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Trebuchets made for the TV series "Marco Polo" being tested

submitted by Kulpims T'dna

(kulpims)
9 years 2 months ago

[yt] These are the trebuchets we built for the Netflix/Weinstein production of 'Marco Polo', they are 6m to the pivot point and could throw a 25kg sand bag almost 300m!

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Adding video to channels (Cinema, History) - requested by Sagemind.

That last one was a good shot!

AeroMechanical says...

I'm amazed is was actually cheaper and easier to build and film with three actual working full sized trebuchets than to just use mock ups and CGI. They're probably going to have to do a lot of that anyways to fill the area in with soldiers and cavalry and stuff. I approve of this. I also approve of filming on location in China instead of just pretending British Columbia or California is China.

That last shot seems incredibly dangerous.

Which is almost always incredibly awesome.

That last shot seems incredibly dangerous.

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