My Guards needed to be special but without being Sanguinary guard models with too many blood Angel references.  So I used the Armageddon jump Vanguard vets but gave them spears and “fancier” helmets.  I also liked the standout gold look pf the SG (although gold wouldn’t be my favourite choice) so thought about silver.  Problem was I had painted myself into a corner (pun intended) by saying my chapter don’t do shiny things.  To those end, and in fitting with my theme, I thought the most senior members of the Chapter get to emulate Nathaniel Garro and or the Dusk Raiders.  So I went with Chainmail for the armour and brassy bits for a bit of pop.  I then gave them red right hands ā la dusk raiders.  I like the look…ironically they ended up looking very much like my first attempt at painting warhammer figures as Crour Blades but without all the grimdark brown oil wash.