The Arms of McGwire Eli Bains - The Armorial Register.

The Argent field is a reference to the armiger's surname, Bains, which can be traced to the Gaelic "bàn", meaning "white" or "fair". The inverted chevron ployé Vert represents the gently sloping Tennessee valleys where the armiger was born, raised, and still lives. The opossum crest is a reference to an animal the armiger enjoys seeing often and whose habit of playing dead before rising again reminds the armiger that those who have died in faith only appear to be dead, but in fact live forever in the presence of the Lord. The Orange tulips serve to represent both the armiger's Ulster cultural heritage and his status as an Alumni from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Although Orange is a rare tincture, it is not unheard of, frequently being seen in US Military heraldry, and its personal meaning to the armiger as well as its aesthetic appeal in the design means that it is a suitable tincture for this blazon.

The motto, Fides Viri Verbum Est, translates from Latin as "A man's word is his bond" (literally: "Faith/trust of a man is the word"). It expresses the traditional moral duty that a person must keep their promises and tell the truth.