Re: "Arrow" Season One Build *Pic heavy*
Thank you
Tvayumat for letting post this here. I'm a new guy and can't make my own thread.
Okay, because I was in need of a quiver, and I like the TV show "Arrow", I decided to make the quiver " The Vigilante" uses in the TV show and document the process.
Now I cant say this is EXACTLY accurate, if people want to use this for the basics and change a bit to make it even more accurate, feel free, but I don't have access to a sewing machine so some parts are improvised or left out.
This may not be usual in the RPF, but I like a list.
- If you follow what I did you're going to need:
PVC pipe (schedule 40 with 3" interior diameter, 2 feet long - to be exact)
heat gun,
thick gloves or towel -to protect from the heat gun
dremel and bits,
good scissors,
X acto knives - or a box cutter,
black industrial Velcro,
1-1/2" black nylon webbing,
1"black nylon webbing
1-1/2" triglides
1" triglides
black cordura fabric of your choice (1000 denier, 400 denier, doesn't matter. the higher the number, the harder it is to cut)
black suede fabric (pennies compared to real stuff, but not necessary)
black vinyl ( I didn't have black vinyl so I decided to get black leather dye and dye the white vinyl I had)
*thick foam for the bottom of the quiver
Before I start, I apologize for not taking pictures of the first part of the build, it didn't occur to me until it was half done and this is my first how to, so it may not be the best.
So started the build by cutting down the 2' pipe to about 19" long - From what I've seen, that's an average size for a quiver- and save that extra piece of PVC pipe you just cut off for the bottom (more on it later)
Now use the heat gun set it on 1000 degree setting, -be careful don't hold heat gun to pipe too long or risk burning the pipe (it only takes a second or two to burn it), releasing more gasses than necessary. Use a towel or gloves to handle it or you could seriously burn yourself.
-Your goal is to make it a half-moon shape the entire length of the pipe. Now I cant stress this enough. Don't rush this part! Just keep the heat gun moving.
(that's the bottom, going to cover the gap in fabric in part 2)
After it is the desired shape, using the dremel, cut a slit down the middle of the curved side of the pipe. After sanding it (I used a sanding bit for the dremel) to make it wider, round the edges on the top -not as wide as mine, and make sure it is a fairly decent line. After widening iit with a small sanding bit, use sand paper to smooth the lines so it doesn't get too wide.
For the bottom piece to stop arrows from falling out the bottom(this may be obvious but you never know), cut a slit with the dremel -doesn't have to be perfect. Use the heat gun on 1000 degrees to flatten it. Again, take your time! Cut out the half moon shape with a dremel (make sure it fits the bottom of the pipe with the outside edges)
After I shaped it, I spray painted the pipe black.
To cover the edges of the slit in the pipe, I used cotton 1-1/2" cotton webbing and glue down either side.
When gluing the webbing down, spread the shoe goo over the entire side of the THIN cotton webbing you're gluing down for an even surface. Make sure the webbing is secured on both sides with tape or something, because the shoe goo doesn't keep it down by itself.
After gluing one layer of cordura fabric over the pipe using spray adhesive, I realized that it didn't cover the bumps left by the webbing used as a trim,
I used another layer of cordura to cover the bumps and imperfections that shows trough the first layer of fabric.
(part 2 soon)
