[WZ18:E2, Desert King] The Second Attempt

[Jacob Nion]

"Will it work? I dare you if not!" Osric was impatient. Two months had been past since his first attack on Eastgate. He had learned that this city was not to sack by conventional siege engines. Shortly after his escape he had started to prepare another attack. He had spent nearly half of his loots, assembled the most expensive black smiths, carpenters, engineers, fire mages and alchemists.... yes, a lot of black alchemy was needed for this experiment.

"Of course it will mylord! As you're probably aware, I am a respected apprentice of the most famous dr. Rod!" The alchemist seemed to wait for some serious words of appreciation. Osric was not much into giving commendation:"So said every ragged alchemist I found during the last month! How many apprentices could that man have teached? He seems to brew plenty of them in his catacombs. If I'll have to realize that I wasted my time and money on charlatanery I swear I put your head in this thing and throw it into the red water!"

'This thing' was the strangest siege engine ever to appear in this war. The blacksmiths had forged a giant barrel out of mystic (and therefore expensive) metals, the engineers had bound it on a carriage, the alchemist had filled it with terrible smelling powders and potions, and now, in front of Eastgate's tremendous towers, everyone waited for the fire mage to inflame it. The alchemist had insisted on it. Only magic fire would be strong enough to cause the right effect. But what effect would this be?

All of Osric's men were focusing on the siege carriage, from the first line right behind it, to the reserve troops far away at the camp. The fire mage was wildly gesticulating and saying spells. When he raised his hand a stream of fire fell on the siege engine. And suddenly a thunder was hitting their ears. An explosion teared apart the air, and thick black smoke crawled out of the iron barrel. And the wall of Eastgate was breeched...

Watch the weapon in action!

Eastgate by Jacob Nion, auf Flickr

Edited June 1, 2015 by Jacob Nion

[Brick Man Studios]

Nice entry ! I think this wall gonna fall in a few moment

[Garmadon]

Superb, if a bit magical, entry JN, the working cannon is very nice! The breach made in the wall is very convincing of its power as well!

Edited June 1, 2015 by Garmadon

[Kai NRG]

Very creative way to make a "working" cannon! Looks really good too! Nice work on the tower as well, and I really like the dark redish water!

[Graham Gidman]

That's a really awesome tower!

[Captain Dee]

The shape, colors and textures of the tower are excellent. The weapon is great and I've often wondered why period-correct designs don't appear more often. Calling it a "cannon" is an understatement; it's more like the medieval bombards. The wheels might be a bit thin for that much weight and I probably would've doubled them up but that's a minor gripe. Good work!

[mrcp6d]

Too cool! Love the play function I assume there's a rubber band in there somewhere?

[Captain Braunsfeld]

A lot of MOCs appearing at the same time - you've been busy.

The video is superb!

[Balbo]

Amazing work . I love the story and the build. The techniques you used for the tower are excellent and the cannon looks nice, too

[soccerkid6]

Excellent texturing on the tower, and the wooden additions are a nice touch

[LittleJohn]

Great texturing on the tower and I really like the dark red river

[MassEditor]

Fantastic. The omnipotent Osric has managed to step up his own game, impressive! Excellent bombard, sufficiently crude enough to fully work in the setting. Great tower design as well.

[Umbra-Manis]

Great work JN!

[LordDan]

Fantastic work! The texturing on the tower is great, and I love the fact that the cannon works, and even better it actually blasts the wall down! I also really like how you described how the bombard works, making it sound mysterious and fitting for medieval times