One of the Lion Rampant scenarios I've always wanted to play is 'Defending the Indefensible', which features an objective to be defended or attacked, depending on which side you are on. The suggestion in the rules is a siege weapon of some sort, so a trebuchet seemed like a very good idea, although a bombard might be more appropriate for the Hundred Years War. Any excuse to field an impressive bit of kit!
I did some burning about and found this 3D printed model of a trebuchet from Parabellum Miniatures, for a very reasonable price tag. I'm not a massive fan of 3D printed stuff but this looks really good, if it survives the UK postal system? The idea will be to model this on a base to act as both a scenic feature in the mini-campaign I'm planning to run, but also as an objective for the aforementioned scenario.
It's a bit extravagant but why not?
I have a mate who owns a quarter size trebuchet, and can bore for England on the subject. Since in its day buying a bombard was the equivalent to buying a modern aircraft carrier I'd say a trebuchet offers a more likely weapon to field. The model looks neat.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good point... hadn't thought of the cost factor
DeleteWhy not indeed, it looks great in the renders, how big / tall will it be?
ReplyDeletePretty tall from the images I've seen on line but I'll have to wait until it arrives and take some photos
DeletePretty tall from the images I've seen on line but I'll have to wait until it arrives and take some photos
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