Warrior Ancient and Medieval Rules

[John Garlic]

Hi Guy,

Getting a little anal perhaps, but am inspired by some paint jobs I've seen
and wanting to up appearance of next troops I paint. I overheard a discussion
about stringing bows up several months back and am considering giving it a try
in 15mm. I also liked the chariot reins I saw at DBM tournament in LA in
June. Anyone out there do any of this? Do you do anything more than knot some
fine thread and perhaps dot it with superglue to fix knot?

Thanks,
John Garlic


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[John Garlic]

Greek,

You do the string after paint job I assume?

John

> I am a bowstringer in 15mm. String will not work. It's too flimsy. Strip
> some speaker wire and use the filaments, supergluing after you wrap each
> end around each end of the bow. Some figures are amenable to drilling the
> pullback hand behind the arrow feather to v-shape the string of a figure
> in the act of shooting. You just have to experiment and practice.
> Needlenose pliers and tweezers also come in handy.



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[Bill Chriss]

> Hi Guy,
>
> Getting a little anal perhaps, but am inspired by some paint jobs I've
> seen
> and wanting to up appearance of next troops I paint. I overheard a
> discussion
> about stringing bows up several months back and am considering giving it
> a try
> in 15mm. I also liked the chariot reins I saw at DBM tournament in LA in
> June. Anyone out there do any of this? Do you do anything more than
> knot some
> fine thread and perhaps dot it with superglue to fix knot?
>
> Thanks,
> John Garlic
>
>


I am a bowstringer in 15mm. String will not work. It's too flimsy. Strip
some speaker wire and use the filaments, supergluing after you wrap each
end around each end of the bow. Some figures are amenable to drilling the
pullback hand behind the arrow feather to v-shape the string of a figure
in the act of shooting. You just have to experiment and practice.
Needlenose pliers and tweezers also come in handy.



Greek

[Bill Chriss]

> Greek,
>
> You do the string after paint job I assume?
>
> John
>

No. You do it before. Then black prime the entire figure with spray primer
and dry brush the string white or ivory.


Greek

[John Garlic]

Thanks Greek and Kelly for some ideas to digest on bowstrings as I begin work
on my new 15mm army. Can't say what it is since hoping to finish work by
FWW.

John


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[Phil Gardocki]

I have used dental floss (15) and tape (25mm). Remember you have to out
proportion the object or will not look right.

Phil


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[Kelly Wilkinson]

Johnny,

I use very flattened wire from the hardware store that I paint leather
color. It seems to be easier to work with than thread or string.

kelly

jmgarlic@... wrote:
Hi Guy,

Getting a little anal perhaps, but am inspired by some paint jobs I've seen
and wanting to up appearance of next troops I paint. I overheard a discussion
about stringing bows up several months back and am considering giving it a try
in 15mm. I also liked the chariot reins I saw at DBM tournament in LA in
June. Anyone out there do any of this? Do you do anything more than knot some
fine thread and perhaps dot it with superglue to fix knot?

Thanks,
John Garlic


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