Darkrelease Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 Ok I wanted to do a death scene with an orc full of arrows but here was my problem, I couldn't find anything thin enough to use as arrow shafts. So I put it out to the masses to help me out on this one. What material is best suitable for arrow shafts or is it better to just sculpt some out of green stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orchid_Noir Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 How about 16 or 18 gauge wire? Available at most hobby/craft stores or hardware stores. What do you use for pinning, if you do that? That might work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enchantra Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 I would go with what Orchid said but maybe use slightly finer guage wire. I would drill the holes and then glue the wire into place. Prime and paint. Though when it comes to the decoration (Feathers or whatever you want) that gets more tricky. Either sculpt with small pieces of green stuff or when the mini is done glue on tiny feather pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pae Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 You know those twist ties that are used to close a number of products in plastic bags? Strip everything away from the wire in those, and you'd have a good start. I use those for very small pins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwawl Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 For small pinning or arrowshafts I use piano wire available in most hobby stores. For .020 wire the #75 drill-.021 works well. This is about the same size as the wire in a twist tie (Flynn mentioned) but a lot stiffer and for me easier to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coogle Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=6042 These were sewing pins (possibly a little big) with the head's snipped off. The feathers are tiny bit's of rolled up tissues, which seems to work well for feathers, just lay them on an angle a little way up the shaft. With zap-a-gap, they harden up nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkrelease Posted February 27, 2004 Author Share Posted February 27, 2004 Thanks for the replies, I managed to snag me a .015 size rod from a local hobby store, works great, now if only I figure out a way to put the feathers on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coogle Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 Try the tissues. take a tiny snip, roll it up, then put a dab of glue on the arrow shaft, and press the tissue on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awong Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Speaking of fletching... For some reason, I'm under the impression that the now common three fletch arrows are a recent development. If so, what would be more appropriate for fantasy arrows...how many fletch(es) would one expect to see on older arrows? Strange question I know, but I'm about to make some arrows and this would be helpful. What about arrow heads? Thanks AWhang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coogle Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 I don't think 3 is a new development. But I could be wrong There are several types of fletching I know about. 3 being common, is when you put the arrow on the string the fletches line up, so that they pass the arrow rest on the front of the bow when released. If you have more then they push the arrow out of line. The other type I know of, is a circular pattern around the arrow. These were used for shooting birds as they would only fly a certain distance then lose momentum and drop, meaning if you miss you don't lose arrows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awong Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 Thanks Coogle, I also hit the internet and you are absolutely right...three seems to be the norm from way back. Don't know where I got the idea in my head otherwise. Well, that makes my modeling task a bit easier anyways. Thanks AWhang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astral Rogue Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Darkrelease, I use the thin wire for shafts, and for the fletching just ordinary paper. I cut small pieces of paper to shape (with fine scissors) using tweezers glue them to the wire with superglue then cut the paper to shape and for the feather effect and coat with more glue. Works great for me. Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styates Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Everything that I have been able to find suggests three feathers. This site had some interesting info on the Medieval English Longbow and the arrows used in the period: http://www.student.utwente.nl/~sagi/artike...w/longbow2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awong Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Thanks Styates, That's a great site, especially for the reference pics of arrowheads. Thanks AWhang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styates Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Thanks Styates, That's a great site, especially for the reference pics of arrowheads. Thanks AWhang No problem. I'm a librarian. Research is my specialty. Stefan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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