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Subject: My first slingshot (and first completed toy!) May 4th 2011, 12:54 am
OK, I've made a video of my slingshot. It's terrible quality, I had to use my phone. Please comment. ( bear in mind that I'm probably not changing it, I've grown attached )
I know I waffle on a lot. I'm hyper cos' I stayed up all night. Sorry guys.
I hope I said your name right Joerg.
Thanks. B
billsykes Bill Sykes.....He'll shove that Shillelagh up ya shithole
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Subject: Re: My first slingshot (and first completed toy!) May 4th 2011, 7:42 am
Hey B, Well done You for making sumink Luv, Just be careful when not using proper slingshot elastic in case it snaps and takes Your bloody eye out!
Cute lil' Iguana too, I thought they could grow their tails back though?
Keep up the good work!
bronwyn.page1 BladeMonger
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Subject: Re: My first slingshot (and first completed toy!) May 4th 2011, 3:32 pm
Aww, thanks for the post ... OK, I'll be careful
Ha! He's not an iguana. He's a bearded dragon!
Lizards can only grow limbs back once they reach maturity, he was still a baby when they attacked him *sniff sniff*
AboMickey Xiphoid Builder Supreme
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Subject: Re: My first slingshot (and first completed toy!) May 5th 2011, 1:19 am
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he was still a baby when they attacked him
Tose fieven bastards!
Beg your pardon miss, but what is a hid foyn couwd?
Nice first build, surely your creations will evolve into sophisticated killing machines.
bronwyn.page1 BladeMonger
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Subject: Re: My first slingshot (and first completed toy!) May 5th 2011, 2:03 pm
Erm... a what? haha
Thanks
B
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Subject: Re: My first slingshot (and first completed toy!) May 5th 2011, 8:26 pm
Hey,
Couldn't help, but make the connection.
Thinking about it, this slingshot trend that's going on might just benefit from a little woman's touch. You girls do think differently from us guys and from several encounters with women weaponsmiths, I have to say - Never seen anything like what they built...same high hopes here.
So...a bit off the slingshot topic, but on with the good stuff ...
I used to build bows back in the day and have come across a pretty cool little material called "Apoxie Sculpt"...something you might be interested in playing with on all kinds of projects.
The guy in the video is Sam Harper and this is his site: Link
The lothlorien bow decorations were made with this stuff...
Nothing special...a few basic sculpting techniques, BUT the results are fantastic! ...just something for inspiration.
In the Spoiler...There is a quick tutorial on how to work with the stuff...if you're interested.
Spoiler:
Justin takes you step by step to applying special clay to a bow to decorate it. It does take time and practice to get to this level of art. However, it's a great technique to decorate any bow or any other prop that needs a flexible design. (click to expand the images) To create Legolas' bow, check out the design images here.
Step 1: Find a way to keep your bow still while working on it. I use the corner of my couch and a tub of apoxie sculpt... this allows both tips to be in the air so my designs will not get messed up by touching the ground. If you have kids, be careful... they will run by and bump the bow and mess up your designs!
Step 2: You need real clean hands or else this apoxie sculpt will pick up all the little dirt and hairs. First wash your hands, then mix together a small amount of the sculpt and roll it between your hands, the stickyness of the sculpt will get the gunk out of the pores in your hands. Discard the dirty apoxie.
Step 3: Find yourself a tool to use when sculpting. I made mine out of wood, but you can buy real cheap sculpting tools at any craft store. I dont bother to clean the old sculpt off, I just make a new one from wood as needed. Aves studio does carry a cleaning solution for this purpose. www.Avesstudio.com
Step 4: When using this apoxie sculpt, be sure to mix thoroughly 50:50. This clay does not require heating to cure, it is an air hardening clay, workable time is approx 2 hours + or - depending on your climate. A little trick I have learned. I make bows, which requires the leaf designs to be applied on bending wood. To achieve this I found if you mix 75:25, the apoxie sculpt, when cured, remains semi flexible and will bend with the bow. Make sure the 75% is the green part.
Step 5: The first step to making the lothlorien leaf design is to roll out some apoxie in the palm of your hand. You'll notice it is a little sticky to work with the first 30 min or so, but then it gets easier to work with. If its to sticky, dip your finger in some water and then work with it. When rolling out the vine, it doesn not have to be perfect, it will be shaped and perfected in the next few steps.
Step 6: Apply the vine to your bow by sticking one end of it to the wood, and then just laying it on top of the wood. Get as close as you can to your desired position. *helpful hint, once one end of it is stuck, you can stretch the length of the vine longer by pulling slightly.
Step 7: In this step you must flatten the vine like a pancake. This is important to do. Use your finger to rub it flat, causing the clay to really get into the pores of the wood. If you skip this step your leaves will probably just pop off after you are finished. By doing this the sculpt becomes one with the bow. *Also dip your finger in water to get it smooth.
Step 8: So now that your vine is flattened, you can shape it. This part is really easy, just use your sculpting tool to remove sculpt from either side of the vine. I always tip my sculpting tool in water too, it will leave cleaner, smoother lines.
Step 9: After you cut the rough shape of your vine or leaf, you must remove the waste without damaging the vine. To do so, move the sculpting tool back and forth along the leaf, slowly pushing the waste away from the main vine.
Step 10: Once the waste is a fair distance away, use your tool to roll up the extra and pull off the bow. It may take a few tries to get this right, but practice makes perfect.
Step whenever: You can add extra leaves any time in any postion by just rolling up some more sculpt in your hand and pressing it into the wood. Use the same process as stated above.
Pictures of more vines being applied, I always put this one on second. Again, go through the same steps. Flatten, Shape, remove waste.
You'll notice along the way you will get rough spots from using your sculpting tool. An easy remedy is to have a cup of water handy and a q-tip. Dip the q-tip in the water and run it along the edge of the vine or leaf. It will pick up any unwanted sculpt. then dip your finger again in the water and run it along the length of the vine. This will make it nice and smooth. .
If done correctly you should get a smooth design like such:
Now you just keep adding leafs using the same method:
I usually do this step last. When the clay is almost dry, I wet the suclpting tool and press it into the apoxie, creating all the intricate leaf designs.
To get different angles, I just use the very tip to rotate the bow so I can do leaves on the front of the bow, the back, pretty much every angle.
I hope you enjoyed my tuturoial. All my products are available for sale on www.bowstick.com I also do custom orders, so if you have a design in mind, shoot me an email and we can make it. bowstickarchery@rcn.com
To get different angles, I just use the very tip to rotate the bow so I can do leaves on the front of the bow, the back, pretty much every angle.
By using all the above techniques, you can get very intricate designs around the tips of your lothlorien bow, or around then handle.
A girl on the guy's weapons forum is good luck...I don't care what the pirates think, stay a while and have some fun with us.
All Best,
Ivo
Irianthul Death Dealer
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Subject: Re: My first slingshot (and first completed toy!) May 8th 2011, 6:54 pm
Ivo wrote:
A girl on the guy's weapons forum is good luck
Especially when it turns out to be a real girl The last two were fake profiles made by guys. But I think you got your credibility sorted right by mentioning Exotic Automatic in your video.
Nice little toy indeed! You might want to look into getting a different kind of rubber for it, because this, indeed, might break! Safety first!
Wolfie Puppy
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Subject: Re: My first slingshot (and first completed toy!) May 9th 2011, 12:28 am
Irianthul wrote:
Ivo wrote:
A girl on the guy's weapons forum is good luck
Especially when it turns out to be a real girl The last two were fake profiles made by guys. But I think you got your credibility sorted right by mentioning Exotic Automatic in your video.
Nice little toy indeed! You might want to look into getting a different kind of rubber for it, because this, indeed, might break! Safety first!
Don't remind me! I thought I finally met a nice girl I could talk tech with. Broke my heart that one did.
bronwyn.page1 BladeMonger
Number of posts : 14 Reputation : 0 Join Date : 2011-04-17 Location : Irthlingborough
Subject: Re: My first slingshot (and first completed toy!) May 9th 2011, 2:09 pm
Quote :
Ivo wrote: Hey,
Couldn't help, but make the connection.
Thinking about it, this slingshot trend that's going on might just benefit from a little woman's touch. You girls do think differently from us guys and from several encounters with women weaponsmiths, I have to say - Never seen anything like what they built...same high hopes here.
So...a bit off the slingshot topic, but on with the good stuff ...
Thanks very much for that connection, it puts me in a very good light indeed.
Thanks for the tips about apoxie sculpt!! I'm definitely going to use it on my hidden blade project - it'll be perfect for my bracer!
Quote :
Ivo wrote:
A girl on the guy's weapons forum is good luck
Irianthul wrote: Especially when it turns out to be a real girl The last two were fake profiles made by guys. But I think you got your credibility sorted right by mentioning Exotic Automatic in your video.
Nice little toy indeed! You might want to look into getting a different kind of rubber for it, because this, indeed, might break! Safety first!
Indeed, I am a real girl!
I had to mention the forum really, seeing as that's where I got the information on how to make them.
I will get the right kind of rubber when I have the funds, haha! Til' then, it'll do for now. And I will, of course watch for snapping.
Thanks for all the great comments, I'm touched.
B
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