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Good evening y'all I play custodes and blood angels here. Now I have my custodian army in the solar watch paint scheme but I wanted to make a small honor guard of companions to add for a bit of fun for my HQ bodyguards. I cannot seem to find their actual color scheme however as most people just paint them gold and red I cannot imagine that the 300 personnel bodyguards of the emperor would not have their own color scheme or emblems. Can anybody help a man out and point out what they are supposed to look like (What novels they appear in ect)

edit, now i understand what you mean...

no, they are red and gold only; Hetaeron Guard.

"The Companions of the Emperor were never more than three hundred strong. It was the highest honour to be chosen for duty within that brotherhood. There would be sacrifice, of course, but that counted as nothing besides the opportunity to serve in the most profound way imaginable. Following the internment of the Emperor in the Golden Throne after the defeat of Horus upon his flagship during the Battle of Terra, the Custodes outwardly wore the mark of their failure in the black robes that covered their auramite. It was a permanent reminder, replacing the traditional cloaks of blood-red that once adorned their battle-plate. It weighed heavy with every Custodian, for they knew more of the nature of the fall than most. The gold of their auramite was also blackened, as if charred by fire. It was said that the Companions' proximity to the Emperor did that, turning their pride into ashes.

This bleak colour change reflected that the Custodians had remained in permanent mourning for failing to protect the Emperor in His hour of need. But with the return of the Avenging Son, the resurrected Primarch Roboute Guilliman, the Adeptus Custodes cast off their black cloaks and now don their crimson raiments of old. Taking to the sea of stars, they now bring the battle to the Great Enemy, intent on absolving themselves in the baptism of fire and blood for their failure ten millennia earlier. But the Companions still remain beside their silent lord, ever watchful, ever waiting for any threat to make itself known. "