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Is there any rule or issue that anyone is aware of, for painting an Epic Hero in a different color scheme than the standard one?

I want to take Canis Rex and paint him up in Inquisitorial black, but still keep his heraldry intact.

This way I can tie him in with the rest of the Freeblade Lance.

Is this acceptable?

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
Is there any rule or issue that anyone is aware of, for painting an Epic Hero in a different color scheme than the standard one?

I want to take Canis Rex and paint him up in Inquisitorial black, but still keep his heraldry intact.

This way I can tie him in with the rest of the Freeblade Lance.

Is this acceptable?

There is no rule governing what schemes you should paint your guys in.

And if someone gives you crap for having a nicely-painted mini that's not the official scheme, I'd look for another opponent. They probably won't be pleasant to play against.

Rules answer:
Just be sure your opponent knows what rules you are using. WYSWYG is a gentleman’s agreement, not a formal rule. It’s one I personally try to adhere to, but not everyone does, especially for little things. If you keep the symbols, but no the colors, that would probably be fine. Most players who don’t play knights probably don’t know the right colors anyway.

Painting answer: (as this is the P&M forum)
Now heraldry is important for knights, so I’d try to keep the original colors on him somewhere. To hide them would be to dishonor the machine spirit of the mighty beast, and we cannot have that. You could go the Deathwatch route and keep one shoulder in the original shade while the rest is painted black. Or the tilting shield. Even a knee or thigh guard. On a giant machine that’s all black and metals you are going to want some spot colors to make him pop anyways. Might as well use the heraldic ones to keep with the lore.

 Nevelon wrote:
Rules answer:
Just be sure your opponent knows what rules you are using. WYSWYG is a gentleman’s agreement, not a formal rule. It’s one I personally try to adhere to, but not everyone does, especially for little things. If you keep the symbols, but no the colors, that would probably be fine. Most players who don’t play knights probably don’t know the right colors anyway.

Painting answer: (as this is the P&M forum)
Now heraldry is important for knights, so I’d try to keep the original colors on him somewhere. To hide them would be to dishonor the machine spirit of the mighty beast, and we cannot have that. You could go the Deathwatch route and keep one shoulder in the original shade while the rest is painted black. Or the tilting shield. Even a knee or thigh guard. On a giant machine that’s all black and metals you are going to want some spot colors to make him pop anyways. Might as well use the heraldic ones to keep with the lore.

I was originally going to make a House Steel Knight House from Deimos, aka the Knights who support the Grey Knights but their color scheme is way to close to Sir Hektur and Canis Rex, so I thought I would switch the idea is that an Ordos Xenos Inquisitor, Mari Draxarhn, requisitions a group of Freeblade Knights in order to help purge some foul Aeldari Wraith Constructs.

Afterwards, she decides to keep the Knights as part of her personal forces. In fact, she uses her contacts to recruit other Freeblades under her... I mean, the Inquisition's banner.

These "Knights of the 'Watch" are painted in the same style as the Deathwatch, with black armour, red stripes, and a left silver pauldron.

The heraldry mantlet will be left half inquisition, right half Freeblade. The right pauldron will feature the complete heraldry of the Freeblade.

I will also use Inquisitor symbols instead of the traditional AdMech or Imperial Eagles.

This will allow me to indulge in a little painting ADD and make the heraldry different colors and emblems while the entire force is cohesive.

But I was unsure if that would work, especially with Canis Rex and the Freeblades. I want them to have personalized heraldry, but still look like a cohesive fighting force.

The models are yours, paint them how you want. As long as he has the correct weaponry and you are clear with your opponent as to which Knight is which you should be alright.