The Knight Houses

[ElectricPaladin]

Out of sheer impatience, I want to have a central store of all the information we already have on the Knight Houses. If you're - like me - incredibly impatient to start painting but want to know more about the Houses first, this might be a diverting exercise.

If you have more info, post it below and I'll add it to the OP.

Imperial Houses

House Cadmus
• Character: Newly independent

House Degallio

House Griffith
• Colors: Bone with Blue and Red, Silver Trim
• Heraldry: Winged shield with a dragon on one side and half an aquila on the other.

House Hawkshroud
• Colors: Yellow and White w/Silver Trim
• Heraldry: Winged hawk coat of arms.
• Symbol: Hawk with its wing blocking its body.
• Character: Answers every call for assistance.

House Mortan

House Terryn
• Colors: Blue and Red w/Gold Trim
• Heraldry: Winged shield with a horse on one side and half an aquila on the other.

Mechanicus Houses

House Krast
• Symbol: Gauntled Hand crushing a Snake
• Character: Hates Chaos and the Chaos Titan Legions, brings Chaos heroes they capture back to their poisoned homeworld to die.

House Raven
• Colors: Red w/Hazard Chevrons
• Heraldry: Starburst behind a cog-shaped shield with the opus mechanicus on one side and their symbol on the other.
• Symbol: Triangular tower with the sun behind it.
• Character: The largest house

House Trainor

House Vulker

House Taranis
• Character: Fought alongside the loyal Mechanicus on Mars during the Horus Heresy.

Known Freeblades

Amaranthine
• Colors: Burgundy w/Gold Trim
• Symbol: The letter "X" and vine motifs

Auric Arachnus
• Character: Fought alongside the Ultramarines.

Crimson Reaper

The Firebrand
• Colors: Flame Motif w/Silver Trim
• Symbol: Burning Stick
• Character: Hot-headed and aggressive.

Klorian Saiche
• Colors: Burgundy w/Gold Trim
• Character: Stranded after the end of a war, negotiated with the Mechanicus to return home.

Gerantius
• Colors: Green w/Gold Trim
• Symbol: Barred gate/helmet thing.

Madrigal
• Colors: Purple w/Gold Trim
• Symbol: Skeletal Aquila
• Character: Protects his dead homeworld after failing to protect it from chaos.

The Obsidian Knight
• Colors: Black w/Silver Trim

Retribution Incarnate
• Colors: White and Red w/Silver Trim
• Character: Seeking revenge for his brother's death.

The White Warden
• Colors: White w/Gold Trim and some Yellow
• Symbol: Black sword on a white and yellow background.

[ElectricPaladin]

I edited the OP to put House Taranis in there.

Also... is it just me, or is Hawkshroud the "nobody in their right mind will paint this thing" house? Yellow and white? What were they thinking?

[Dalleron]

a lot of white red and yellow in those paint schemes it seems. Most definitely wouldn't paint them up like that were I to get one. But an airbrush could make it easier.

[MajorWesJanson]

I edited the OP to put House Taranis in there.

Also... is it just me, or is Hawkshroud the "nobody in their right mind will paint this thing" house? Yellow and white? What were they thinking?

Basecoat it white, and the new GW yellows and whites work quite well compared to the old ones.

[SaveModifier]

Hawkshround has been the only official scheme to catch my eye so far, looks really nice, I'm going to wait to get my hands on the Companion, has a sneaky flick through one on Saturday and its a gorgeous book, a real coffee table art book style, its a lot wider than the codicies and quality wise more like a Forge World book, its really lovely.

[Ezaviel]

I edited the OP to put House Taranis in there.

Also... is it just me, or is Hawkshroud the "nobody in their right mind will paint this thing" house? Yellow and white? What were they thinking?

It mostly makes me twitch because Yellow and White together are a no-no in real world Heraldry

[ElectricPaladin]

It mostly makes me twitch because Yellow and White together are a no-no in real world Heraldry

Well, it is 38000 years in the future...

Mind if I ask why? I wouldn't say that I'm a heraldry buff - I'm American, Jewish, and an angry peasant as far back as its possible to trace one's ancestry - but now I'm curious.

[templarboy]

Well, it is 38000 years in the future...

Mind if I ask why? I wouldn't say that I'm a heraldry buff - I'm American, Jewish, and an angry peasant as far back as its possible to trace one's ancestry - but now I'm curious.

Metal colours (white and yellow) were not put over each other because it is hard to see them. Heraldry started as a way to identify people. Metal on non-metal and vice versa is the way it was done in British heraldry.

[daboarder]

You're missing one....it starts with D......What is it? can't remember.....

[The Imperial Fist]

I edited the OP to put House Taranis in there.

Also... is it just me, or is Hawkshroud the "nobody in their right mind will paint this thing" house? Yellow and white? What were they thinking?

I shall be, but I am not in my right mind. This Knight in particular, because the Fists awarded it honour markings. Though my armour pieces are still on the frame waiting Army Painter yellow spray...