# Medieval Catapult

**URL:** <https://blenderartists.org/t/medieval-catapult/1417651>\
**Category:** Finished Projects\
**Tags:** modeling, render, lighting, texturing\
**Created:** [November 18, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/medieval-catapult/1417651 "2022-11-18T21:38:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![stephanlevin](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/stephanlevin/32/1419435_2.png) [@stephanlevin](https://blenderartists.org/u/stephanlevin)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/medieval-catapult/1417651/1 "2022-11-18T21:38:09Z")

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This medieval catapult (a “trebuchet”) is part of a series of assets I am currently modelling/sculpting for an animation I’m working on. I used Blender 3.3. for everything except texturing, which I did in Substance Painter. The goal is to make it look like it is a model made out of stone.

 ![001](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/5/b/f/5bf3c4e12c0aa667f87e8d25b072d87f2c7ab3f5.jpeg)

 ![002](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/c/a/d/cad3f6843fc5216c10f9e480c66e38556dd526d2.jpeg)

 ![003](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/a/1/e/a1ef3b09c2fa7b7cdc904edd8f7b4252c75eae1e.jpeg)

 ![004](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/5/a/5/5a5e57cec95430794cc5a2d650f561b814fee574.jpeg)

 ![005](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/d/d/8/dd8f4f2c5681ad59d4eff4debc48405c93af039b.jpeg)

 ![006](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/f/4/8/f4860a5c25ee49dc46b429113ede972a30de8d0d.jpeg)

 ![007](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/0/d/1/0d15ce70836d95e0d88dced035cd9ac607b803e8.jpeg)

For fun I also textured it with wood and metal:

 ![008](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/9/3/0/9308d9964b62b27c64be929591b0e0c2536ce3ad.jpeg)

 ![009](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/0/c/d/0cd7033f1817805f3ea2f34a1a1ed18083f8704c.jpeg)

[https://www.artstation.com/artwork/kl52P0](https://www.artstation.com/artwork/kl52P0)

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**Author:** ![joseph](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/joseph/32/1433056_2.png) [@joseph](https://blenderartists.org/u/joseph)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/medieval-catapult/1417651/2 "2022-11-19T00:42:52Z")

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It looks good, but it doesn’t have a counterweight- this trebuchet, as you’ve constructed it, has no way to fire a projectile

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**Author:** ![Kazrarr](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/kazrarr/32/876109_2.png) [@Kazrarr](https://blenderartists.org/u/Kazrarr)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/medieval-catapult/1417651/3 "2022-11-19T04:27:40Z")

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Great work ! 👏

> [@joseph](#):
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> it doesn’t have a counterweight- this trebuchet, as you’ve constructed it, has no way to fire a projectile

Actually, I’ve seen that some of these trebuchet were pulled by mens, but these trebuchet were much smaller than the usual ones use for siege :  
 ![post](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/7/4/c/74c0c385fafe18294d1e18e44dfe571103175a1e.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Minamookevlar](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/minamookevlar/32/962887_2.png) [@Minamookevlar](https://blenderartists.org/u/Minamookevlar)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/medieval-catapult/1417651/4 "2022-11-19T14:35:51Z")

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> [@Kazrarr](#):
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> pulled by mens

Hell yeah! Great party idea. Now just a tower of beer to destroy! I don’t like beer.

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**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 9:42am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/medieval-catapult/1417651/5 "2022-11-25T09:42:15Z")

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**Author:** ![stephanlevin](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/stephanlevin/32/1419435_2.png) [@stephanlevin](https://blenderartists.org/u/stephanlevin)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/medieval-catapult/1417651/6 "2022-11-28T11:20:56Z")

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Thank you!! 🙂

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**Author:** ![signguy](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@signguy](https://blenderartists.org/u/signguy)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/medieval-catapult/1417651/7 "2022-11-28T23:09:54Z")

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As previously mentioned, they were driven by a huge weight - usually a big box of rocks.

Here’s one I made in Cinema 4D about a decade ago.

 ![Trebuchet 1 R1](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/c/f/8/cf847bd78f08be066d616d04b4870d3087f9e7c4.jpeg)