I think I'd want a vertical sheen instead of horizontal. Like the tex in #8 better. I like the thicker house in #6. I don't love the color yellow for the shield.. maybe purple or blue or red instead? I do like the simplicity and the house looking a bit like an up arrow.
to be similar to cobrokenation maybe we can give the house a chimney? Can we make the shield I'm thinking purple maybe.. Maybe a good idea or a bad one to put similar globe lines on the shield like cobrokenation???? that might not look good.
don't like the orange glow.. I liked in your first one how the house flowed more into the shield. what about the house taking up more room on that shield??