Bosworth 1485 - Bloody you are

[krugi3]

Hello!

I am glad to present you the second part of my Bosworth series.

The moment depicted is the clash of the main battle lines at Richard's right flank. The Yorkists under the command of the Duke of Norfolk holding the high ground and the Lancastrians under the Earl of Oxford had to advance uphill. After an exchange of long distance weapons (bows, crossbows, handguns, cannons), the battle lines made contact. It was a brutal combat without mercy in which Oxford got slowly the upper hand. This incident induced Richard to his final charge on the other side of the battle field.

The figures are again from MiniArt and therefore I had the same problems with conversions and positioning.The flags (2x Oxford, 1x Surrey, 1x Norfolk) are all made of paper and are handpainted.

The subtitle of the diorama is the first line of another quote of Shakespeare's play "Richard III.".

Here can see the final diorama:
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bhsBShy3V8
Pictures: http://tkr172.blogspot.com/2022/03/bosw ... u-are.html

And here a few teasers:

















Greetings from Austria
Thomas Krug

[sberry]

Great scene and great photos, gives you the impression of being there!

[Emperor]

Great painted, I like massive dioramas...

[C M Dodson]

Very nice and it’s great to see filthy soldiers in action.

Best wishes,

Chris

[Kekso]

Yup, great scene.

[tullo]

[Minuteman]

The reality of medieval warfare was that it was usually at close quarters, and was muddy and bloody for the most part, with not a great deal of the 'code of the chivalric knight' in evidence.

You have managed to capture this reality very well here, with the close-in camera shots suggesting the crowded melee that would have been the characteristic of any of the battles during the Wars of the Roses. Fine work!

[Santi Pérez]

Wonderful diorama, Thomas. A lot of amazing figures in a so reduced space.

Santi.

[huib]

Wow, that's quite a melee! Well done.

[Peter]

A lot of action there! Great work Thomas!