Medieval Siege Tower & Trebuchet!

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Westmarcher

Quote from: Ithoriel on 24 December 2020, 02:19:27 PM
Westmarcher - Cyrus' towers were used on the battlefield.

Excellent! Who'd've thunk it?*   :o

*well .... clearly one of Cyrus's pals.    :-B

... so, the drawbridge is actually for leisure purposes ... like a diving board?  :P
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Quote from: Westmarcher on 24 December 2020, 03:25:02 PM
Excellent! Who'd've thunk it?*   :o

*well .... clearly one of Cyrus's pals.    :-B

... so, the drawbridge is actually for leisure purposes ... like a diving board?  :P

I believe the originals (there were five or six of them) had something more like a balcony than a diving platform, possibly more than one tier of balconies each able to hold 20 archers.

I believe madaxeman can be said to have captured the essence of the devices rather than the detailed actuality. And very nicely done it is too.
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Quote from: Ithoriel on 24 December 2020, 04:36:49 PM
I believe the originals (there were five or six of them) had something more like a balcony than a diving platform, possibly more than one tier of balconies each able to hold 20 archers.

I believe madaxeman can be said to have captured the essence of the devices rather than the detailed actuality. And very nicely done it is too.

I'm half way between being grateful to you for christening the "diving platform" bit of it, and dismayed that you have now encouraged me to spend the next few days hunting for a 15mm Persian infantryman in a diving pose... !
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Quote from: madaxeman on 24 December 2020, 06:17:04 PM
.. and dismayed that you have now encouraged me to spend the next few days hunting for a 15mm Persian infantryman in a diving pose... !

=D> ;D ;D

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Quote from: madaxeman on 24 December 2020, 06:17:04 PM
I'm half way between being grateful to you for christening the "diving platform" bit of it, and dismayed that you have now encouraged me to spend the next few days hunting for a 15mm Persian infantryman in a diving pose... !

I have to say I had imagined it more as a launchpad for the Persian equivalent of the Goblin Doom Diver. :)
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