Thank you, Darth V! I'm really pleased you like the way the knight turned out... he's had a rather tortured production history and caused a lot of design worries. The suit of armor was conceived about a year ago as a Kalamos tribute, though (while I still consider it to be one) it isn't a proper one, due to non-specific details and a lack of attribution. I won't go into the convoluted, weary tale of how this concept lapsed into its present vagueness (primarily because it makes me look like a dunce, XD)... suffice it to say that I still owe Kal a specific, appropriate cameo appearance. You, as well... you certainly deserve my best effort, due to your high-profile importance to the forum and your kind, long-term support of this Low Roads project. I'll labor to figure something that will do you proper credit... something connected with your Aygomenian Valerios persona, perhaps. I'll contact you via PM for approval once I've gotten off my lazy duff and completed the needed brain-work.
The paladin was originally intended to be more traditionally armor plated, but I grew increasingly dissatisfied with this approach... the deeper I got into the chapter, the more fairy-tale cliche it seemed. I became enamored with a slightly more raw-boned, barbarian approach. The knight as he appears now is a compromise between the two (the teutonic Templar design from Alexander Nyevski, with its fanciful head-gear, was a major influense). Happily, I was able to locate several good photos for reference, most of them scale-model work (see examples below). All sorts of valuable inspiration to be found in these reconstructions... I was lucky to find them.
