Sm-Siege-Roks-art - 6/30/19
"Small Siege Rock Construction" by Baron Jonathas Reinisch. KSCA.
NOTE: See also the files: siege-engines-msg, On-Warfightng-art, Bld-a-T-Mace-art, Ballista-Tips-art.
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This article was originally found on the Atlantian Siege Weapons page at:
Small Siege Rock Construction
by Baron Jonathas Reinisch, KSCA
The instructions below are to help you to construct a SCA legal Small Siege Rock.
Supplies needed: 4 Tennis Balls, Yellow Duct Tape, 1/2 inch Strapping Tape (or 2 inch strapping tape and just pull off 1/2 inch strips). For the Optional Atlantian Stripes: White and Blue Duct Tape
Use a 1/2 inch wide strip of strapping tape to tightly hold the first three tennis balls together
Use another 1/2 inch wide strip of strapping tape to tightly hold the fourth tennis ball to tow of the other three.
Use two more 1/2 inch wide strips of strapping tape to firmly secure all the tennis balls together.
Use the yellow duct tape to completely cover the Tennis balls.
Label the rock. The label *MUST* include your SCAdian Name, your Kingdom, your Local Group or Household. It is also recommended that your Email address be included. Including your heraldry helps in picking out your ammo from the pile at larger events. The best label seems to be a printed piece of paper, cut out, and then stuck to the rock using clear plastic tape with a piece of duct tape covering the ends of the plastic tape.
** OPTIONAL ** Using a 1 inch wide strip of blue duct tape with a 1/2 inch wide strip of white duct tape over it, create an "Atlantian Stripe" around your ammo. This helps us to quickly separate out the Atlantian ammo from the rest at large wars like Pennisc and Gulf Wars. Typically in the past we have not sorted out individual ammo until the end of the wars.
The very last step is to drill a small hole, no larger then 1/16th of an inch, into the top of each of the 4 tennis balls. This allows the pressure out of each ball so it can compress on impact or when stepped on.
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If this article is reprinted in a publication, please place a notice in the publication that you found this article in the Florilegium. I would also appreciate an email to myself, so that I can track which articles are being reprinted. Thanks. -Stefan.
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