I made a couple of bow and arrow images lately. What I did was parent only the bow to the left hand and add the arrow later on, only after I had the perfect pose ready. The arrow wasn't parented to anything at all, just a stand alone prop and that made it much easier for me to work with.

With a lot of the smartpropped bow and arrows I noticed that the base position of the bow is incorrect already. Best thing to do is put the figure in the zeroed position. Give his hand a grasp pose and now check if the bow is attached correctly to the hand. Then move and rotate the bow, until it fits perfectly in the hand. Now you can pose it much better.

Always remember that if we grasp something the items will be slanted in our hands. never straight and a lot of vendors assume that when holding something it's straight in our hands, but it isn't. Through wrist movement we get the item we hold straight. Just hold a stick or hammer in your hand and have a look at it, that've how you should pose the bow when the figure that will use it is in a zeroed position.

Hope this helps a little.

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Food for thought.....
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