barony a painted groundcloth at Anniversary 2012, and it was a popular idea. Initial discussions with the Financial Committee were positive, and Countessa Lucianna was asked to create a concept sketch for art to decorate the cloth. The Committee approved an expenditure from Baronial funds to purchase the cloth, with a requirement that compensation for the artist and additional materials would be paid by monies raised by providing space for individual's armory on the cloth, and (at a premium) their depiction in the central panel. Premium levels: $30 (under the Artist's direction, paint your own arms on the cloth); $60 (one of our artists will paint your arms); $100 or more: (one of our artists will paint your arms, and a depiction of you in the central panel of the cloth). This design was inspired by an illumination in the Military Ordinance of Charles the Bold. The colors and main element --the central panel, with a shield at the pinnacle of the arch-- come directly from the illumination, while the different layouts for the armory are adjustable for the number of contributions received. The lower panel, which will contain the heraldry of the current and prior territorial nobility, will have three pairs of blank shields to accommodate future fiefholders.
Inspiration for the Art
From the Military Ordinance of Charles the Bold: "Charles the Bold Receives His Military Captains", c1475.
Materials Specifications
16' x 24' Super Groundcloth from Panther Pavilions.
Base coat: Behr's Premium Plus Ultra Exterior Flat Latex Paint/Primer in Ashwood 720D-4.
Colors: Behr exterior (satin finish):
Border and foundation stripe: Autumn Fest
S-G-170 Red Licorice
S-G-570 Sapphire Lace
460B-6 Chlorophyll
S-H-660 Blackberry Harvest
W-D-700 Powdered Snow
S-H-790 Black Suede
Martha Steward Glazing Medium (for thinning, shading, dilution)
Pictures of the Progress
First day's progress
The Cloth has been primed with a soft grey, and the border and foundation stripe painted.
First Heraldry!
First coats of arms have been completed; here are Dietrich, Wulfric, and Lasairfhiona's shields.
Painting Populace Armory
Livia von Baden and Giles Hill work on the heraldry of the populace.
Groundcloth Artisans
Lucianna, Giuseppe Francesco da Borgia, Giles Hill, D'vorah, Livia von Baden, Staeina Halfdanardottir, Keinvryd ferch Talan, Sigbiorn_Sigmundarson, Merewen of Warthwic, Su of the Silver Horn, Ceara ingen Chonaill. (If you should be in this list, please let Giles know.)
