CCCXIV-Great Turkish Bombard

[Artizan]

My entry for the Colossal Castle Contest 14, in siege warfare category:

For the siege of Constantinople, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II(later remembered as the Conqueror) commissioned a Hungarian siege engineer to cast him a giant bombard, along with smaller other cannons. These cannons were instrumental in bringing down the Byzantine walls.

Great Turkish Bombard by the Artizan, on Flickr

Great Turkish Bombard by the Artizan, on Flickr

Great Turkish Bombard by the Artizan, on Flickr

Great Turkish Bombard by the Artizan, on Flickr

Great Turkish Bombard by the Artizan, on Flickr

[Mark of Falworth]

Love it! Cool to see a historically accurate entry! :)

[Eggyslav]

I like how you did the Ketche (Janissary hats), really nice Idea!

[Leonardo da Bricki]

Those red hats are pretty sweet, but I really like how you captured the moment it fired.

[MassEditor]

Love that first pic with the projectile hurling itself towards the doom of the Byzantines! Excellent siege piece!

[blackdeathgr]

Very nice and original! Especially the technique used at the Janissar hats is really clever!

[Mpyromaxos]

Great built and entry! very nice rpresentation of the army!

[Artizan]

Hello, thanks again for all comments. I am happy to announce my entry won first place in CCCXIV:

http://www.classic-castle.com/events/contest/cccontest14/winners.html

[LegoFanfromPR]

Wicked!!!!! Incredibly accurate.

[Japanbuilder]

That is amazing. It is as if someone snatched these with a time machine, turned them into LEGO and took pictures =)

I love the effect of the shot escaping the barrel of the gun. Very cool! 

[Captain Braunsfeld]

Excellent - and all the action well captured in one MOC!

 

[sander1992]

Stunning build.

I love the action of your creation.

[Mesabi]

Wow, this is great! I really love how you used the Prince of Persia pieces. The whole era doesn't get a lot of love.

[Lord Tulkas]

Awesome Bombarda!!! The effect of the shoot is great!