Beautifully Rendered Heretic Composite Bow for the Gods

How sick is this metallic 3D composite bow? Wish it was real? Me too pal. Looks like the weapon of choice for a neo-steampunk Apollo (a God of archery). This supremely imaginative bow was rendered by Samouel and CG or not, this is such an awesome design / concept.

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[skreidle]

Compound, not composite.

Also, ridiculously awesome. :D

[khz]

A composite bow is a bow made from horn, wood, and sinew laminated together. The horn is on the belly, facing the archer, and sinew on the back of a wooden core. Sinew and horn will store more energy than wood for the same length of bow. The strength can be made similar to that of all-wood "self" bows, with similar draw-length and therefore a similar amount of energy delivered to the arrow from a much shorter bow. However, a composite bow requires more different materials than a self bow, its construction takes much more time, and the finished bow is more sensitive to moisture.

Yep.. it IS a composite bow ;)