Small scale Trebuchet build

Prompted by my asthma and the effect the fourth of july has on it, i decided we (my family) needed a more breathing friendly activity. So I came up with the idea of making some trebuchets, to eventually launch some kind of colored water bombs. I don't have that part figured out yet and this year's trebuchets are far too small for that anyway, but it's a start.

https://steemitimages.com/DQmVajHbsioDtiyUaNrpbUasT3eT5dUNo8zQ6U7EMVjp6Mf/20170704_022927.jpg
I built two of them nearly identical

https://steemitimages.com/DQmbxeZMfAZsrrYGuYLbGacwmT7x2JtpwG6BcRSiDY3Pvvj/trebuchet.png
Designed in blender, basic render using cycles and freestyle

https://steemitimages.com/DQmPB12mzzxKVjB1PkCsScTAen9kkT4ASb7btBW3dPKDsYn/20170701_144346.jpg
ready to go, i picked up the balls from the toy section in scheels.

https://steemitimages.com/DQmXjpVpHvrx2BkLQz2AckyUDsUqfgt1hksz1RdivG39qFx/20170704_024535.jpg
With how much fun he had with the little ones, i'm super excited to get some bigger ones made

We had planned on playing a game where we would split into teams and each team would both try and destroy the oppositions fortifications(stacked blocks), and quickly rebuild their own. unfortunately the foam balls i purchased didn't weigh enough, so we mostly just launched it at cups trying to refine our aim.

Over all this was a enjoyable project and activity, the environment we were at on our fourth bbq wasn't quite right for the scale, but as a first go with them i think it went well enough. I plan on building a few more at a small scale to iron out all the bugs. Then maybe towards the end of summer building a big one, not sure on the scale of that yet.

blend file