Katniss' Arena Bow and Arrows TUTORIAL

[Mia106]

WE MUST STOP IT!

[Mia106]

I give them three thumbs up


Because I'm cool like that

[Wildtype]

Awesome guide, I am working on the arrows as I have alraedy acquired the bow but I will be following your paint choices for making it silver.

I am having issues downloading your pattern as a PDF, when I try to save it I am only able to save it as a JPEG and it becomes horribly distorted, do you have a link to a PDF version?

Thanks again for this guide, it is beautiful and so well made

[jonathan]

Try this link:

http://jonathanparris.com/PDF/BowHandle.pdf

I would love to see how your bow turns out, and if I should clarify anything in the tutorial more!

[Wildtype]

Here's a photo of my finished arrows. I got rid of the small gauged wire for the fins and used hard plastic from office depot (think report cover paper, clear, easy to cut) I made a stencil out of a folder and used a dry erase marker to mark the clear plastic and then cut. When the clear arrow fin guides were all done I wiped the dry erase off and used these, lining them up opposite and underneath where I placed the strips of tinfoil. After all the tinfoil was placed I used this plastic as a grip to fold the tape more easily and it worked really nicely. Cut off the excess with scissors which glide nicely through the tape but stop at the plastic and hooray, arrow fins! One word of advice is to be cautious with your super glue, I applied too much so some of my arrows have a cloudy streak at the base of the fins but other than that I am very happy with the arrows. Thanks for the guide! I got a lot of compliments at Dragon*Con for making them myself

[Wildtype]

A picture from around the con, this little Prim was so shy at first when she walked up and asked to take a picture with me. I love her costume, such a sweetheart!

[missingllama]

DUDE, THAT'S FREAKING AWESOME !!!!

I kinda wish I could make a bow, but I would have no idea how to shoot it anyway so

[smash54]

Katniss' Arena Bow and Arrow are awesome and amazing, by far as a combat weapon!...
Scourging weapon.. wooh!

[recurve]

Absolutely wonderful tutorial. I'm going to put the .pdf link on my site AND link your site to it! Thanks for getting this done!!!