Welcome to the Round Table of Bretonnia!

Assembly - Metal fittings

I put some thick paper in certain places to represent metal fittings. Later, the nails on them are made of thin slices of a ~1.5 mm diameter Green Stuff bar, glued on the paper with PVA glue.

Assembly - Sling and handles

The sling was made of thick tin foil. The edges were folded to make them smooth, and I glued another foil on the back of the open sling (the one that has just fired). The other one was folded around a "stone" made of styro-foam. For holding the slings I put a piece of a toothpick at each end into the folds. The rope was then glued to these ends and I additionally fixed it with thin wire.

The loose sling of the ready Trebuchet was put onto the hook at the end of the beam, which I made of the end of a toothpick.

You can see the handles at the left. All parts are toothpicks glued with strong glue. The crosses were finished first, then I glued one at each end of another toothpick. The ends and intersections, as the mounting were made of Greenstuff. I also added a simplified holding or locking mechanism.

Finalisation

The last part was to add the nail heads on the fittings as mentioned above and to add some "Bretonnian flair". I added various parts from the plastic sprues, like a shield, a small lantern, some of the shoulder-shields of the knights (they fit well on all wood beams) and some gear of the peasants.

View the finished, painted Trebuchet in the Gallery!