There is little historical evidence for its existence but various drawings from the medieval period do show bow powered siege engines and such a weapon would be a pretty obvious step in weapon design, combining a crossbow with a torsion powered throwing arm type of catapult.. There is mention of King Louis of France having a Petraria nicknamed "Malvoisin" ( bad neighbour ) at the siege of Acre 1189 - 1191 but what it´s actual design was ?
This model was scratch built by Tommy and Tina, the builders of the Medieval Castle.
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| All I have done is paint it up a bit. |
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| The Throwing arms are made from what looks like strips of Joghurt pots, put together as a leafspring which means the machine actually fires. |
That is quite possibly the coolest thing I've seen today! A bow powered yogurt pot, absolute genius!
ReplyDeleteA fun concept indeed!
ReplyDeleteI should have been surprised if it didn't fire. And if it din't you would have worked out something that it would. ;-)
ReplyDeleteVery nice build, and when you know what it's made of, it's even better!
"A bow powered yogurt pot"; good one Michael!
Greetings
Peter
http://peterscave.blogspot.be/
Wow...and awesome weapon. Beautifully modeled.
ReplyDeleteGreat little model, unleash hell!
ReplyDeletecooooool!
ReplyDeletehehe first you use rockets to attack your neighbours, then trebuchets and now bow powered yoghurt pots!!!! I would hate to be your neighbour when you decided to unleash hell :-P nice work... and great work to those other guys
ReplyDeletea working mini catapult...now, is that cool or not? :-)
ReplyDeleteGifted people..you did an excellent painting Paul.
looks good Paul - but will you use it for Little wars games?
ReplyDeleteMore firepower for your collection. Superb.
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