Article Intro in Custom Template and "Read More" link.

[DistantJ]

Nope, neither

[ZarPrime]

OK, try this ...

{article_picturecolumn}

That will work to display the first image attachment.  I didn't try the rest of your code though.

ZarPrime

[DistantJ]

Ah that's the one! Good job, thanks!

[ZarPrime]

Excellent.  Topic marked solved.

ZarPrime