Diddily Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 Hello ya'll, maybe you've heard of the Tribes Dune mod nearing completion. If not you can see it at http://www.dune2k.com/forum/index.php?topic=7757.0. I'm working with Tezcatlipoca on the clientpack for the mod, and need some ideas for emblems of certain houses. For example, I used an orange H with a blue background for Harkonnen and a gold lion head for Corrino. However, for the Bene Tleilaxu house and Ix house, I'm stumped for ideas. I was wondering if anyone could toss up some ideas for what to do with these, input is greatly appriciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inoculator9 Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Tleilaxu: Something spidery, organic in nature, preferably green I should say.Ix: there official seal is a copper and purple helix.And an orange H is hardly befitting House Harkonnen I believe :P Perhaps a Griffin as the book describes their emblem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diddily Posted April 16, 2004 Author Share Posted April 16, 2004 I'm glad to get a response, but I failed to mention that we are baseing the mod off of Frank Herbert's books, and are doing are best to stay away from Brian's works. I believe that both the Ixian helix and Harkonnen Griffin are from Brian's pieces, and not quite what we are looking for. The primary sources we want are either Frank or an original concept. If one were to use Brian's work as a starting point and evolved it into an original concept, that would be fine. Thanks for the input and I hope to hear some more ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollyon Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 They're Frank's work, at least the Griffin is. I'm uncertain as to whether the helix is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dune_Buggy Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Isn't the original (as in from the original dune novels) sign for harrkonens the Ram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Isn't the original (as in from the original dune novels) sign for harrkonens the Ram?I don't think so. I'm pretty sure that is just from the games and maybe Encyclopedia. But not certain.It was a green-walled enclosure with, in addition to the table, three suspensor chairs from which the Harkonnen "H" had been hastily removed, leaving an imperfect color patch. From DuneThere isn't much descriptions about the House banners in the novels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 No, that is in the games, in the books it was always a griffin, as Apollyon said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard3000 Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 Dune_Buggy: The first novels by Frank never mentioned the symbol of House Harkonnen. When the DE was released (after GEoD, but before Heretics and Chapterhouse), it showed the Harkonnen coat of arms - Azure, a ram's head argent (a white ram's head on a blue background). But in Heretics of Dune, it is mentioned that Gryphons are the primary motif in the Harkonnen no-globe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diddily Posted April 17, 2004 Author Share Posted April 17, 2004 While I am estatic about the response I am getting to my question, I ask that we may try to toss up some ideas about Ix and BT (whether from textual evidence or interpretation) ;). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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