Herakles / Hercules (statuette)

This is a small statue of Herakles/Hercules, a Graeco-Roman hero, who had a pelt of Nemean lion as his armour (since it was impenetrable by weapons), club as his main weapon, but also a bow and arrows (poisoned in the blood of the multi-headed serpent monster Hydra).

Mistakes:

1. Even though Herakles was the strongest of all the Greek heroes, drawing the bow this much is not reasonable at all. It makes the arrow harder to control and aiming difficult.

2. The arrow is the size of a javelin! It’s way too big, too long and too heavy. The arrow tip is also too large and heavy. Would be more practical to actually throw the arrow by hand, than try to shoot it with a bow.

3. The quiver is attached to the hip, but it’s way too short for this huge “arrow”. In the second picture I’ve drawn the length of the arrow over the quiver, so everyone can see that it’s way too small. Maybe it’s long enough for practically sized arrows, and not for these spears.

4. The form of the arrow hand is way off, since the arrow is so overly long. The hand should be much closer to the face and directly behind the arrow, not bent like this.

5. Arrow is on the wrong side of the bow. This is also one of the most common errors, since people just don’t do their research properly, before starting to draw/sculpt an archer they have in mind.


In the last picture I’ve corrected the size of the arrow, and other minor errors.


Good:

Not much, but I’ve seen worse.