Game Informer
Building Garrett's Bow From Thief
Watch how a small forge in Montreal built Garrett’s bow from the reboot of Thief and how it influenced the final design of the weapon.
Watch how a small forge in Montreal built Garrett’s bow from the reboot of Thief and how it influenced the final design of the weapon.
Lol, 'o famous YouTube videos'? And since when did I hate it? You really have to work on your debating skills, buddy. Stronger facts and less bullshit. 🙂
Have all my Internets!
that was sweet!
Hidden blade…that would be awesome 0_o
It looks cool even if it is non functional as an actual bow, sure it'll be good in the game itself.
Well it works and from what I can see the forge guys had to research how bows works as well. I see a few ways on how it could be made better locking arm to strengthen the pull and have a different style of string arrow notch and also wear an archers guard. I would actually love a chance to shoot it myself see how it actually works. Also most collapsiable bows have removing arms instead of folding so it would not be wrong to say these guys created something new.
i dont like compounds to me their just not original and you dont have to be good to be good but you cant be the best :'(
"Opinions if their not the same as everybody else's you can't have them" -NerdCubed
shit i forgot the , after opinions :3 oops!
me want blueprints D:
Minimalism. Come one, we don't need a new, shiny bow. Garrett isn't a fighter anyway. The bow is for moss arrows and rope arrows and such. The bow he used was simple and useful, and that's all it needed to be.
but, dose it shot arrows
Well I think it's cool. You know, there's no actual reason why they have to make a working bow. They have no hunting to do, nobody to kill. They just want something awesome to show to people.
if you want a bow like garretts one get a compound bow, i have one, their expensive but they are freaking awesome but you need a licence to oprate one, in the uk anyway but im not sure about any the states.
Not to burst your bubble or anything, but they wanted a bow that looked cool. It doesn't matter how well it functions in real life. As long as it functions well in the game, that's all that matters.
Besides, some slight modification would do this wonders. If instead of steel, certain parts were made of something else, and if the bowstring were actually bowstring, and not what looks like a metal cable, it would probably do more.
Regardless if it look's cool, I like things being somewhat 'realistic', which many gamers can agree with I believe. I'm not saying that this bow is going to stop me from buying the game, just that it's a bit of a let down. 😛
But will it blend? That is the question.
I want that i love archery lol
When the designers said they had no idea how to make the bow work, they were talking about the mechanical functions. they weren't talking about the actual shooting of the arrow.
so hyped
But that wasn't the purpose of making the bow. They wanted a bow made as a reference, it wasn't actually supposed to be a functional weapon. I sure these guys could have made one, but again that was not the purpose- plus the first one was probably expensive enough.
Im sure that Garrett would love this heavy and noisy "bow" instead of his old, light and silent one…;)
But to hell with that, this bow is for Xp'ing with headshots and shooting rope arrows into premade locations only so its ok i guess XD
so disappointed by this. i feel like 90% of thief fans would do a better job, its like they are going out of their way to mess it up.
Garret is calm, sarcastic, greedy and independant. garret is NOT emo goth batman with robot bow.
The city is medieval, atmospheric, dark and dangerous, corrupt and shadowy, with intrigue and gold around every corner, with layers of supernatural in its darkest corners. The city is NOT victorian gotham/Beijing under a blue moon!
So this is the fabled bow upgrade?
the problem with collapsible bows seems to be the string, as in ensuring that the string maintains the tension necessary for shooting yet flexible for closing together. is that possible?
Meh I don't care one way or the other. It looks cool yes, am I gonna play Thief? Yes, I'm gonna rent it to see if I want it enough to buy it. Do I know ANYTHING about the original bow or Thief games? No! I'd heard of it but I suck REALLY bad at playing games with a mouse and keyboard so I never bothered to get into it since I never really found one for a console (I think they made one but I never found one), so for me this is a chance to actually play the game. Alot of new people will probably come into the series on this new game. On a side note I prefer non compound bows but this still looks pretty awesome.
fucking sweet
The bow is so important… but Garrett's voice isn't important enough?
S. R. is the only actor who should voice our beloved character!
reminds me of arrow
you could get the tension back in the string with some gears.
great build. if u used a system similar to the one used in most ac hidden blade tutorials u could make it double action, assuming everything else still worked. but still a great build.
nise toy but slingshot will shoot better than this… thing. if this thing is able to shoot at all
I would pay money for a personal copy
Somebody knows where i can buy a bow like this? 🙂
They make Garret's bow without using it? -.- i'm crying…
Hello everyone does anyone know how the button trigger for the actuators works cause I'm planning on building one of these but with inexpensive materials and I know how the whole thing works except the button trigger for the actuators and if may try to make it shoot since it won't be made of steel. But if someone could help me understand how the button trigger works for the actuator that would be great and the bow looks sick.
Very nice video
I want this Bow I Pay for a copy. 😀
As they sell one to me
How about a really low budget made garrets bow for cosplayers ??
actually im also looking for a Garret Cosplay bow ;D the howl metalic stuf is waaaay to difficult for me T__T neverthless its just wonderful work <3
A metal bow! What a great idea for a Thief to have… a bow that makes loud creaking noises when you flex it, clangs whenever you touch a wall with it, and stabs you in the back as you try and run and jump with it.
SQUARE. YOU ARE PIONEERS of logically consistent world building, and our unimaginative minds shiver with delight as you pluck the strings on the harp of innovation. Your motives are pure and untainted by greed.
I think an Oneida bow would look good on Garret
is there any way to get a replica Garrett bow
The shot will not be so good….the string isn't making the bow curve, it is too long for the bow.
That bow is awesome
Looks pretty awful tbf
I hate modern trends
Wonder where this bow is now. It really is a thing of beauty.