#siege engineers

[oldschoolfrp]

Defenders pour into the gap after a siege tower pulls down their castle wall (Jim Holloway, Dragon 154, February 1990)

[we-are-siege-engineer]

You don’t gotta do like engineering or even a trade job or whatever. Comment in the tags what and why as you wish, and lemme know if I missed any

[captain-price-unofficially]

A US Army M728 operated by the FBI reverses from the burning compound of David Koresh's Branch Davidians, Waco, 1993.

[bsptourist]

gm_the_emil_residence

created by shortnamesalex

[pratchettquotes]

"I can't leave the city now of all times!" said Vimes desperately. "There's so much to do!"

"That's exactly why Sybil says you ought to leave the city," said Vetinari. [...]

Vimes knew that he had lost. He had lost as soon as Sybil was involved, because she was always a reliable siege engine against the walls of his defenses. But there was such a thing as going down fighting.

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

[victusinveritas]

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"GROND THEY NAMED IT, IN MEMORY OF THE HAMMER OF THE UNDERWORLD OF OLD."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on an illustration depicting Sauron's host during the Siege of Gondor, bringing up the hundred-foot long battering ram, Grond, to smash the Great Gate of Minas Tirith and burn the White City. March 3019 of the Third Age.

"Great engines crawled across the field; and in the midst was a huge ram, great as a forest-tree a hundred feet in length, swinging on mighty chains. Long had it been forging in the dark smithies of Mordor, and its hideous head, founded of black steel, was shaped in the likeness of a ravening wolf; on it spells of ruin lay. Grond they named it, in memory of the Hammer of the Underworld of old. Great beasts drew it, orcs surrounded it, and behind walked mountain-trolls to wield it."

-- "The Siege of Gondor," Book IV of "THE LORD OF THE RINGS: The Return of the King," written by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Source: www.instagram.com/tr.middlee_earth/p/CxtNQ_0Nknh.

[airyairyaucontraire]

Further thoughts from my LOTR audiobook listen:

Orcs talk about picnics.

Orcs also talk about cats and kittens.

There are aspects to orc culture we may never know* but count me intrigued.

Also, I and Sam Gamgee are as one in hoping that the oliphaunt that ran away in Ithilien was okay. Maybe he found his way home eventually. Maybe he decided Ithilien was nice actually and stayed.

*There were also, I thought, a few hints that there might be rebellion or resistance within Mordor. One of a pair of orcs that Sam and Frodo overhear bickering says that the other's complaints are "rebel talk." Different factions of orcs are being played off against each other in a way that could backfire against their rulers if they realise they're being manipulated. There's a culture of reporting on each other for any perceived disloyalty within their military (it's also a more modern and bureaucratic military than Gondor's or Rohan's, given that every orc has a number) that, again, could backfire if some orcs realise it's a way to keep them from organising together for their own good.

And apart from the orcs, we know there were humans working in Mordor, both men who chose to because they liked power (like the ambassador who speaks to the Captains of the West) and abducted slave labour, which we're told as an aside produced pretty much all the food in Mordor in a somewhat more attractive and healthy region of the country near a lake, which Sam and Frodo didn't see because they were travelling through the heavily polluted shithole regions such as Gorgoroth, and of course enslaved people will run away and/or rebel, often organising together for the purpose, when they can.

It's natural that no one outside the country would know anything about it, but I like the idea that there was nevertheless some anti-Sauron sentiment within Mordor, perhaps strongest amongst those orcs with a nostalgic hankering for the good old days of picnics and kittens.

[leconcombrerit]

Did I just buy The Art of War on a whim at the bookstore ? Yes. I my defense they didn't have anything about tanks or warships or siege engines and I'm very tired.

[ohgodwhatamidoing]

[lilbugprincess]

Everyone please look at Defiant and Steiner and understand, ok? Understand how a war machine and a paladin fell in love, and how someone who needed to be loved and someone who needed to love could become so precious to each other.

Also understand that masked robot man hot.

[mumblingsage]

*stumbles through the door covered in red ink*

yeah but you should see the scene I edited

[we-are-siege-engineer]

Question for the crowd!: Sieges in Tabletop

I actually played recently in a module where we had a siege encounter with some rounds of enemy waves and actions we could take after a certain event passed. There was also bonuses for if we were able to get the factions within the walls to work together rather than fight separately.

So in light of that: how do you run siege encounters? Or what questions do you have for how any of those would work? Any favorite siege encounter stories?

[pocoslip]

I kinda wanna get Both Legacy Origin Wheeljack and Siege Ratchet just to have them Together

(and i want their accessories too)

[asoiafreadthru]

A Game of Thrones, Tyrion III

He passed a massive catapult, as tall as a city wall, its base sunk deep into the Wall. The throwing arm had been taken off for repairs and then forgotten; it lay there like a broken toy, half-embedded in the ice.

On the far side of the catapult, a muffled voice called out a challenge. “Who goes there? Halt!”

Tyrion stopped. “If I halt too long I’ll freeze in place, Jon,” he said.

A shaggy pale shape slid toward him silently and sniffed at his furs. “Hello, Ghost.”

Jon Snow moved closer. He looked bigger and heavier in his layers of fur and leather, the hood of his cloak pulled down over his face.

“Lannister,” he said, yanking loose the scarf to uncover his mouth.

“This is the last place I would have expected to see you.”

He carried a heavy spear tipped in iron, taller than he was, and a sword hung at his side in a leather sheath. Across his chest was a gleaming black warhorn, banded with silver.

“This is the last place I would have expected to be seen,” Tyrion admitted.

“I was captured by a whim.”

[bluenpinkcastle]

20240519: the History of LEGO Castle day 140. 8875 King's Siege Engine (2005, 131 pieces, 55 different parts) King's Siege Engine is a large light bluish gray and dark bluish gray hollow tower one four reddish brown 4x4 circle bricks. Large figure shields with a reddish gold lion on a royal blue / blue violet background with a reddish gold border on a pearl silver shield cover the hollow parts of the tower while dark bluish gray pikes with royal blue / blue violet flags decorate the top. The four minifigures for this set include: -The new upgraded Jayko has a medium blue full face visor on a dark blue helmet, a yellow minifigure head with a straight black line of bangs, a plain medium blue torso with dark blue hands, medium blue armor with a gold and white hawk, and medium blue legs with a dark blue belt. He carries a white triangular shield with a printed gold and white hawk on a dark blue background and a pearl light gray angular sword. This version of Jayko is found in three sets (8875 King's Siege Engine, 8876 Scorpion Prison Cave, and 8877 Vladek's Dark Fortress), the three versions of the Knights Kingdom table top game (218066 Das Spiel in German, 218141 Le Jeu in French, and 218158 Multi-Language), and 091560 Jayko Puzzle. -King Mathias has a chrome gold crown, a yellow minifigure head with a gray bang line, a gray beard and mustache, a light bluish gray torso with royal blue / blue violet arms with black hands and a black printed sideways lion head on a gold background, and dark bluish gray legs with a royal blue / blue violet belt. He carries a reddish gold angular sword. This version of King Mathias appears in three sets, 8779 Grand Tournament, 8781 Castle of Morcia, and 8875 King's Siege Engine. -The two shadow knights have a black angled cheek protection helmet, a yellow minifigure head with thick black "v" forehead print with space between the beard and sideburns, a black torso with dark red arms and black hands, a black scorpion on a dark red background, and black legs with a dark red belt, and each carries a black halberd. New and unique parts for this set include: -The reddish brown 8x8 modified plate with grill and hole in the center and the reddish brown 2x4 curved double slope are unique to this set, though other variations of the 2x4 curved double slope are found in 7070 Catapult Raft and 7257 Ultimate Lightsaber Duel. -The large figure shield was only found in one other set, 8796 King Mathias (series 2), and the 4x4 speckle black and silver rock top and bottom were only found in one other set, 7019 Viking Fortress Against the Fafnir Dragon. -The reddish brown 2L ridged axle connector was only found in three sets, 7260 Wookiee Catamaran, 8875 King's Siege Tower, and 8877 Vladek's Dark Fortress. -The pearl light gray 1x1 rocket was only found in five sets, 8101 Claw Crusher, 8108 Mobile Devastator, 8874 Battle Wagon, 8875 King's Siege Tower, and 8877 Vladek's Dark Fortress. -Royal blue / blue violet pieces for this set include: 1x2 brick, left wave flag, and 1x2 triple convex slope. Parts inventory for this set can be found on BrickLink or Rebrickable and a free download of the instructions is available on Rebrickable under the "Instructions" tab. This set was also part of one value pack, 65825 with 8874 Battle Wagon and 8875 King's Siege Tower.