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Kalephrex — X-bow Arcus Transire
Published: 2014-04-23 00:59:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 721; Favourites: 6; Downloads: 3
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This bow is my idea of a "super-cool bow dude!". It includes two bowstrings (obviously) that work together along with the two pairs of bow arms to produce an extremely effective bow. The rear bow arms come equipped with lasers that intersect at the exact place that the arrows are predicted to reach before they begin to fall. p.s. see if you can find out what "Arcus Transire" means. Thanks for the support and please share if you can.Related content
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Sorry, but no.
- I want to fire forward with this. The strings either go up or down, not in the way I want to fire. The 2 strings cannot work together.
- I don't want those 4 pointy ends would poke me all over
- I do not think this thing can bend. If it can, not in the right direction. It is way too thick
- I don't want to see a hole in the shaft for the string to pass within. It distracts the movement of the string and the idea is ridiculous
- It is also too heavy, I could make 5 real bows ouf of same resources.
- The spikes are useless.
- As an archer, would not want to carry this thing. Too damn big and too damn heavy. With videogame (Skyrim) logics, I would drop this thing if I looted it by accident.
Think it over what makes a bow efficient, look up wiki and youtube videos.
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Ok, thanks for the feedback, now let's figure this out
1. The dual strings was merely a concept and as far as I can tell, all you would need is a wider nock in the arrow and a bit of tweaking
2. I imagine that the 4 arms would not be aligned with your body and with 4 of them you wouldn't need to pull back as far
3. The thickness in the arms, I believe, would be a matter of experimentation and fine tuning. Obviously, I've never used this before so I'll just make the excuse that the material in the bow arms are made out of super-convenientium alloy and bends rather well
4. The holes are designed such that the strings would almost never touch them, and if they did, the holes would guide the string back into alignment. Remember, some of the greatest ideas were once ridiculous
5. Please refer to point #3 and the usage of super-convenientium alloy which is also, conveniently, rather light
6. The spikes? Yeah, mostly useless. But let's imagine for a second that emit a gentle magnetic force that just barely guides metal-tipped arrows. Now let's imagine that it works
7. Please refer back to point #3 or #5 for the weight. As for the size? Yep, that's a design choice. Hey, an imaginary weapon's gotta some flaws amirite?
I've only done a bit of research on bows and that's because I don't plan on making anything in the realm of perfect. From my beans of knowledge I can hope that the hollow cylinder at the center of the bow allows just enough room for the arrow to slide through effortlessly, thus evading the archer's paradox, and double thus allowing for stiffer arrows to be used. I really do appreciate the dedication for bows and realism that I think you have but there's also something else that I'd like you to know: Art is a means to take a break from reality. Whether in video games or books, and if we keep investing in creating worlds that are just like ours, then I think eventually we'd just get a reality simulator. And then we would realize that it's not a real world that we want, it's a world where we can do something different, whatever it may be. So maybe this bow is just a jab into the ether hoping to strike fantasy. Maybe it's just a leveled up brain fart or a good idea that glitched out. But regardless, it's just an idea and I'm just a guy.
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I tried my luck a few times.
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Imagined stuff. They were.... overdozed. Never went this far. Well, my choice.
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That does look really fearsome! 
(Like how you presented it too. 
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Thanks! I try to give every weapon a different sense of purpose or theme so that all my weapons are best wielded with a slightly different mindset and personality. After all, battle tends to reveal truths about people that make everyone unique.
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