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ThimoS

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Scorpion-King Bow replica.
« on: July 28, 2008, 09:48:56 pm »






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orcbow

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Re: Scorpion-King Bow replica.
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2008, 09:52:31 pm »
Cool! Good to see other people inspired by movies!
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Offline Dano

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Re: Scorpion-King Bow replica.
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2008, 09:55:44 pm »
That's a serious bow right there. :o
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Offline kayakfisher

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Re: Scorpion-King Bow replica.
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2008, 11:00:49 pm »
cool bow whats the weight on it ?
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ThimoS

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Re: Scorpion-King Bow replica.
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2008, 11:08:38 pm »
The weight is 90#.

It is made from an elm selfbow backed with redoak slats, backed again in linen. The rest is just silk and hemp and paint. Oh and two brass tacks.
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Offline The Burnt Hill Archer

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Re: Scorpion-King Bow replica.
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2008, 11:35:26 pm »
sweet, id forgoten about this one! cooler than i remember.

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ThimoS

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Re: Scorpion-King Bow replica.
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2008, 07:00:32 am »
Thanks everyone.

Yes orcbow I do get inspired by lots of stuff including movies. I'm a father of 2 and I see kids everyday getting interesting again in archery via movies, video-games, ect. I think it's a good thing. Kind of like getting back into literature via Harry-Potter. Anyways when I set out to make a bow based on a movie or a computer-generated image, the thesis is always: "Virtual world and Reality Ain't so far removed".  Then I go for function over mere prop-pieces. I want the bow to come out as if it were meant to really shoot the things it does in the movie, not just be a decorative prop.
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orcbow

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Re: Scorpion-King Bow replica.
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2008, 08:00:38 am »
I get disappointed when I see a movie with archery in it, but the bows are just movie props! Especially when you look at all the people on this site can do. Did you know that Tim Baker made the bow for the Scorpion King movie? I read about it in Primitive Archer magazine several years ago. He wrote the article even. Besides the Roc should be able to handle a #90 bow!
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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: Scorpion-King Bow replica.
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2008, 08:04:20 am »
That's a cool bow, Thimo.
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Offline DanaM

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Re: Scorpion-King Bow replica.
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2008, 08:47:13 am »
Thimo gald to see you posting here :) And that is one cool looking bow and I bet yer kids like it :)
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Offline OldBow

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Re: Scorpion-King Bow replica.
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2008, 12:37:23 pm »
A great candidate for July Laminate Bow of the Month - we'll look at it again on Friday or Sat a.m
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Re: Scorpion-King Bow replica.
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2008, 12:42:08 pm »
 ;D Thimo, I hope you post more of your bows here. Some of your whitewood longbows would be a big hit. (pun intended)

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Offline bootboy

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Re: Scorpion-King Bow replica.
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2008, 01:12:49 pm »
Eh Thimo, I copied you and if a few of your endevours and I learned alot from it. I just finished 3 pine log bows 40lbs @ 28"
Im also making a mammoth hunting holmegaard.
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Offline wolfsire

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Re: Scorpion-King Bow replica.
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2008, 01:46:04 pm »
Quote from: OldBow on July 29, 2008, 12:37:23 pm
A great candidate for July Laminate Bow of the Month - we'll look at it again on Friday or Sat a.m

If Thimo makes it into the mag with his shirt off, Im gonna have to hide it from my wife. :o
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ThimoS

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Re: Scorpion-King Bow replica.
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2008, 03:16:04 pm »
Thanks everyone!

Yes I did know about Tim Baker making the bow. He posted the pic of the bow while I was working on mine. His was a hickory selfbow with recurves that was about 30# and was then sent to the movie props department for decoration. What great acting by the guy who couldn't draw it ey.

Boot, thanks for mentioning the pine bows. I'm still fooling with them. Glad yours turned out too.

Rich I'll see what I can drum up. He-he-heh.....
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