I might
have pushed it a bit too far this time, but here it is: the result of playing too much AOE II,
combined with watching too many 90’s action adventure movies starring Sean Connery,
Kevin Costner, Richard Gere and Mel Gibson.
This truly
is a Paint Stick War in every sense of the word. I got a little carried away
with the depth of the scene tho, resulting in two empty strips of land. But hey
it’s still perfectly realistic…
It’s
basically a base assault, or rather a castle siege (hence the title “The
Siege”, not to be confused with a totally non-related movie)
The scene
is really detailed, so you might want to zoom in from time to time (CTRL + scroll).
Technically this one doesn’t differ much from Gang vs. cops, except that it has much more depth
in it, so there’s a lot more going on.
I like the
result but after I did the awesome catapult, I just got bored and decided not
to draw 50 more sticks.
Enjoy!
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| The fields will run red today... |
Starting
from the left, you see the southern tower. The towers both have small catapults
on them for delivering long range mayhem. What’s that you say? Where are the
ropes and pulley systems for the catapults?! They’re inside the tower, deal with
it. The southern tower is also damaged as you can see. (realism +1)
The
ramparts are manned by stick archers firing flaming arrows. You can see one of
them trying to light his arrow.
Some stick
archers are running up the stairs to join in on the killing. It must be fun up
there with a complete lack of returning fire, just like shooting ducks in a
barrel!
Down on the
battlefield I used my extensive movie knowledge to incorporate some classic
sword fighting moves! Let’s go over them, starting from the top.
There’s the
epic face-to-face power struggle. You need both hands for this shit, so the stick
men wisely threw down their shields. You can actually hear the steel grinding. (no you can't)
Next we
have some stick guys charging on the defenders, nothing special really.
The epic
sword-in-the-air-die-move! This guy is dying and he’s not afraid to show it, probably
yelling something in his crazy native tongue.
My personal
favorite: the stab-‘n-stick. When stabbing an opponent, there is no cooler way
to draw back your sword then by holding the victim down with your bloodstained
boot and just pulling back your blade. This badass move is usually executed by
the “bad guy”.
The head
slicer. Only highly skilled stick knights can execute this awesome move. It
takes years of training, excellent timing and the strength of a bear to
decapitate the opponent’s head in one swing. Lots of blood!
A standard
sword thrust catches one of the attackers off guard. Drop your guard just once
and before you can say “What is this I don’t even…” your guts are on the floor!
The
berserker I just had to draw, wielding two swords, no armor, this ego tripping
maniac is ready to kick some ass! Standing safely behind his fellow knights…
In the
middle some attackers are dealing with the constant barrage of fiery arrows,
each one in their own special way.
When
attempting to take a stronghold, some things are just vital for success.
There’s the low tech, yet effective, siege ladder. It can make or break the
siege as we saw in numerous movies. Once the attackers are able to take control
of the ramparts and the gate, the battle is lost, and the looting and raping
begins.
The siege
ram and catapult took me right back to Age of Empires II. You can see the siege
ram is covered by animal skin (yeah, that’s what that is). The arrows don’t
really do any damage, but the tower mounted catapult does. It just missed by a
few feet, only to annihilate some poor bystander… (these guys are hardcore!
Just standing by while their brother-in-arms dies a horrible death…)
The
catapult, now there’s a work to be proud of! Doesn’t it look mind numbingly awesome?
The guards, the stick turning the wheel thingy, the “watcher” ready to light
the projectiles, the poor stick loading the 50 pound projectiles. They’re
trying to take out the southern tower by the way.
There’s
also a king… whatever.
Can you
spot them?
There’s a
stick smoking somewhere…
There’s a
spy somewhere…
Well that’s
it! My money’s on the defenders for this one.
The
defending knights will fall or retreat after doing some damage. The archers
will probably wipe out the attacking knights, while the towers take out the
siege engines.
Perhaps the
spy can even take out the king. He might have a blowgun or something, who
knows…
Spread the
wars.
HardAtWork
