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Whew... It took a while. And lots of paper
. But I can set to study now - I have pretty intense next week 
Anyway, this is more or less complete reference for everything Lithien carry around with herself. Desings, colors, details - whatever you want
Now some short explanations:
Weapons you can see, are ones she recived in Rivendell after her eariler sword and bow got destroyed. Her quiver and kinves are ones that she carries also as a member of border patrol. Arms od the bow are decorated with silver. You can see it on the previous reference. It didn't fit here - the file was getting too big anyway. Bag serves mostly as the first aid kit. The ring has a special meaning to her - it was her mothers engagement ring - one of the few things that left as a reminder of her. While wearing her warden's clothes she doesn't wear a belt - a scarf around her waist serves as one.I tried to make a designs similar to the one from Wetaworkshop, but also made it clearly my own. I hope I managed to do that
If you have questions, feel free to ask. And give a cretique
Hand-drawn on paper. Edited in Sai. Little to no references were used.
Short Bio: Lithien is an elf, a border guard from Loth LΓ³rien. She is about 2300 years old and she has an older brother, Galaren. Her greatest talent lies in archery. For more detailed info please visit her "Backstory" [link] LOTR (C) J.R.R Tolkien
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You have obviously put the great amount of thought required to design a complete outfit, and I found all but one thing quite feasible and interesting.
That one thing is the quiver design. Firstly, the direction of the straps, but not the orientation of the quiver is incorrect for a right handed shooter. The strap crossing the right shoulder will interfere with motion of the right arm, particularly drawing the bow. Then the strap that goes around the waist almost like a belt is going to seriously restrict movement that is critical to using a bow in a combat situation, as you need to be able to rotate the waist and tilt up or down(especially hampering when tightly attached to a quiver full of arrows). Having a thick leather band there seriously hampers all those motions. Then, because the strap goes over the right shoulder, the shoulder guard has been placed on the wrong arm. The best place for an archer's shoulder protection is on the side which holds the bow, for a right handed shooter, the left. This is because this side faces the enemy the majority of the time, and is there to protect the shoulder from incoming projectiles. And having a stiff shoulder guard on the right arm hinders the raising action during the process of drawing and firing the bow, not to mention making it difficult to raise your arm when reaching for arrows.
I encourage you to look at pictures of the elven archers and Legolas from the LOTR films, and see how their straps are oriented. Especially on Legolas, the strap support for the quiver is primarily on the left side, and ends above the rib cage so as not to hinder rotation or elevation.
Sorry if this seems in any way overwhelming or negative, but I discovered all of this when experimenting for my own quiver. The design you have certainly works for a stationary archer practicing in a range, but since this is for a character, with combat experience, and high probability of combat situations, she needs the proper agility and un-hindered movement for maximum advantage in combat.
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First of all, thank you for the time you put into writing this constuctive comment. I really appreciate all kind of feedback ^^
And while yes, my very first thoughts when I saw your message was something like "what the hell?" I must admit the you're right about the shoulder protection - it would hamper her ability to draw arrows. And you're right - my first references for this quiver actually came from those of stational archers - I guess it was wrong. All in all I agree with everything you said, except for the straps location, because this is actually something I tested myself. Lithien is a female, which means she cannot wear her quiver straps the exact same way as Legolas does. They are sliding over breasts placed like that. Consequently moving it higher over the chest, is making whole thing quite unstable. The only reasonable thing to do was to move the clip below her breasts and place it in the way to allow the diagonal strap to fit between her breast. Maybe it is drawn too low here actually -the straps should go over her ribs, below breasts not around the waist. I know that placing them around the waist would do no favour to her agility.
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Thank you very much!
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your welcome!
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Thank you very much^^
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I'm glad you like it
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Thank you
Your words always makes my day
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np <^^>, I'm glad they do
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Wow, you've really put a lot of thought into this
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Thank you
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Would you mind if I use this as reference in the future?
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Well, I use references myself so, as long as you will give me credit, I don't mind ^^
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