This was mostly done with a few patterns trimmed out of the printed blueprints and a few curves done by eye to blend those shapes together.Īt the base of the limbs there’s a large amount of detail and raised metal parts. I traced the pattern on the bow onto the limbs so I had an idea of where to sculpt the filigree. There’s a recessed hole at the front to hide the bow limb mounting screws.Įach limb was secured to the handle with a 3″ long wood screw and a lot of wood glue. Once assembled these parts were superglued together. I trimmed the pipe ends off at an angle first, then drilled holes in the MDF at a matching angle on my drill press. The grip and arrow rests were a combination of MFD and PCV pipe. By mixing them all together I had juuuust enough to coat the bow limbs. I had three cans of various dark colors that each had just a few ounces left at the bottom. The bow arms each were brushed with two coats of a polyurethane/stain mix. This was about 6 hours of work to get to this point. Another benefit of this wood was the weight a sanded piece weighed under half a pound.īoth limbs sanded and shaped. Here’s a contrast of a finished bow limb next to the raw cut piece off the bandsaw. Thankfully the whitewood is little denser than urethane foam, so this work went quickly if a bit messily. There was a lot of shaping after this, mostly done with a heavy rasp and a heavy tooth grinding drum. To expedite tracing, I cut out one half of the bow from my printed blueprints and used primer to mark an outline. I clamped two halves together and let them cure overnight. These were chunks of a 1×12 I had sitting around from some shelves. I started off with some very light whitewood. I haven’t ever made a bow before, and after scrolling through the wiki a bit I decided that the Nightingale Bow had the perfect combination of aesthetic qualities and construction materials for what I wanted.īlueprints were done in Adobe Illustrator. There’s no shortage of cool things to make from Skyrim, but I had only had three days to devote to the project and I wanted to use as many existing materials as possible. The stats above reflect the highest-level version of the Nightingale Armor.I decided to build a weapon as a companion piece to the Ancient Nord armor built for DragonCon 2013. There are three versions: the weakest spawns from Level 1 to 18, a stronger version spawns from Level 19 to 31, and the highest-level version spawns at Level 32 and beyond. ![]() The Nightingale Armor is leveled, so it will change based on when the player begins its associated quest. RELATED: Skyrim: Most Expensive Potions (And How To Make Them) The stat boosts on each piece revolve around thievery and stealth-based combat, and with a full set equipped an additional 25 Armor Rating is granted on top of everything else. With enough points spent in the tree, the Nightingale Armor is comparable to end-game Heavy Armor. The Nightingale Armor is a Light set, and thus benefits from every perk in the Light Armor skill tree.
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