Carlos- Some nice ideas. Can you post up artwork or sketches of any of it to help us make a decision in helping you?
Sounds like a cool plan!
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Carlos- Some nice ideas. Can you post up artwork or sketches of any of it to help us make a decision in helping you?
Sounds like a cool plan!
My vote is for the family coat of arms. I had an AR lower engraved that way when my son was born (as well as with his initials and birthdate), and liked it so much I had one done for myself for my most recent SBR. I'm torn between building Calvin's lower into his first AR for him to learn to shoot with, or saving it and building it with him as a father/son project when he gets older.
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...wer_side_2.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...ower_front.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...vin_lower1.jpg
"How do it work, Daddy?"
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...ns/shorty1.jpg
Mine!
EXCELLENT project and idea!!
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Here is what I finally settled on. The receiver is currently at Orion Arms getting engraved with the B&W version (right). I may try to color it in with paint pens when I get it back.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...ColorandBW.jpg
The shield's shape is based on one of the ancient Filipino shields as used by various tribes throughout the centuries. These shields were normally made out of wood.
The scribbling in the "head" of the shield is the ancient Filipino script for "Faith" ("Tiwala" in Tagalog).
The top half of the main body is in honor of my Mother and is the top-half of her family Coat of Arms (from the Leone province of Spain). Her Grandfather (my Great-Grandfather) was a member of the Spanish Civil Guard and immigrated into the Philippines in the 1800s basically as a Conquistador.
The bottom half is in honor of my Father. The symbol on the right (White creature holding a sword or bayonet) is the symbol that represents the Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor. The left side (Gold Castle) signifies his branch of service (Combat Engineers - he was in LTG Wainwright's Corps), his profession/degree (Mechanical Engineer - he was the first of his family to graduate from college), and the province in Spain from which our Family name hails from (Castille - although we cannot verify if that side of the family has any ties there at all, the name could have just been adopted by my family generations back).
The cross in the middle of the shield is the cross of Santiago Matamoros ("Saint James the Moor Slayer").
I'm anxious to see how it comes out!!