shazzdan wrote:I was talking to some archery historians about fire/loose and they reckon that both are modern. One stems from the advent of firearms and other is a Hollywood affectation. According to them the command at the time was simply "shoot".
So more or less what I said then, although I believe once an instruction to start shooting was given whether it be a verbal command or more likely a visual one such as raising a flag/pennant or sounding a horn which would be much clearer, the archers then shot at will until a signal was given for them to stop, so their cavalry/infantry could move forward and to save arrows for direct line of sight engagement with the enemy as archers' volley fire is in reality more of a harassment to demoralise enemies and potentionly break formations than it is a lethal engagement like direct line of sight.
LOL, in their defense, at least at first "fire" was subtitle translation into modern English. I wonder what Tolkien wrote, if that detail goes back to him. At any rate, interesting. Dan's report makes sense. Beautiful work, Alex, I love the new helmet too. And great to see it is going to be more functional. That is the thing about your builds -- accurate, sensible, and functional all rolled into one. Glad we got to see more of your glorious completed Uruk-Hai head, too. And apparently you improve 1:1 objects too, with organic approaches that might not be to everyone's taste. Wink wrote:
Cheers GTF! Well it's a proven and reliable way to age metals, used by forgers and artists for centuries! All weapons apart from the pike are finished now, I have to steam the wood to make it perfectly straight which will be a new technique for me and I hope it works! I have an arrow straightening tool but that is for aluminium arrow shafts not wooden ones. Painted the eyes and teeth, hair next, also added more clear coat to all the armour etc.. and painted the claws white for now.
Yes they do work well but you have to be so careful on what clear coat you use and how to apply it, I remember losing two days work of drawing repetitive complicated patterns for Ori then washing them all off by mistake using a water based clear coat.
Very good one sir!
