New Projects in the Works
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:22 pm
In an effort to finally get my ENTIRE kit totally finished to the point of feeling like I can finally do a full kit-breakdown on here, I’m starting in on a couple new projects, and I figured I’d share the beginnings of them here so I can follow up as they progress (there are still a few things I desperately need to get working on, like new trousers and undergarments, but those will have to wait for now). The first project I’m going to be jumping into is a new belt pouch based partially on Elleth’s most recent design (and maybe a needs-wallet after that, but I need to tinker with that pattern a bit first), and the second is a new quiver. I have a pretty good idea of how I want to do the pouch, but the quiver is still in the early design stages, and I thought I’d share what I’ve been brainstorming here.
Basically, I decided that while my old trusty quiver is excellent in many ways (it’s one of the oldest pieces of kit I still use regularly, and it’s still serving me quite well), I am beginning to feel like it’s a bit more bulky than I would ideally like, and it’s also bugging me that it’s obviously based largely on the design of Viggo’s quiver from the New Line films - which I think it a great design actually, but I want to distance my kit from any hero props that belong to any specific characters, particularly in the movies.
The idea here is to make the quiver slimmer and slightly lighter-weight than my old one, while still retaining some of the functionality. Mainly, I want to be able to strap my bow to the quiver when I’m not using it, but I am also frustrated that when I did this with my old quiver, the bow had a tendency to shift around to the back of the quiver rather than laying nicely alongside. To address these specific issues, I have decided to keep the general idea of using a long strap crisscrossing the quiver body and buckling to allow me to tighten it around the bow - except this time I have decided to cut some slits into the quiver body itself to allow the strap to cross THROUGH the quiver, holding it in place. This will also serve to ensure that the bow can’t slide around to the back, because it will only have space to sit directly on the side of the quiver, between the two pass-through. Also, I have decided to add a SECOND buckle to the bottom (essentially turning the single strap into two connecting straps), for extra adjustability.
Lastly, in an effort to make as much of my kit as detail-rich as possible, I would like to add some culturally appropriate embellishment to it on the various straps and borders and so-forth, so if anyone has any ideas on what designs might look good, I would love some input!
So yeah, that’s the general idea. I also have a few other little things I want to adjust, like the angle of the shoulder strap and so forth, but those will come as the build progresses. For now, here’s a quick sketch of what I have in mind:
Basically, I decided that while my old trusty quiver is excellent in many ways (it’s one of the oldest pieces of kit I still use regularly, and it’s still serving me quite well), I am beginning to feel like it’s a bit more bulky than I would ideally like, and it’s also bugging me that it’s obviously based largely on the design of Viggo’s quiver from the New Line films - which I think it a great design actually, but I want to distance my kit from any hero props that belong to any specific characters, particularly in the movies.
The idea here is to make the quiver slimmer and slightly lighter-weight than my old one, while still retaining some of the functionality. Mainly, I want to be able to strap my bow to the quiver when I’m not using it, but I am also frustrated that when I did this with my old quiver, the bow had a tendency to shift around to the back of the quiver rather than laying nicely alongside. To address these specific issues, I have decided to keep the general idea of using a long strap crisscrossing the quiver body and buckling to allow me to tighten it around the bow - except this time I have decided to cut some slits into the quiver body itself to allow the strap to cross THROUGH the quiver, holding it in place. This will also serve to ensure that the bow can’t slide around to the back, because it will only have space to sit directly on the side of the quiver, between the two pass-through. Also, I have decided to add a SECOND buckle to the bottom (essentially turning the single strap into two connecting straps), for extra adjustability.
Lastly, in an effort to make as much of my kit as detail-rich as possible, I would like to add some culturally appropriate embellishment to it on the various straps and borders and so-forth, so if anyone has any ideas on what designs might look good, I would love some input!
So yeah, that’s the general idea. I also have a few other little things I want to adjust, like the angle of the shoulder strap and so forth, but those will come as the build progresses. For now, here’s a quick sketch of what I have in mind: