Heroic Dreams - All Things Medieval

I stumbled on this awesome looking paper trebuchet project. It looks fantastic and I may give it a try. I am a big fan of projects you can make out of paper and I have done several castles but have never done a siege engine. This one looks terrific and I may give it a try. Or I may just go ahead and make one myself. Anyway, If you are interested in making this project here is the link:  Paper Model Trebuchet They also have a great looking chess set and some medieval weapons like a Double Bladed Axe, Longsword, MorningStar and Spiked Mace.

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A lot of people are really interested in siege engines, catapults, trebuchets and the like, and yesterday I spent some time doing a litle research and a little bit of drawing. If you are interested in siege engines you might want to take a look at what I did.

Siege Engines are a good example of a very early arms race and they developed from bows into crossbows then into something called the Gastraphetes (belly bow). And of course there is the Mangonel and Onager. Anyhoo, I have outlined this timelne of development showing the major improvements and changes that were made. I also have included drawings I made that show these major types of siege engines. Here is the article: The Development and Evolution of the Catapult

About Drawing Catapults: I also figured that since I have these nice drawings on catapults and various siege engines it would be a great addition for my fantasy art school. So using the artwork I made I did up a lesson on drawing catapults and added it to the art school. If you want to  learn how to draw catapults and siege engines you might want to take a look here: Fantasy Art School Home Page (The Catapult lesson is one of the first ones on the page)

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