You can either leave them like that or round them yourself with sandpaper or a metal file. If your pieces are have flat ends, that is okay. This made an ideal piece for the central uprights. The other end of the chopstick was already slightly rounded. You can just use a straight section if the chopsticks you get are not like this.Ĭlick on any picture in this article to enlarge it.
This end was used for the main pivoting beam, with the tapered end used at the back for attaching the sling. I went for the ones that were mostly square and just tapered over a short section at one end. A packet of bamboo chopsticks and a packet of bamboo skewers provided the main ingredients for a huge collection of trebuchets.Ĭhopsticks come with different styles. I have a couple, but needed to supplement these with lots more to line the walls of my Minas Tirith model.The cheap shop, bargain shop, $2 shop or whatever you like to call them are great sources of cheap materials for building models and scenery. Games Workshop make a very nice trebuchet model which is well worth obtaining. Excellent economy if you want to make a large group of them.Ĭlick on any photo below to see a larger version of the photo. This article shows how to make your own trebuchets from simple and readily available materials, such as bamboo chopsticks. The Gondorians used these devices to protect the great city of Minas Tirith from anyone trying to beiege them. Trebuchets are great engines of war that hurl huge stones to crush the enemy. Published on Saturday, 24 July 2004 20:00
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