The Onager Manuscript
Downloadable E-book in PDF format.
Brian Lapham has been researching the Onagers for over ten years. He has taken all that research, and the practical experience of building several working models that have actually been used in mock-combat at SCA wars, and written an outstanding manuscript about the Onager. How it works, How it was developed, What other historians have to say about it, and most importantly, how to build your own.
This work is all original and includes details like setting your goals, a parts list, what tools and materials you'll need, names and definitions of all the parts, how the parts work together and how to build them, preparing to shoot, aiming, firing and the SCA rules for catapult combat!
Bob Carbo, captain of Team Onager and Onager Online says:
"Brian's Onager manual is very good! It has clear directions, lists of materials, it explains well how to construct an Onager, and it's filled with helpful photos - not to mention a little background info on the Onager. Anyone building an onager for the first time would do well to read this first. "
Bob should know, he's got more trophies from pumpkin hurling competitions than anyone I know!
By special arrangement, we are able to offer this manuscript in electronic PDF format at a great low price.
Containing more than 28 pages with over 20 photos and illustrations, the manuscript gives details about the design, construction and operation of the Onager.
About the Author:
Brian Lapham, or as he is known in the Society for Creative Anachronism, Lord Doughal Stewart, hails from the Kingdom and Barony of Atenveldt or, Phoenix, Arizona; where he has been building catapults since 1994. He has been awarded numerous times by his colleagues for the performance and detail of his catapults. Brian's catapults have fought at over a dozen SCA war events, including the Estrella and Great Western Wars. Doughal Stewart is his 3rd Crusade era Scottish persona.
Brian has worn many hats in recent years; as a resort audiovisual technician, a television news photographer, and most recently as an urban farmer. Brian is an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church.
