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Illustrations of history

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This magazine is for sharing artwork of historical events, places, personages, etc. Scale models and the like also welcome!

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Medieval soldier loading a crossbow with a belt-hook (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] Gork@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If only they could do the same for ballistas. Why launch small bolt when you can launch big bolt.

[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

"I said I wanted the BIG crossbow"