Finally decided on a chapter: Black Templars  Good evening - I panic purchased an indomitus box with quite an amount of disdain for space marines, however, amongst the thousands of chapters I was convinced that (surely!) a chapter must exist that appealed to me in both aesthetics and lore.

Oh shit, turns out there is a chapter that caricatures the 13th century crusades and paints in a primarily NMM fashion. I'm completely sold on the Black Templars, and with this I have two questions:

1. What colours does one attribute to the "leaders"/champions? The GW website has the high marshal painted in gold, is this typical?
2. What novels can I read for that spicy lore?