I've been waiting for the black senche for a while, but personally feel like it looks horrible with the armor. It's a dark brown/gold that just clashes and stands out. Looks like the cat is running around with a pot on it's head. Just an opinion.
But I've got too much stamina, and I'm stuck with the way it looks, when I just wanted mine to look like the one in the picture :-/
Since there are already multiple models that represent the different riding skill progressions, it seems like it would be a minor adjustment to add a way in the settings menu to "toggle mount armor off/on".
Please do this.