#tauriel bow

[signalsfromvega]

Selling my pvc hand molded Tauriel bow! 

No, I'm not giving up my Tauriel costume...I'm getting an upgrade and really have no room for my original bow and would love for it to go to a good home, other than being shoved into an over-filled closet!

The leather grip around the handle has since been replaced to be far more accurate...as these pics are from 2013.

The string CAN NOT be removed due to possible destroying of molded accent features, so the shipping it gonna be most of the price, which I'll have to calculate from where you live on top of the weight and dimensions.

This bow does fire, but I wouldn't push it. And it doesn't fire very good or very far since putting the decorations on. Because of this, it is technically convention friendly. ARROWS AND QUIVER NOT INCLUDED.

Asking: $95 plus calculated shipping (which will probably be $30+, since I've shipped bows before).  USA ONLY!

So if you're interested please pm me! I've got some interest in it, but first come first served.

[2akakage2]

How I made my Tauriel Elven Bow

So, I have been asked on how I made my Tauriel bow.

Its rather brief but I hope it helps~

Materials used:

1 inch pvc pipe

Epoxy putty

craft foam

hot glue

sand paper

spray paint paint (green and brown)

silver paint marker

  Step 1: Shapping

- Shape your pipe to your desired shape using a stove top or a heat gun.

Here's a link that will teach you how to heat bend the Pvc pipe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQfV05Yo_pY

Step 2: Detailing

- I used Epoxy putty to add the details as seen below. Let it dry, then sand it to your desired smoothness using sand paper.

(I personally like to smoothen the putty using to some water before it dries because it saves me time from sanding it so much)

Note: Avoid high stress areas such as the bends when adding the putty as it may crack when arrow is drawn.

Step 3: Leave detailing

- Cut out the leaves put of craft foam and draw out the vein designs using a ball point pen. The pressure applied on the foam will create an indentation that adds to the leaf vein details.

Step 4 : Glue the leaf details

- Hot glue the foam leaves as seen in the picture below.

  The reason I used craft foam for this instead of epoxy putty is because of the ease of creating the design and also the flexibility of the foam.  As these details are located at high stress points of the bow, the material used here needed to be flexible or it will be more susceptible  to crack and break.

I also used hot glue due to its flexible nature.

Step 5: Paint

I painted the bow using 2 spray paint. A green and brown one. I also used a silver marker to highlight the leafy details.

Step 6: Hand grip

I used my sewing machine to create the stitched details on to the craft foam. Next I hand stitched it to the bow.

  Finished!

GOOD LUCK!

[namisparrow]

Adding even more dimension to Tauriel's bow.  

[2akakage2]

Tauriel Elven Bow Version 2.0

Like I mentioned before, I wasn't satisfied with the first bow I made for Tauriel that I made earlier in June as it was missing alot of details and was too small. So I made a new one, Version 2.0, that I brought out for Singapore Toys & Comic Convention (STGCC) last weekend to join the my friend's awesome Hobbit team.

So I'm spamming the pictures here cause I didn't have time to spam them before it's premier in STGCC with me rushing to finish as the costumes for both Bard and Tauriel.

The bow basic structure is made of 1 inch Pvc pipe, while the details are made from epoxy putty and craft foam. The shaping of this bow was largely done by Sasaki while I tweaked it further here and there. The details were sculpted by me. Paint work done by Sasaki.

I'm super happy with how this turned out which makes all the injury sustain while making this all worth it. This is so going to be mounted on my room wall along with the elven sword!