Gary^The^Procrastinator
Harold and his Hard-Fighting Hard-Heads
Harold Godwinson, the rightful Anglo-Saxon ruler who succeeded the throne of England from Edward the Confessor in January 1066, can’t wait to take on the invading and illegitimate William of Normandy in battle. He’s brimming with confidence, he’s just coming off a great victory at Stamford Bridge, and he’ll easily deal with this froggy Norman guy. Of course, he has no cavalry like William does…and his men are exhausted from forced marching…but hey, what could possibly go wrong?
2016 is the 950th anniversary of the history-changing Norman invasion of England, which permanently changed the society, laws, genetic make-up and even the very nature of Great Britain. Down through the centuries this historic shift in culture in turn eventually effected France, America, and countless other nations as well.
This year, HistoryLUG is commemorating this important event as most of us won’t be around for the Millennial commemoration....
We’ll have multiple builds culminating in a large collaborative layout in October for the Battle of Hastings, much like we did for the 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt.
So I thought I’d break out my woefully-small collection of medieval-ish minifigs to see what I could come up with, and let’s just hope that the other HistoryLUG members have a larger collection than I do or this will be a very smallish build!
Much of what LEGO has created for the Castle Theme worked great for Agincourt (1415), but becomes an anachronism when used for the Norman Conquest 350-years earlier. Plate armor of any kind, great helms, close helmets, those wide-brimmed miner helms, silver crossbows, longbows and coat of arms-type of shields all had not been developed yet in 1066. So, out they go…which doesn’t leave a lot really.
Fortunately, just in time to make a lot of money off me, LEGO has conveniently issued CMF Series 15 with a knight in a hauberk, which is what they wore for armor. While his great helm, shield and that massive mace won’t work, at this point I’ll take all I can get….
Harold and his Hard-Fighting Hard-Heads
Harold Godwinson, the rightful Anglo-Saxon ruler who succeeded the throne of England from Edward the Confessor in January 1066, can’t wait to take on the invading and illegitimate William of Normandy in battle. He’s brimming with confidence, he’s just coming off a great victory at Stamford Bridge, and he’ll easily deal with this froggy Norman guy. Of course, he has no cavalry like William does…and his men are exhausted from forced marching…but hey, what could possibly go wrong?
2016 is the 950th anniversary of the history-changing Norman invasion of England, which permanently changed the society, laws, genetic make-up and even the very nature of Great Britain. Down through the centuries this historic shift in culture in turn eventually effected France, America, and countless other nations as well.
This year, HistoryLUG is commemorating this important event as most of us won’t be around for the Millennial commemoration....
We’ll have multiple builds culminating in a large collaborative layout in October for the Battle of Hastings, much like we did for the 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt.
So I thought I’d break out my woefully-small collection of medieval-ish minifigs to see what I could come up with, and let’s just hope that the other HistoryLUG members have a larger collection than I do or this will be a very smallish build!
Much of what LEGO has created for the Castle Theme worked great for Agincourt (1415), but becomes an anachronism when used for the Norman Conquest 350-years earlier. Plate armor of any kind, great helms, close helmets, those wide-brimmed miner helms, silver crossbows, longbows and coat of arms-type of shields all had not been developed yet in 1066. So, out they go…which doesn’t leave a lot really.
Fortunately, just in time to make a lot of money off me, LEGO has conveniently issued CMF Series 15 with a knight in a hauberk, which is what they wore for armor. While his great helm, shield and that massive mace won’t work, at this point I’ll take all I can get….