Doesn't the later period Teutonic cross include the imperial arms of the HRE and add gold? That's why I thought the gold could still fit with a Teutonic surcoat.
If we're thinking about the same one, it's a white field, black cross, and gold arms over top of the black cross. Still primarily white w/black, to me. If I were copying that style for the feathers, I'd do the white/black alternating, and add gold edging between the black/white separations. Or maybe a gold edging along the outer "line" of the horn where the feathers connect. Keeping it white/black primary, with gold as an accent.
Paging Sir Nathan! 
Darn it man! I already had a difficult time deciding on a design and now you're giving me
more ideas!
I do like the idea of gold accents, though.
I know Tannhauser's crest had black/gold coloring. What I'm not sure about is whether it was heraldic, or associated with the Teutonic Order.
I've seen modern art depicting Teutonics with gold in their crests as well, so I was under the same impression as Sir Ian; it had to do with the cross. Of course, that's modern art so grain-of-salt and all that.
But anyway, as for my crest, it seems that the choice for design is pretty much unanimous. I thank you gentlemen for you feedback.
What I'll probably do is paint it black/white first to see how that looks since it already has a white base. Plus, I live in the Pittsburgh area....with black and gold I might be mistaken for a "Steelers Knight".
