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"What's your preference?
Trebuchet for me personally  "
as goes for my wall you would not beat it
well yours would not last against oil and flames fired from long bows
and so watch this film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE4vRx3NKL0 |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Got be the Trojan Horse. Genius stuff  "
I'd say it would have to be, given it's legendary status and that pretty much everyone has heard of it.
Not sure it qualifies as medieall though - I thnk it dates back far earlier |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
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"Got be the Trojan Horse. Genius stuff
I'd say it would have to be, given it's legendary status and that pretty much everyone has heard of it.
Not sure it qualifies as medieall though - I thnk it dates back far earlier"
It also didn't happen. Highly likely didn't happen anyway. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"What's your preference?
Trebuchet for me personally
I’ll see your trebuchet, and raise you with a flaming trebuchet "
Everything is better when it's on fire! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Catapult loaded with decaying bodies of the dead soldiers. Sling it over the wall, let contagion take hold and stroll into the undefended castle. Bit graphic that one maybe"
Graphic but effective! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"What's your preference?
Trebuchet for me personally
as goes for my wall you would not beat it
well yours would not last against oil and flames fired from long bows
and so watch this film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE4vRx3NKL0"
Put your backs into it  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Great thread!
The Ballista gets my vote; whilst certainly not as devastating in terms of pay load as say a Trebuchet, it’s accuracy at, for its time, long range, was admirable  "
I might have to make this my second choice |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Got be the Trojan Horse. Genius stuff
I'd say it would have to be, given it's legendary status and that pretty much everyone has heard of it.
Not sure it qualifies as medieall though - I thnk it dates back far earlier"
Whats a few centuries between swingers  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I've built a miniature trebuchet, out of Fischer Technic.
(The german answer to LEGO and Meccano)"
I helped build one out of drinking straws, was really rather effective lol
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What's your preference?
Trebuchet for me personally "
Maybe you should have avoid using “medieval” word and open to any period. Some on here don’t know what time it is by the reading of their response |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Defensive wise I'm a big fan of boiling tar
There's a pub near The Shuttleworth Collection that makes white coffee like that."
Sounds like good coffee |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"OP are you here for something long term or just a fling?
(exits stage left, to make room for the tumble)"
That made me smirk, but hey, brush up that tumble |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Trebuchet for sheer power and accuracy, perrier for portability, and ribaudlaquin for anti-personnel use."
I'm going to have a look at those, we could have competition for the Ballista here  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Ballista. Without a doubt.
Ballista is looking very popular
Maybe but not medieval"
There appears to be a "medieval Ballista" according to a well known search engine.
I think it would make a good back up weapon |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I like the whole 'bugger off' aspect to pulling up your drawbridge. And then shooting arrows at anyone who dares step in your moat. "
It sends a fairly clear message, especially if the arrows are on fire too |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ballista. Without a doubt.
Ballista is looking very popular
Maybe but not medieval
There appears to be a "medieval Ballista" according to a well known search engine.
I think it would make a good back up weapon "
England won do fair enough
I prefer the breast ripper or the rack torture |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What's your preference?
Trebuchet for me personally
I’ll see your trebuchet, and raise you with a flaming trebuchet "
Have you seen The King on Netflix, there's a siege in it where they use flaming missiles from a trebuchet. It's a great sequence, especially the night time bit. |
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By *yron69Man
over a year ago
Fareham |
Sieges were interesting. Usually just an encirclement until surrender. Siege of Rochester 1215 was brought to a conclusion by a a mine under the walls greased with pig fat then set on fire.
Château Gaillard, 1204 was captured by the French climbing up the drains. Gunpowder eventually brought down walls and led to the development of the fort.
Personally, I love castles, moats, Barbican’s and a keep where I can feast and fuck for all eternity!
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By (user no longer on site)
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Leonardo de Vinci's Cannon!
Having been given the task of making a more accurate cannon, LdV couldn't find a solution (rifling was some way off) so he created the 12-barreled gun carriage.
Basically 12 cannons in a fan configuration. One of the shots was far more likely to hit the intended target! |
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"Sieges were interesting. Usually just an encirclement until surrender. Siege of Rochester 1215 was brought to a conclusion by a a mine under the walls greased with pig fat then set on fire.
Château Gaillard, 1204 was captured by the French climbing up the drains. Gunpowder eventually brought down walls and led to the development of the fort.
Personally, I love castles, moats, Barbican’s and a keep where I can feast and fuck for all eternity!
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They actually herded live pigs into the undermining and set the place on fire
It’s all about energy
The energy in joules in pig fat is immense hence super heat
Used by Greeks too |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Does it have to be medieval? Personal favourite is the polybolos - a machine gun style repeating catapult from the third century B.C."
I like the sound of that! |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Sean bean !
One does not simply use a siege engine..."
No, no, no, no!
You read the instructions wrong: Seasn Bean IS the ammunition. How many times has he been killed on screen? That's a lot of dead bodies, so no danger of running out of corpses to lock and load! Hehehehe
"Sean Bean has a final fling!" Bays the town crier. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Sean bean !
One does not simply use a siege engine...
No, no, no, no!
You read the instructions wrong: Seasn Bean IS the ammunition. How many times has he been killed on screen? That's a lot of dead bodies, so no danger of running out of corpses to lock and load! Hehehehe
"Sean Bean has a final fling!" Bays the town crier."
Series 4 episode 2 sharpes siege.
Whilst on honeymoon sharpe goes off to lay siege to a castle high up in the Pyrenees ( guessing the entertainment at the hotel was shite).
On successfully capturing the castle with the clever use of a bucket of lime our hero is home in time for tea. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
However, even though Bean has perfected his “I’m dying” face, he still hasn’t died the most on screen. Two legendary horror actors, Vincent Prince and Bela Lugosi, each outpace Bean by at least 10 movies.
But the top honor of most on-screen deaths goes to wonderful character actor John Hurt. With over 120 movies, Hurt’s death percentage is similar to Bean’s — around 30% — but just seeing the list of Hurt’s 43* deaths is impressive.
(Spoiler alert)
They forgot to mention a certain Watership Down |
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"However, even though Bean has perfected his “I’m dying” face, he still hasn’t died the most on screen. Two legendary horror actors, Vincent Prince and Bela Lugosi, each outpace Bean by at least 10 movies.
But the top honor of most on-screen deaths goes to wonderful character actor John Hurt. With over 120 movies, Hurt’s death percentage is similar to Bean’s — around 30% — but just seeing the list of Hurt’s 43* deaths is impressive.
(Spoiler alert)
They forgot to mention a certain Watership Down"
I think the late, great Charlton Heston had a rather admirable number of onscreen deaths to as did the equally superb, Sir Christopher Lee (he was always getting offed as Dracula!)
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There's one death unreported that Sean Bean came close to, when recording Sharpe.
After filming, he was fond of mixing with the re-enactors, who stayed on set in dingy little caravans. By all accounts, he was good company and like many re-enactors away from home, liked to quaff a few in the evenings. (Don't ever challenge hard-core re-enactors to a drinking competition.)
With regards to the near death...a 16 stone, 6' lad took umbrage at what he perceived as SB's over-familiarity with his missus who was on set. He threatened SB, who made a hasty retreat.
I wasn't there, so cannot vouchsafe for the veracity of the tale, so I take it with a pinch of salt. But Sharpe very nearly met the sharp end of something very pointy ! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Catapult loaded with decaying bodies of the dead soldiers. Sling it over the wall, let contagion take hold and stroll into the undefended castle. Bit graphic that one maybe"
And thats why we had the Black Plague during the 14th century. Because of what the Mongols did at the Seige of Caffa in 1345/46 |
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"Sieges were interesting. Usually just an encirclement until surrender. Siege of Rochester 1215 was brought to a conclusion by a a mine under the walls greased with pig fat then set on fire.
Château Gaillard, 1204 was captured by the French climbing up the drains. Gunpowder eventually brought down walls and led to the development of the fort.
Personally, I love castles, moats, Barbican’s and a keep where I can feast and fuck for all eternity!
They actually herded live pigs into the undermining and set the place on fire
It’s all about energy
The energy in joules in pig fat is immense hence super heat
Used by Greeks too "
The Romans also used to set pigs on fire if they where fighting/scaring Carthaginian War Elephants |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
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"Sieges were interesting. Usually just an encirclement until surrender. Siege of Rochester 1215 was brought to a conclusion by a a mine under the walls greased with pig fat then set on fire.
Château Gaillard, 1204 was captured by the French climbing up the drains. Gunpowder eventually brought down walls and led to the development of the fort.
Personally, I love castles, moats, Barbican’s and a keep where I can feast and fuck for all eternity!
They actually herded live pigs into the undermining and set the place on fire
It’s all about energy
The energy in joules in pig fat is immense hence super heat
Used by Greeks too
The Romans also used to set pigs on fire if they where fighting/scaring Carthaginian War Elephants "
I can just picture The Great Homer* describing that in great detail, to a room full of children only to cry aloud "And that was the last we ever saw of Spider-Pig, but we could smell his pork crackling for hours afterwards."
"Hmmm, what's for lunch?" He then salivated rabidly...
* Homer Simpson, that is! |
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