Saturday 27 October 2018

Ranger posse with fiery arrows

A group of rangers, inspired by Lord of the Rings etc. a nice looking photo, but...

mistakes:

1. Why are all four of them aiming at different directions? Some to the ground, and some to the air. What kind of enemy could lurk in all directions, also in the sky? Oh, now I get it, they just posed like this to make the picture look more dramatic!
2. Fire arrows!!!! What is it that they need to use fire arrows for? Surely it won't be an enemy, since fire arrows weren't used against people. But maybe these are in a fantasy setting (certainly the costumes aren't what anybody in real history would have worn) and they have supernatural monsters as targets, that are vulnerable to fire? Anyway, these fire arrows lack arrowtips, which is bad since they won't stick to anything. It's a usual misconception to wrap the head of the arrow inside a burning matter, but this is not how real fire arrows were, or should be, made. Real fire arrows have a sharp tip, which forms a kind of small metallic cage for the burning matter.
3. Everyone's of course having a back quiver. Even with the cloaks. So that the quiver prevents the cloak from being used as it is meant to be used, to cover and shield the user from wind, cold, rain and other elements. But of course fantasy cloaks are only used because they look cool!
4. The form of the arms are not the optimal on this one. The arms should align even when aiming upwards.

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