Recreating Legolas's Iconic Bow: DIY Project

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[@chrishall7543]

Fun fact: Legolas’ bow is supposed to have a draw weight of 150#. Your comment about the bow’s thickness equaling out to a ridiculous draw weight is spot on. Beautiful work as always, Kramer!

[@Scario45]

How do we know how powerful is Legolas's Bow, is it specified by Tolkien at some point? I've never read the LOTR nor Tolkien's letters

[@BruceEEvans1]

I have been following you for a few years. You have come a long way since you only used a broken hacksaw blade to make a bow. It's great to see you successful.

[@Simlatio]

All them years ago back in the cinema, the best Legolas scene outside of the bromantic scenes with Gimli has to be the struggle he had bringing down the berserker sapper carrying the torch to the wall. Everything about him giving it his all in a moment where the world around him depended on his success was where you saw who Legolas really was. Of course, Haldir stole the show for 'best elf performance at Helm's Deep', but regardless it was Legolas's best moment in a combat scene.

[@LoganKearsley]

Legolas should be superhumanly strong, so the roundness of the movie bow implying a ridiculous poundage if it were made out of the proper materials actually feels spot on!

[@groosbro1]

Well, he is an elf...

[@davidvarnes7708]

I was gonna say, considering that his arrows punched through orc armor easily and most of his shots, even distance shots, come off as laser beam straight, a hundred plus pound bow seems rather spot on, maybe even a little light to what he does

[@Dannyboyefc]

His bow was basically an English war bow 140-50lb

[@cleanixx5343]

@@DannyboyefcI think it’s been estimated to closer to 210. which indeed especially with his form is superhuman. Joe Gibbs does go as high as that but not in that frequency fluidity etc obviously

[@Dannyboyefc]

@@cleanixx5343 wouldn’t surprise me 👍🏻

[@brightantwerp]

You are a real bow artist!

[@dumpster_drake8]

Stumbled upon this by complete accident and my stars the nostalgia bomb. These movies, the weaponry that came with them, and in particular this character, were a major part of my childhood. Seeing this wonderful piece of functional art come to life scratches a long forgotten nerd itch in my brain. Fantastic.

[@RangerIV]

That bow is cool as hell.

[@JohnyG29]

Have you ever made a proper medieval yew longbow? If not, I'd be very interested to watch you make one.

[@billquillin1952]

That is simply EXCELLENT!

[@RichardT2112]

It likely was 100+ pound draw bow, after all it was an eleven magical weapon. Terrific job!!

[@RangerIV]

I love that the thumbnail points out "Legolas" and "me" as if there may be some confusion. I got a little laugh out of that haha

[@Alias_of_Alias]

Have you thought about including horn in your bows? Your bow looks awsome by the way.

[@Shadesniper59]

Love this channel, it is so relaxing to watch

[@jaketheripper7385]

The bows were not PVC, they were cast resin around a fiberglass core and had a draw weight around 10# to 12# max. They could launch arrows but not very far. A majority of the arrows fired in the films were added in post save for a number of practical arrows that were fired in some wide shots for the "Battle of Helm's Deep" sequence. They were launched from pneumatic rotating gatling-style air cannons that were positioned just out of frame and manually operated. Very cool indeed but frankly dangerous as hell if you ask me lol. There's a brief shot of this contraption being fired in some special featurette I watched years ago that I believe came as part of a bonus "behind the scenes" feature on one of the Playstation 2 games based on the TT and RotK films. Anyhow almost all of the arrows you see actually fired from a bow onscreen are CGI...

[@santibouphavong]

"Archery in movies need to look cool and not work properly" that sounds very true lol

[@vaulthecreator]

22 years?!?! Has it really been THAT long? Jesus, where the hell did that go? 😳

[@rayjohn3946]

Jesus is the only one that can prevent you from going to hell. Instead of cursing Him try accepting Him.

[@spencerbrotherson9061]

Ignore that other guy... If you're not a Christian, then it doesn't matter. Even if you are a Christian, that only applies to swearing. You weren't swearing that anything was a fact there, you were just using it as an expletive for emphasis, so that doesn't apply. (My father was a minister, and I had access to everything from the original Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and Latin texts to the modern translations, and every concordance based on all of them. Fight me on that if you want to.) And yeah, we're getting old. I still don't feel like it most days, but the numbers don't lie. You get used to it after a while, but some things like still hit when you're not expecting it

[@mickusable]

That looks awesome Kramer, great effort

[@brandonhead7414]

You do things the right way. I really hope that this channel blows up for you. You’ve definitely earned it.

[@tsdamole]

Very cool, do more like this. your a true madman to carve into the wood. I need this bow

[@sp-nj9le]

Beautiful bow I wish I could own it

[@yellowjello4450]

Hell yeah! Do you think you can make a recreation of the bow used in the hunger games? It’s a cool chrome metal piece, which I think it’ll be an interesting challenge. Anyways I love your work, amazing skills! 😄

[@SkunkworksProps]

Great job man. As a propmaker and archer this is something I've wanted to make, but it would have to be functional and I just had no idea how. It's awesome to see someone else do it.

[@bigDbigDbigD]

Love watching you build lots of crazy bows.

[@fleigmichael1986]

Just awesome bow. Looks really really nice 🙂

[@ellipsis9573]

Man, you are starting to go full Ilya. Good luck with the business.

[@Eric-gi9kg]

I've been watching you from the start, and to see how far you've come is mind-blowing. But what has never changed is your enthusiasm in building bows... seeking the 'will it bow' has been awh inspiring. I hope someday I will be able to get back into archery. And when I do.. the first thing will be to buy a few of your strings and possibly a bow... (I have 4, but you can't have too many).

[@user-rc4tb5bq1u]

That thing is cool man, thanks for all the ideas brother

[@kn6vbw]

Looks good. What poundage and speed were you able to get, with that design?

[@chuckburroughs6427]

The bow Galadriel gave to Legolas is Mallorn wood. Mallorn is white.

[@mikecole658]

Work of Art Kramer!!! Good on you😁

[@SeacryBlastsAloT]

Just awesome.

[@Gamerdude535]

Using a light draw weight prop for the movie aside. These bows would canonically be a heavy draw weight for sure.

[@rfailing1]

Nice work Kramer. as always. Amazing patience and talent.

[@scottg6799]

Excellent video, keep it up!!!!!

[@matammu8248]

Awesome!

[@NuggetUnit]

I would love to see you make the bow of faerdhinen from old school runescape

[@lancedawe5540]

Love your work!

[@jasonthulen431]

Another GREAT VIDEO keep them coming. STAY SHATTERPROOF ❤

[@reapergrim76]

Awesome! 😊

[@jerrybarker9789]

Very nice.

[@jasonwatson2679]

Nice job

[@jeremybays]

I have made a few bows that have ended up in movies. The biggest one was NEW WORLD. They wanted lightweight bows (20 pounds or less) and by the time the props crew gets ahold of them, they don't even look like the bow you made. I can tell you for certain that Orlando Bloom was using some prop bows that were made of rubber. Thanks for your videos and hard work.

[@SeanBlader]

Hey Kramer, can I suggest hanging a roll of craft paper off the end of your workbench to pull over and keep it from getting too gross with adhesive?

[@henrivirolainen5994]

Do an uruk hai Bow next 🤩

[@NDFlyFisher]

Great video. Looks like fun to make a bow. What is the draw weight?

[@jonathanbennison9220]

13:21 A Druids Bow. All Natural. Textured, aged, but hiding power beneath it...

[@chiliboom6140]

This is awesome. Thank you for making this. How long did you keep it on the form? And what did the poundage end up being?

[@hawkssight3086]

Love the bow . What poundage did it turn out to have ?

[@ModernKnight]

Enjoyed this build, thanks. Looking at movie weapons is always odd in that they have to be safe and easy, plus look good, not work as actual weapons at all.

[@monokheros5373]

amazing what pvc and surgical tubing will do for a movie prop!

[@rockinHurley777]

The bow was a resin cast over a fiberglass core. It wasn't pvc

[@DironMc]

Nice Bow. I hve long wanted to ask, i wanted to try making laminated recurve bow, but I don't hve access to EA40 or anything similar, what kind of glue should i go for?

[@mikemacleod9427]

Wow. Just.......wow😯👏. ps..🤣 The explosive release "imitation shot". almost as hilarious as the Hawkeye "no look bullseye".😂

[@caseysmith544]

I would have used descriptions in Books to help me, similar to the hunger games. However, in doing a Legolas bow I would have used a stain on the wood in a dark gray and done a modern polyurethane where properties are similar to an old lacquer where finish dries quickly and could be watered down if need be if too thick for my current use.

[@L4ftyOne]

3:30 Pls make a video where you made 2 exact same standart bows, with all the same and try to get the same wood etc, but with one you spread all the glue epoxy resin etc and with one just like here. I dont think there is a difference in poundage and or stability but maybe slightly. Would be a nice litfle experiment

[@emiliolozano6581]

Just wondering how much a bow would cost being made by you yourself I live in Australia and I love your show now back to the bow id love a rcurve for hunting my full draw length is 27 inches thank you for your time and i hope your show stay unreal for a long time to come thank you Emilio

[@naturalfreq]

What was the laminate stack up? From back to belly? Bamboo, bamboo, hickory, hickory?

[@josephcasanova9346]

Hey can you please build the bow green arrow uses in season 1 of arrow?

[@markoneil6562]

That's sweet! I had an idea the other day, do you think you could make a bow out of wood shavings and saw dust from previous projects mixed with wood glue?

[@hanelyp1]

Tensile strength would be a problem.

[@JokerInk-CustomBuilds]

If you don't already know about him: Look up Lars Andersen here on youtube if you wanna see some awesome ways of using your bow even faster than Legolas!

[@zollsica]

I would love to see you make a version of Atreus's bow from God of War (2018) I was always intrigued by the design because the strings are held on by brass hooks.

[@caseysmith544]

I love this idea of bow from movies and next up could be bow from Brave or as close as one could make. Now no, bow in Brave is not an Asiatic bow in design but rather an early recurve/semi recurve bow using a mini longbow design in a flat limb longbow style.

[@MagoDrayk]

hey do you think the serpent bow form elden ring is doable?

[@frankphillips7436]

You sir are amazing but can I just say, you look just like Rickety Cricket! Lol Great video!

[@FPSWildlifeAngler]

will it bow leaf spring ?

[@dannykempka7200]

You should make bar the Bowman's bow

[@donwaldroopoutdoors3665]

What draw weight

[@VSci_]

I tried to make this bow out of osage in high school with a D cross-section like an english longbow... it came out at about 110 lb and it exploded after a few shots lol. Its my opinion that the design in the movie probably wouldn't work out of one piece of wood haha. My bow failed under compression. Maybe yew with a hickory or bamboo backing would survive.

[@sprk11]

LOL with all the layers of paint you're starting to look like one of my arrow projects only I add layers of rubber cement to mask out layers of paint. I rub the glue off after it dries to show the layers

[@blitzkriegfritz2779]

nice thing, maybe you should produce fantasy inspired bows for cosplayers who want functional bows.

[@zacharyfodge2575]

If you put fire next to it, it says, "one bow to string them all".

[@a_mustache_of_great_repute]

A lot of people use cherry bark as a backing. Think I could just... Leave it on the cherry wood?

[@Ace-zb5xr]

3:56 are you trying to tell me you got a 90° edge using a jigsaw?

[@davidt1621]

I'm really into those Arab "Saracen" recurve bows, like the ones used by Jamie Foxx and Taron Egerton in Robin Hood. They were trained by Lars Andersen (@larsandersen23), and I like his ideas concerning historic paintings and shooting from the same side of the bow as your draw hand for "war archery." Have you ever tried that style of shooting? Also, do you cringe when they say, "Fire," instead of, "Loose," in films and cheer when they get it correct? I do, but I'm a literary and history geek.

[@hawkhunter3256]

I actually think tho that this bow would look even better if it was a heavier one. Still probably very difficult to get close to the original one that is still functional.

[@raducuflorin5234]

If you want a real-life LOTR bow, go pick up a Bodnik Redman. Just hold it in your hands and shoot it! It's the closest thing to an elven now I ever shot in my life!

[@marksteven6116]

Great is if l can make one myself. Live in the UK labour my bring in laws against bows hope not

[@alexandrugajin763]

Donate this bow to Orlando Bloom

[@claytonphila]

What's your draw length? Everyone knows you like a 40lb bow. But is that a 40lb bow at 28 inches or 40lbs at your draw length. What is your RD Bone bow poundage at your draw length.?

[@SpryGuy289]

Epic how you used the most hated cring scene of Legolas as your entry point lol.

[@rockinHurley777]

Uh.. what? Hated by whom? If anything, it'll be the running up falling rocks in the hobbit BotFA

[@froggycellis007]

Would have been cool for you to jump on a moving skateboard while shooting it.

[@kinguin7]

Well, in filming it needs to work *prop*erly.

[@rab46290]

LOtR is the only movie franchise where the sequals are better. Two Towers is the best followed by return to the king. Im talking about script as well as the acting. The first movie was great and a huge stepping stone. But for action and comedy the sequals blew it out of the water.

[@jimf1964]

If you can’t shoot through an Orc's armour, you didn’t make his bow. 🤨

[@Dariet88]

why does he look scared?

[@Steve-fe3vt]

Legoland isn't real you know that?

[@rockinHurley777]

Legoland is in fact real. Legolas however.. debatable

[@Steve-fe3vt]

@@rockinHurley777 lol quite right

[@rockinHurley777]

Doesnt even look like his bow.