More Catapult Stuff
June 25th, 2008
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)
