Yeah, but I can tell you that they are not doing their bodies a favor there. You can do it, but if you regularly use a bow above 70lbs or so you will have a health problem after some time.
@Mrs. NIGHTBRINGER wanted some wooden Christmas trees for her holiday decorating, so that's what she gets. I'll probably put a finish of Linseed oil on them, but aside from that, they are done... And a Chaos Warrior to give a sense of scale/size...
Nice and clean. And bigger than I thought after looking at the first picture. The Chaos Warrior did his job!
The Linseed oil finish is done. It's hard to tell on the picture, but in person the Linseed oil really brings the beauty of the wood grain. It also gives the piece a more golden yellow hue
Sorry to necro this part of the thread, but I somehow never saw it was there. English Medieval Longbowmen had to train since they were children to become so deadly accurate with it, and had to practice extremely regularly (at least once or twice a week, if not daily). This was ultimately one of the longbow’s flaws, alongside its inability to penetrate plate armour, which saw it replaced by early firearms like arquebuses and handguns. These weapons were actually pretty inaccurate in comparison to the longbow in the hands of a skilled user, and even muskets in the 17th Century only had a semblance of accuracy at close range (it was the 18th Century that was truly when firearms became as accurate as they were penetrating), but it was the fact that you only needed to train a musketeer, handgunner or arquebusier for several months for him to reach the peak of firing accuracy and skill, as opposed to around 10 years for an archer, alongside the ability of these weapons to penetrate plate armour if they did hit, that saw them replace the bow. In addition, many skeletons of medieval archers have been found with their spines curved due to the massive draw weight, which is the main reason that they were easily identified as former archers.
Woods used: Curly Maple - body Walnut - hooves, antlers, eyes Canary Wood - hat (red portion) Holly - white trim of the hat Red Cedar - backer
Looks cool! If you ever get your hands on a lathe you could build something similar, fill the gaps with resin and then make it a solid bowl part wood part resin There are awesome woodturning videos on YT by people who do that kind of stuff. It seems like you have the wood working skills necessary to pull that off as well.
Thank you!! I've seen some of that stuff and it is amazing. My father-in-law has a lathe, so it is possible. I've always wanted to give it a go.
The 2020 Christmas ornament collection: This was the most difficult to cut of the lot: Some mistletoe: A large mouth Bass for Mrs. NIGHTBRINGER, who loves fishing: Bang bang bang...
Love the beaver, the bass and the mistletoe, but they’re all brilliant as always. Keep up the good work pal!