My Found Items - "One Week" Hawkeye with build/component photos

[KenKenobi2]

I know I've posted my Hawkeye variant shown here, but neglected to include the build thread. Here's what I did in a week of evenings to get this done.




So now here are the components I used from 80% found items and a little creativity:

The Bow: Since I didn't have a Hoyt Buffalo lying around, I drafted my old Bear Kodiak, which I coated in flat black and purple on the riser with an overspray of black misted onto the purple to tone it down a little. I added some dark purple tape stripes to the limbs, touched up the screw holes with copper Sharpie for metallic detail and it looks, IMO, like something the Hawk would use.





The Quiver:

Since I do not own a 3D Printer and could not zero in on someone who could help me with a quiver quickly enough, I improvised:






The quiver was made from:
3 Folger's Coffee Cans, sprayed with Rustoleum Semi Gloss black (2 coats)
Gorilla tape to hold them together
2" webbing to cover the Gorilla Tape seams and provide depth of detail
A really good Hawkeye Purple Decal from Ebay
A long Nylon Briefcase strap with clip ends
Anchors from Lowe's
12 cheap field arrows, painted black.

Screen accurate? Of course not. Did it work. I think so.

The Vest:

It's a cheap mesh LBE vest I've had for 20 years. I added some silvering to the mesh areas, colored the zipper pulls/snaps copper, added a SHIELD symbol with Badge Magic ( love that stuff ) and we were done.




Boots:

I had no time to get replica Hawkeye Boots, so I used my Ridge Tactical with Tactical Knee Pads to enhance the lower half look.



Dagger: Again, no time or budget for the screen piece, and as I was melding all of his looks together, I went more with gray, black and purple.
The a Colt Commando dagger did nicely on the vest.



Chose the long bracer just because it was available and looked cool over the long sleeves:





I also used a dummy S&W pistol for detail on my right hip, Navy Blue 5.11 Tactical Pants, a Mizuno purple stretch top over a dark blue Under Armour with raised collar for the Hawkeye blue/purple effect, blue/purple lensed glasses, a little extra dark blonde hair dye (no Reed Richards effect!) and poof! .... Here's Hawkeye.

Out of pocket, I paid for the 5.11's, the paint and tape, the patches and decals and small hardware. Total estimated cost $100-$150. The rest I actually owned. Which is cool, and kinda weird too!

Hope you all enjoyed and had great halloween!

Peace

KK2

 

[JD of Asgard]

awesome Hawk Guy!

 

[KenKenobi2]

Thanks JD. I'll be working on more Hawkeye stuff. I've even gone back to read up on him too. Any and all comments are appreciated.

 

[KenKenobi2]

Well, the Hawkeye 2.0 flow is on. I am on the fence as to do I do the SA Coat Routine OR do I do a Matt Fraction Styled Hawkeye with this as the base



There exists a possibility I could get a 3/4 length coat version of this done with a stand up collar, with maybe the New Hawkeye Arrow logo on it. Either that or a

I also scored the new Oakley Batwolf glasses which I like better than the Gascans and they have Violet Lenses!


I also have this Killer Skully hat from Etsy that Matt Fraction actually owns too!



I still need a bow that would look good at Cons and be Con safe too. My Sage and my Bear are real bows and look really weird unstrung. Anyone have a folding Hawkeye Bow design that will still fling and arrow with a good elastic string?

Opinions? Comments? Please!

kk2

 

[Ocean11]

I can't wait to see what you come up with.
I'm not familiar with what would be "Con Safe." Does this mean something that is not real and capable of sending projectiles capable of piercing other con attendees?

 

[KenKenobi2]

That's con safe alright. My 55# recurve bow would drill through most con goers. Not well received by security.

 

[Nootyprops]

Love the suit, have been following your progress, well done. I have finally finished my Hawkeye arrow heads, security may not like them either!!!

 

[KenKenobi2]

I'd get a set of arrow heads like that. NICE!