Staring Death
2007-02-23 22:25:32 UTC
#73244
My first blueprints!

As requested by a spellguard whatshisname. That ought to give me a good step in the right direction to get a workshop!
This catapult is hardly manageable, however, easy to disassemble and carry -well, easy to carry is a big three words, it feels like I'm carrying a boulder! It does not have the distance capacity and easy to rotate ability of more permanent catapults. That, and it weights a lot! My poor poor back!
Staring Death
2007-02-26 23:16:32 UTC
#73700
Now, I've been rather lost and confused about time. So, I've decided to mimic and improve an old device I've seen around Gondsmen on the surface.
What's it called again...
Oh, yes! A clock!
That would be the final result, simplified.
Sketch of the mechanism, currently incomplete
A very complex machine, specifically with the add-on I want to add; the ring around the clock would rotate around the central axis, in order to indicate a 'day' and 'night' time.
Although I'm no good at estimating prices, I expect the gears to be expensive, as it would require several of them, small and fine workmanship -although I do think Mikkelson would be good at it- and metal is rare around.
An anti-theft device would be installed, in conjunction with the winding procedure.
The winding tool would be detached from the clock, which I estimate should be winded every tenday or so. As time progress, the center circle would slowly open, and at the end of the tenday, air would be allowed to go through a no-longer sealed capsule, filled with alchemist powder -resulting in an explosion, ruining any value of the clock. It would be important to keep it winded!
Staring Death
2007-03-14 00:15:44 UTC
#76510
As requested by J, the blueprints of a repeater crossbow, as those stationed by the Lower Gates. Hopefully, we can get this built quickly for the headquarters.

Noticeably, there is a guider, to move and point the crossbow in the desired direction.
A lever, although hard to pull will pull the string, ready to unleash the bolt in a blink of an eye; the boltcase is located over it, dropping the bolts quickly, allowing for quick recharge.