Agincourt diorama at Royal Armouries, Leeds

I visited yesterday the Royal Armouries in Leeds to see the excellent diorama of the battle of Agincourt, 25th October 1415. The diorama depicts the final stage of the battle as the French infantry advance onto the English position.

This overview of the display shows the scale of the diorama and the information panels along the edges. The main characters are illustrated using Perry Miniatures 28mm high command figures from their Agincourt range.

The figures used are Perry Miniatures 28mm. Some figures were specially cast in blocks of 30 'ish'. There are 4400 miniatures in all.

  A view from behind the English archers. Wonderful to see so many miniatures in one place.

Here we see the two bodies of dismounted knights advancing through the arrow storm. In the back ground we see the lowly French archers which could have been used to better effect. You can just make out the blocks of foot knights.

The faltering French cavalry.

An initiative aspect of this display is the use of periscopes in the edge of the table to give a participants view of the battle. Here is the view from behind the English centre.

 English archers on the flank. Photos through the periscopes are not that good.

Local peasant out looking for bodies to strip.