Unlike Total War games, 0 A.D.'s factions don't have predominant colors. The predominant color you will see is largely based upon the color chosen by the player.
The kite shield were often used by normans i belive and will better if only them use comet and kite shield since most of the units of all factions uses chain mail or grey texture shields are one of the few options to identify units factions and players (Besides player colour),
Alexander already committed the mesh and the actor files, the only thing that is not yet committed are the coif textures Will commit it when I get back home.