Gears Of War 3: Torque Bow WIP

[XxCALIBERxX]

Okay guys and gals! Been working on this baby for a while now. Got it up to a stage where I'm confident I can get all the modelling down within the next fortnight and thought I'd just show you lost some pictures. Here goes.

I've been using various techniques, some old some new. The main body is made of Poplar wood (Beautiful to carve and dremel, Absolutely shocking to turn on a lathe) And various other woods for the lathe bits and peices. Most of the detailing is layered styrene sheets of different thicknesses refined with body filler.

A neat trick that I haven't seen around the forums is the use of vaseline and body filler to make a perfectly shaped housing for one peice to slot into another. Simply by applying vaseline to the surface you don't want the filler to stick to you can create an impression in the peice that the filler does stick too. Very useful and saves a tonne of time.

I haven't done any of the circular detail work yet, I'm leaving that for last, so that bumps and dups don't get in the way of smoothing out other detail work.

Plan is by the end of it to be able to retract and spring out at the push of a button (spring out that is, doubt if it will retract at the press of a button.). Have some sort of pipe and spring system at the end to take and arrow and so on... Its coming along to say the least.



























(Sorry for the shotty photos, all were taken with my phone)


Tell me what you think.

Not much at the moment, but its getting closer.

(Same thread on RPF)

Cheers, Dave.

[thorn696]

Sweet. Love the attention to detail here.

[XxCALIBERxX]

Thanks man! Appreciate it. .

[ARCsaber987]

That sir, is some beautiful craftmanship, and the photos are great for a phone!

[XxCALIBERxX]

Thanks ARCsaber! Where in AUS are you mate? .



Still need to refine the 'vents' and then more work, but closer.

Cheers, Dave.

[XxCALIBERxX]

Bit more done!





Thats all for now.

Cheers, Dave.

[XxCALIBERxX]

And another one.... Come on guys! Tell me what you think! Need some sort of feedback! .



Cheers, Dave.

[golem95]

looks sexy! got good level of detail in there already mate keep it up, is the main body hollow or something? or are you planning on making the springing out mechanism in some other way?

[XxCALIBERxX]

Thanks man!

It's solid, I'm going to drill out the end so that I can get the arrow in there, the limbs of the bow I'm still working on. I've got some styrene pipe that fits nicely inside another piece of styrene pipe, so I am hoping I will be able to get it to telescope out with a spring and some fiddeling. If not I'll have to cut some of the internals out of the bow and have it retract into the body. But, as I said, it might not even work out, but its a challange and I'll have a crack at it none the less! .

Cheers, Dave.

[LeeKegan]

Looks like an awesome build.