Medieval Crossbows and Crossbowmen - 2025-08-08 09:06:10

a vibrant 8k photo of a unit of Genoese crossbowmen in a grassy field rendered in Octane render, action shot, extreme camera angle, CamCan Effect,Teal. They are actively reloading and firing from behind their large pavise shields. The ground is littered with spent enemy arrows. The soldiers are in various stages of the firing sequence. In the immediate foreground the crossbowman at the bottom of the image wears a red studded brigandine over a blue shirt and a sallet helm. He kneels and aims his loaded crossbow from behind a white and red pavise shield. To his left another crossbowman wears a steel cuirass over a red doublet and a sallet helm who kneels while fitting a bolt to his crossbow's string. Behind him on the middle left of the image a soldier in a simple red shirt and sallet helm kneels and loads his crossbow and his pavise shield is decorated with blue and white chevrons. In the background to the left a crossbowman wears a steel cuirass who stands and uses a crannequin windlass to span his heavy crossbow and his pavise is propped up on a stand. Another soldier behind him wears a red brigandine who bends over his crossbow and uses a goat's foot lever to draw the string.,RealCrossbows