Trewets Spring clean challenge

I have looked over several of the other projects on knightly knights to decide on a scheme  for the representation of heraldry for my knights.

Some of the minis are in ‘white’ armour,that is to say they are in metal with no tabards ,surcoats or padded jacket. Simply wash or dip and varnish and they are done.

The problem with the rest is that knights around the 1400-1450’s used individual heraldry on the battle field ,especially the french. I have 36 to paint and I admit to being a lazy painter of bulk troops.

I have looked at some jpegs of heraldry and decided on doing a full troop with the same shield , the minis will be used more for fantasy games than historic ones so it does not matter too much.

colours in heraldry mean some thing

Red (Gules) = Military fortitude and also magnanimity. Blue (Azure) =Loyalty and in addition, truth. Black (Sable) =Constancy, and sometimes grief. Green (Vert) = Hope, joy and also loyalty in love. Purple (Purpure) Royal majesty, sovereignty and also justice.Yellow depicts GOLD (Or)and white depicts SILVER(Argent)

According to the English heritage web site colour should not be put on colour in heraldry.

In a lot of shield designs the use of animals is quite wide spread and I was thinking of using some decals that I have to make the whole aesthetic more uniform,and easier to pull off.

I have a choice of black or red space wolf head decals,so according to the heraldry rules these can only go on a white or yellow shield . As the army will be fantasy the rules can be broken. I like red armies on the table top,there is something about them looking good.
So I and gravitating towards a red ‘field ‘with a black Wolf head  ‘charge’.