Slings

[Lugh Lamhfada]

Greeting all.

I have been following EB2 for years, usually post on the TWcentre forum. Great mod,amazing team and I wait in patient anticipation for the release.

I am a slinger. That is I construct slings and practice slinging. I try to braid slings from non modern materials as historically correct as possible.

I noticed the slings pictured seem to have the glande(sling bullet/stone) in the pouch in the wrong orientation.



The Sweboz slingers stone should sit across the pouch split, not sit in it(becaue it would fall through!). When he releases the release knot the rugby shaped stone should face forward and "rifle" like a bullet giving it accuracy and reduce air resistance.

In this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TDvGpgY4Qo you can see how the tennis ball with a line drawn across it illustrates the rifle spin in flight, and why if it were lead or baked clay it makes for such a devastating projectile weapon.


I know this is a small thing in the grand scheme of such a beautiful mod which is so bang on in terms of historical accuracy and unbiased portrayel but as a slinger it just was obvious to me.

Also for anyone interested or for more info including lots of historical sources on slinging go to www.slinging.org