I printed a picture of the bow with the best resolution I could find.
Figured out the right size of it. Unfortunately, my bow is way too small. It’s about 100 cm in length. The bow ingame is kinda 150 cm.
My bad, but I just went on with the project.
I cut out the prints transfered them on sheets of polypropylene and cut them out, too
This was my base I worked with.
Glued then all sheets of polypropylene together to get the final form of the bow.
Checked the form with the print out and the bow was ready to be sculpted on.
“Sculpted”, you ask?
Well, I had a lot of scraps of Worbla left, so I just thought I might use them.
Turned out, I had better used fresh Worbla sheets, because working with scraps is crap. It’s a mess and the sculpt doesn’t get as smooth as with whole sheets.
Anyway, I went on with it.
Ok, looks better when adding whole sheets of Worbla. So I covered lots of parts with them.
Not yet smoothed out, but I work on it.
The form of the bow is visible, though.
Then after a lot of hopeless smoothing, I just decided to use polypropylene sheets to cover the rest. Straight, clean sheets that’s how I like it :)
Drawing raw patterns here and there as a reminder.
Tried out a new technique with wood glue. Says it would smooth out the structure.
Well, it worked partially…
Adding more sheets of plastic to cover the ugly areas.
Then sculpting the other parts of the bow.
Looks much better now. Phew.
And here’s a spray paint test with black an gold.
Will add a few layers of gold, then black and then slowly sanding the black coat away, until I get a hint of gold.
Like it the ingame picture.
I ordered a bow string for that one, but I don’t think it could fire arrow even if I wanted to. This bow’s made only for cosplay purposes.
Will you ever make one and put it on the store
Probably not. This was a one-time project.
I’m always open for commissions, though.
Have you ever thought about making functional armour/weapons? Out of real metal, and real leather?
I have thought about it, but I don’t want to go that path now.
My space at home is limited and my passion lies at sculpting and working with real metal requires much more than only a workbench and a simple room.
I do use real leather if the work requires it :)
q trabalho maravilhoso
este arco realmente da para usar como pratica de tiro com arco?
Thanks!
This is only for show, I’m not a professional bow maker, so I’d rather not practice with that.
Any chance of you selling your creations
Yeah sure, all of them are in the store right now :)
What would you charge if i Commission you to make me a Daedric greatsword.
Hello there! Here’s the FAQ with all the info you need on commissions :)
http://folkenstal.com/faq/
*-* How much would I have to pay you to make this for meeee…. (practical size)
Hey, I’ll re-make this bow one day, so stay tuned and check out my facebook page ;)
Could you do some deadric daggers? I use them a lot in Skyrim along with me deadric armor (which thanks to you I’m working on making) and I’d really like the daggers to go with it. Thanks for all the awesome creations you do too!
I could, but I’m occupied with other projects now, so I don’t really have the time to make anything else right now.
But glad you could use my tutorial to make your own deadric armor :)