Battle for French Fortification, 1415 (1 Viewer)

[Andanna]

Alex C. and Phil Bennett (http://www.lordtankervillesknights.com/) helped me to realize my vision of a battle between French and English knights in 1415.

 

[jazzeum]

Outstanding Andreas ^&cool

 

[bradleyl30]

A masterpiece! Great work, great figures and great imagination!

 

[7th OVI]

Very well done, great scene, photography and subject matter. Chris

 

[Horus]

Certainly an imposing diorama and very nicely done.
Steve

 

[Fitzgibbon]

Outstanding. Wonderful scene. :salute::

 

[villagehorse]

Now that's pretty good. The castle facade is excellent as is the overall scene. Robin.

 

[waynepoo]

Well done, great to see the effort made to cover the figure bases............:salute::

 

[mestell]

Exceptionally well done Andreas . . . . . .
:smile2: Mike

 

[wayne556517]

WOW i want to collect knights now ^&grin awesome mate cheers for posting.

 

[TomNT]

I'll jump on the accolade bandwagon as well and say outstanding diorama and I love the close up pic's.

Tom

 

[zoidberg]

Nice work , just brings the figures to life . Great work graham

 

[bradleyl30]

I love this closeup shot of a standard infantryman's bascinet. One of the ways you tell bad reproductions of bascinets is the back base is flat. Here you can see its curvature to allow greater head movement. Also the vervelles to attach the aventail to it.

 

[Andanna]

Thank you, Gentlemen, for your kind words. I will relate them to Alex C. and Phil Bennett.

I personally love the mud effect: the late summer/fall of 1415 was very rainy. I wanted to capture that. As those who are into Medieval history know, Agincourt was fought in October 1415 in muddy fields. As a matter of fact, it is assumed that many knights suffocated with their face in the mud and being unable to get up.

I could not remove the bases of the figures as I want to move them around once I get to purchase knights on horses.

 

[bradleyl30]

Thank you, Gentlemen, for your kind words. I will relate them to Alex C. and Phil Bennett.

I personally love the mud effect: the late summer/fall of 1415 was very rainy. I wanted to capture that. As those who are into Medieval history know, Agincourt was fought in October 1415 in muddy fields. As a matter of fact, it is assumed that many knights suffocated with their face in the mud and being unable to get up.

I could not remove the bases of the figures as I want to move them around once I get to purchase knights on horses.

And few knights or men-at-arms fell to arrows. Most died when they suffocated in the mud and then when Henry ordered prisoners killed.

Interesting notes about the prisoners killed
- We can identify 300 named survivors (documented ransoms, or unpaid ransoms that were outstanding) and only about a third are from the aristocracy
- Probably a lot more ransoms were processed and and then destroyed as Englishmen sold their prisoners at a discount to merchants in Calais to get their money faster
- That the massacre is documented as definitely happening, but no contemporary source (either French or English) expressed concern or aversion to it. Just noted that it happened.

 

[Andanna]

Exactly. But military arguments are made for the killing of the prisoners: One being that there were more prisoners than guards, secondly, the guards were required to move to the front to prepare for another attach by the French etc.

The figures that were never made and that are painfully missing in the diorama:

 

[bradleyl30]

Totally agree, but the manufacturers say the dead don't sell. You may have meant this, as well, but I would like to see figures that would be appropriate for massed ranks. I have not collected enough to see if this is possible, but not sure that is what they are.

An add on to the arrows, while they did not kill very many, reports state that the French had to advance "with bowed head" because so many were coming they were afraid that their eye slits would get penetrated. Additionally, that the visor attachment hardware would get damaged or dislodged and the visor would drop exposing them to death from the arrow storm.

 

[farmertony]

A great little scene-Well done.