Henry V

Good ol' Prince Hal, or at least an interpretation of what he may have looked like at the Battle of Agincourt. I based this interpretation on a number of different sources, namely the funerary effigy of the Black Prince, depictions of armour from an English manuscript on the siege of Troy, a depiction of King Hal in a Graham Turner painting, and the costume Laurence Olivier wore in his film adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry V (very scholarly, I know, but the curator of arms and armour at the Wallace Collection at the time, James Mann, was a historical advisor for the film, so a lot of the stuff in that movie actually looks pretty decent):




I've always had a love-hate relationship with Henry. On one hand, the plays and movies based on his invasion of France are usually pretty well-made, so they're great for killing time while making skins and stuff. On the other hand, he's a medieval war criminal who reignited one of the most horrifying conflicts in human history in the name of glory and another crown (a French one, no less). Needless to say, I don't really like the guy, but I do need him for my virtual figurine table of the Battle of Agincourt in Minecraft. I'm basically turning into Frank Heffley only instead of having an autistic fascination with the American Civil War, I'm fascinated with dudes in metal tutus killing each other with axes, giant bows, and early cannons (end me, please).

ANYWAY, ENJOY!