Very nice piece. Why didn't the first one work? I have one suggestion that I'm almost hesitant to offer on an almost perfect scene... It's a staging idea: Move the knight up a bit closer to the dais, and pose him on one or both knees holding his sword across his plams, raised toward the cross on the window above the altar. Mabey add a gentle golden pool of radiance on him & darken the rest of the chapel just a touch. It could take this from a great image to an extremely powerful one. One knee might work best. Head bowed slightly in respect & reverence.

"I am a good person now and it feels... well, pretty much the same as I felt before (except that the headaches have gone away now that I'm not wearing control top pantyhose on my head anymore)"

• Monkeysmell