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Polychroming family crest Duitgenius

ByKoen van Velzen 19-02-201409-02-2026

Rómulo has begun polychroming of the coat-of-arms. Polychroming is just a fancy word for painting something in multiple colours. In this case the colours are red, green, gold and silver. In terms of heraldry that would be gule, vert or sinople, or and argent.

begin polychromeren

On a large part of the relief the base coat in white can still be seen, grey and yellow. Actually we shouldn't take a look in the kitchen before the cook serves the food, but I trust the reader to understand that a lot of finishing touches will follow. When everything is painted, the last parts of the helmet will be gilded. When everything is painted, the last parts of the helmet will be gilded.

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