You might not know it, but a hidden final tier of the original racial styles was locked off and distributed somewhat unevenly as motifs later. Classic examples of this fith tier being reskinned or re-colored are Dro'Mathra, and the Draugr weapons.

The problem is many of these shields are visible in game and still used in the games splash art. You might have even seen one during question, anyone remember the Khajiit mercenary commander who used that giant, slotted shield? Or saw the splash art for the imperial city event, with a much more fleshed out imperial shield similar to the one from Skyrim?

Or even shields on the stair-pillars of the necropolis in summerset, that was the high elven final tier shield. My point, is let us use them. The NPC's get un-colored versions of the khajiits final shield but we dont? The NPC's get to use cosmetics we are not allowed to? In the case of emeric's shield this is understanable, otherwise not so much.

Let us use these final tier shields. I am not even opposed to -buying- them if they are priced reasonibly.