LARP Arrowheads Out of Foam
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
- Today I dive into making LARP arrowheads out of foam. I try 2 different methods of making these LARP safe arrows, one the standard way and the other one of my own creation. Let me know what you think in the comments below. Also, if you know of a good LARP I should attend, leave that below as well!
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00:00 - Intro
01:22 - The Shafts
02:00 - The Penny Trick
02:26 - Adding the Foam
05:15 - Taping and Finishing the Arrow
06:33 - Intro to Injected Foam Arrows
07:13 - Making the Arrow Heads Interchangeable
08:56 - Adding Foam Padding
09:47 - Preparing the Expandable Foam
12:41 - Casting the Expandable Foam
13:13 - Free the Foam from the Molds
14:04 - Finishing the Arrows
14:41 - Testing the Arrows
16:26 - Outro
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I use bronze arrowheads at my LARP events since bronze is much softer than steel. No one I’ve shot has complained yet. In fact the members of my LARP group are so committed they don’t say anything when hit, they just lay down and pretend to be dead. Some of them are so committed they’re still in the field weeks later.
WOW. You gotta love it when people make the game feel that real. An congrats to you for giving them the space to have that kinda play. Making the world a better place, one arrow at a time🤣
I haven’t tried brass yet, I use steel but I sharpen it it a fine point cause less contact area, tho I’ll have to try the brass
I had my mage cast silver mid size sedan!
Great video, your injection molded ones turned out fantastic! They look a lot like the ones you can by online. It is important for anyone wanting to make their own that you check the rules of your larp. some larps don't allow you to bring home made arrows, because it's harder to verify quality control. Other larps allow you to bring your own, but may cut open one of your arrows to see how they are constructed so make sure to bring an extra! Also, try adding a bit of glow in the dark tape somewhere on the arrow, so they are easier to find in the dark!
Great tips! I especially like the glow in the dark idea! Plus it would look sick to see magic glowing arrows cutting through the night.
I did LARP for a living for 6.5 years, and i've seen a lot of different rules on homemade arrows. My favorite is a point blank shot to the side of the head.
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Definitely this! Especially UK larps people be careful, check your system's rules.
I'm late but I heard someone always brought one he cut open beforehand so he could show that one to anyone who needed to see the insides! Might not pass everywhere, but a good way to save arrows when it does :)
SO a thing to think about, is how they interact with eye sockets.
The ones with rounded heads actually enter the eye socket and do not begin compression until in contact with the eyeball itself which can cause repairable damage to the eye. the ones that have a 2.5 inch head and are flat, cannot easily enter an eye socket, and compression starts on the bone not the eyeball.
I understand headshots may not be allowed in your game but accidents happen and with arrows especially they should all be designed assuming the worst, because once released we have no control over them.
A fist shaped mold would be really cool
Ponch arrow
So I really dig this video. Really glad i found someone making injection arrows. I used to work with FlexFoamIT in various durometers (squishynesses if you will) at a previous job that, funnily enough, made props for movies and such. I've got a few tips specifically with the FlexFoam. For one, with the lower durometer versions need to be VIOLENTLY stirred to get just the right amount of small bubbles. When i mean violently, I mean like either you beat it by hand like you're making a merengue in a hurry and the stuff in the cup owes you money or take like a drill paint mixer to the mix and go faster than that. I personally used the by hand method because it allows for faster pouring (which is definitely needed as this stuff reacts with the quickness) and it also allows you to more visually see if your stuff is reacting faster than normal. It's also a great arm workout if you're making a lot and stirring by hand (which I did. Literally made the stuff by the popcorn bucket with a paint stirrer). The FlexFoamIt 12 could also be used and, in theory, you can mix different parts A and B from different durometer kits to make sorta half-step durometers, as FlexFoamIt comes in weird increments. Also you saying that a vent hole is needed is a gross understatement. Of all the versions, FlexFoamIt under 20 reacts VERY very violently and can lead to some scary explosions (not specifically dangerous, but definitely scary as hell, especially if you have a hard mold with this "growing" inside). Another thing is ALWAYS MIX YOUR PARTS EQUALLY AND/OR BY THE PACKAGE DIRECTIONS. Otherwise you just get a nasty pseudo-melted marshmallow goo that sucks to get off stuff (especially arm hair and clothes, ask me how I know...). Always release your molds, even if you only ever plan to use them for a single casting, as getting the thing out of the mold is much harder without it. You can also use spray carnauba wax instead of Ease Release 200 as I believe it is cheaper, however you definitely need a respirator and be outside or in a well ventilated place when using that. The reason being is that it, over time, creates a layer of hard wax that, if you repeatedly use a mold, you will eventually need to scrape off and that happening in your lungs is NOT COOL. Think that's the long and short of my tips on the stuff. Keep making them vids.
My main game doesn't require the super squishy foam on the tip from the first one, so when I make arrows, I generally just do three layers of the blue camp pad on the front. A quick way to cut a ton of 2.5" disks is to use a food can of the same diameter, remove the top and bottom, and you can basically hole punch the whole roll of foam in a few minutes. Also, instead of using pennies, I prefer a washer with a screw and some Lock Tite.
The weaponsmiths at the LARP I played in actually have a trick for fast-cutting camp foam. They would take a can of food (corn, peas, dog food... I won't judge) and cut off one side. They then use a Dremel to sharpen the edge so it can cut. They would also cut a hole in the other side so the improvised punch would let air escape (and give them a way to push the camp foam circles back out). To make the process easier, they also cover the back of the tool with more camp foam so you don't hurt your palm pushing down on it.
For the foam you also could use the giant hollow plastic hiding eggs from Easter, which you can pick up VERY cheap in after sales. Cut open the narrow end for your arrow shaft, and the wider end needs the little hole you mentioned.
My larp has recently added these style to the rule books, but before we used light bulb tubes (T5) to make arrows. The head is made of the pipe foam insulation and squish foam for safety. They work really well.
Great tutorial, I always love working with expanding foam method. It's better to go with the flattop bottle ones because the rounded ball ones suffer the same issue as the IDV arrows namely the bounce back. They have a tendency to hit well but bounce back a fair distance often spinning randomly. This means the fletching and nock could fling back into someone's eye e.t.c. The flat surface ones tend to bounce backless. Also, the penny on duct tape can shift over time so would stick with the bolt method.
The bottle idea is great for certain LARPS (Bicolline for example) as they no longer allow rounded arrow tips, but only allow flat ended because sometimes the rounded arrows can still apply some pressure to the eyesocket.
Super designs. You really will want to move a usable head off a shaft where a fletch has torn off, and you don't have time to repair it. So that was a good idea.
Now, the 2.5" diameter rule is good, but never a ball head. If the whole thing is about avoiding injury, a whack in the eye with a tennis ball can do enough impact damage for you to lose your focused vision, permanently. Happened to my sister. Freak accident, but stick to flat front arrows, folks.
safety tip. round arrow heads will kick more. It is more likely to to ricochet to the side then thumping with a solid tip. Bottle tip all the way. Excellent stuff mate. I like seeing talent.
This is pretty good for single builds. I had to build a few dozen for my community, so I had to industrialize. A hole saw kit works great for a variable size set of disks. That's how I do the rear, like the taper Clever makes. The hole saw pilot bit also keeps the stack centered on the shaft. Most readily available arrow shafts are pre-threaded. I use a #8 x 1" machine screw and fender washer to cap the shaft. Lock-tite the bolt for security. I add an additional pad with pilot hole on top to sit over the screw head. All of these pads are made from the black puzzle-edge mat from Harbor Freight. I add 3 layers of blue camp mat in top for better impact facing. Some/many groups do not allow couch foam as it is too soft. Everything gets assembled with 3M Super 77 spray glue, cured overnight, and sanded for smoothness. Wrap with athletic tape and a cover if your group requires. Most important is READ WHAT YOUR ORGANIZATION REQUIRES/ALLOWS!
Hahaha! The look on your wife’s face! She looked super thrilled to fire arrows at you!
FYI, dollar stores have kid's nylon socks that are great to cover the soft foam for LARP arrows, and especially 8 foot spears made with a bamboo shaft ;)
Great video as always. I'm totally new to Larp in general and I've never made any arrows before. But from what I'm told you want a flat top arrow head for two reason. First is that a dome can go deeper into your eye socket if its not wide enough and secondly as your video showed the roundness causes your arrow to spin when it hits so you run the risk of the fletching spinning around and hitting your eye. But other than that this is amazing and I really want to try these techniques.
Just some general tips for the arrow shafts.
At the same spine value thinner arrows get damaged less often than thicker ones. Thats because if you want the same spine value with a thicker arrow, the wall of the arrow is thinner making it break more easily. So yeah. Not really intuitive but I would advise to use 4.2mm shafts.
The spine should fit to the acceleration the arrow is exposed to during release. Simply put the arrow should fit to the draw strength of the bow. Spine defines how much the arrow bends under pressure. Since these LARP arrowhead are very heavy the dynamic spine should be lower than the static one.
So if your bow has maybe 30lbs@28“ and 1000 Spine arrows might be a good fit, for those LARP arrows you likely should choose a lower Spine. Maybe 900 or 800.
Only if spine and draw strength fit together well, you arrow has any chance of flying straight. But since you shoot with arrows you find on the ground this point is somewhat moot I guess.
Decades ago in Canada made boffer arrows. 3/4" rubber bird blunts from archery supply stores. Wooden arrow with fiber tape running lengthwise so if broken still holds together. Foam pipe insulation over the blunt. 35mm film canister over that making a 1 1/2' blunt. Another layer of foam pipe insulation over that. Layer of blue foam insulation capping the end. Glued to that 3" open cell foam such as from upholstery supplies. Finally grey duct tape cut in half in strips laid across top then running down sides to completely cover the whole thing. Punch small holes with a pin in the tape covering the tip so air can escape and the tip compresses freely. From a 30lb draw bow hits like being hit in a pillow fight. 3" open cell foam to give 2 1/2" of compression.
The Larp rules in my area are pretty hard core like you literally can get hurt burses and "beatdowns" are kind of allowed but your encouraged to pull your punches and fights aren't allowed without "healers" present. After the fight you basically are also encouraged to help the other larpers regardless if they are your "clan" or not we do abide by fighting regulations too (one of the rulers is a old Ref and they do put heavy emphasis on safety) and we have actual armored combat groups that show up at events including Jousters. for anyone like OMG they use real weapons NO again safety is a big concern; depending on the "fight" depends on the rules but you will get roughed up down here so much so they banned archers for obvious reasons. This idea may be a game changer.
Side notes to clarify, please keep in mind these are groups around area with big renaissance festivals almost year round. some of these groups do events at these places and the conventions as well. because of this some terms are different I will clarify the ""
"Beatdown" -- while punches are pulled safety words/gestures are a thing people are encouraged to use them and there is a "No Shame" mentality about it. The battles here do get rather physical and there is a great deal of paling and cleanup for safety reasons so no one like Lands on a pile of broken glass. but they will literally throw you if they can and it is the ground so knowing the scale of the Beatdown you can expect to get for a loss is important when you join a group in this area. because of this padded armor is a standard here lol.
"Healers" -- around here a person who has training in first Aid is called a Healer there are tiers of first aid knowledge ending at grand healer who are actual Doctors that larp.
"Clans" -- these are subgroups example AmpGuard or armored Corps where you can do more specialized combat these groups are surprising professional about it.
"Fights" depending on who you are with down here they can be actual fighting or movie level shenanigan's. There are refined LARP groups in my area that do events. Fight prep is a big deal the more professional groups may make you sign a contract when your with them (this in ref to the LARP group that does actual armored combat)there are certain hoops to jump through, yadda yadda the usual mostly for the safety of you and your fellow larders. most groups require you to have a Squireship to learn the ropes before you can indulge because we are pretty hard core here.
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I made my arrows this way:
I got pre-tapped arrow shafts, figured out the thread size, got screws and quarter sized washers, and screwed on the washers. I then taped on one disk of camp pad onto the washer. I then bought a pack of foam softballs, made of open cell foam. I cut off a section of the ball so that it fitted flush onto the camp pad disk. I then taped the foam ball onto the camp pad and the arrow shaft. After that, I covered the tip assembly in fabric and used electrical tape to secure it onto the shaft.
The safety officers commented that they were a little firm, but accepted them provided I got no complaints. I’ll probably use one of these designs next
If you roll the bottle while the foam mixture is in it and coat the sides it’ll all expand from all angles and fill empty space
Love this video and definitively going to try using the expanding foam method.
I play Amtgard and our arrows see a LOT of use. ideally you'll want a plateau that covers the entire arrow diameter when connecting to the arrow shaft. It distributes the force on impact better and lasts longer.
actually making me wanna start on that bow and the rest of your gear!
I love them this is how im making mine from now on
Haven't watched the whole video, but as an archer myself I would say that a carbon fibre arrow shaft is still very dangerous. They can break and when they do, they shatter. Splinters from a carbon fibre arrow are really dangerous as the body doesn't naturally reject them, you need to go to a hospital to get them out. I would recommend an aluminium shaft instead, they don't tend to break, instead just bending and are what many archers I know use as an alternative to carbon fibre or wooden arrows.
Yep, was scanning through the comments to find someone else thinking this!
I was really surprised that carbon fibre was considered safer then wood. The splinters are horrid!
Not to mention aluminium would be much easier to find with a metal detector if required.
@@RaggyGsy yeah, we used to get the metal detector out every month or so to find lost arrows. Usually in the beginner's range
Aluminum would bend the second they are stepped on, which always happens in LARP. Fiberglass arrows are better.
@@societyofrobots sure, but aluminium shafts are cheap as chips, especially compared to carbon fibre ones. We also dealt with bent arrows all the time, I get that it's a pain in the ass. I'm just thinking primarily from a safety standpoint, that aluminium arrows would be better.
Thanks for the vid. I do archery normally and I wanted to start larping so this is the perfect start
This is really great quality. I think this video single handedly Gabe you at least one additional follower
I probably will never to LARP, but god do I want to make all of the stuff you do 😍
Just a point of wear and tear, pipe insulation foam breaks down much faster than swimming pool noodles. We have used both in the midrealm in the SCA and the ren faires in Michigan in boffer weapons and we found the pipe insulation lasts about a calender year whereas the pool noodles last a decade or more. Hope this helps and have fun.
The best way i've seen to secure the tops of your arrows are with winecorks, cheap as can be (most wine shops will give them to you by the buckets), and quite tough, just make sure you drill the hole slightly smaller than your shaft, so that you'll get a good snug fit :D
how about wrapping the first foam arrow head with a plastic grocery store bag. Like from Walmart. Then wrap the black cloth around it like you did, tape it all off, and BAM! you have a cost affective water proof foam arrow head.
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These look amazing😍👍
This is super useful, I'm trying to build a sparring club (similar to but not LARP) that simulates realistic weapon usage with PVC pipe/foam/duct tape weapons.
Love the way you definetly followed the safety rules to a T. Where you used the camping matt, i usually use a 2.5" pool noodle. shave the bottom into a cone so its easier to tape down and hold on to the shaft and not wobble. then the noodle sits flush with the penny on top. I then add the camping matt layer on top with either glue or tape. Then the last part for the top is just a stress ball (i get a pack of like 12 on amazon) and cut it in half and glue on top. Then of course cover the whole thing with what ever color fabric needed.
Using the expanding foam with the solid core you can use the same idea for swords and staves.
Can you make a custom mold that looks like a little fire ball. Like actually this shape 🔥. Oh and maybe make it light up somehow. If doesn't work for arrow it might make good magic fire balls you can throw. For that you could use those little fake candle lights.
The one thing I'd like to address about LARP bofffer arrows is balance I've made arrows to shoot at feild targets and didn't balance them properly at first and on a windy day an arrow my friend shot literally made a 45 degree turn and went flying off those were too back heavy and I fixed it by adding tape to the front (the arrow heads were just wood that I had wittled down) and that fixed it and watching LARP training videos with shots of archery in slow motion the arrows never fly straight I haven't done boffer archery yet but if/ when I do I'm adding tape to the back and get them properly balanced
Great tutorial! Could you add a list of the materials you used please?
Now you need a new quiver for specifically holding boffer arrows! (I love your first quiver, but a new one for these would rock)
Now I may need to rewatch how to make that bow. Hrm.
I smell a weekend project!
@@SkillTree Smells like epoxy and paint, I am getting stoked. I've got session zero coming up on a game where I'm intending to play an archer, so excellent timing. I also have a wand I made based on, well, inspired by, one of your videos, need to make another one, that was fun once I figured out what I was doing wrong. I love this channel.
You should make an arrow scabbard, sorry, my brain is withholding the actual name for them, but you should make one specifically designed too hold multiple larp arrows
Honestly, when you're wearing plate armor in LARPs the only way you'll know you've been hit with an arrow is by the clanking sound, because we don't feel a thing ;)
With carbon arrows they splinter at the tip without an insert I've made some foam tip arrows but I take heavy epoxy and put a round tip bolt that's larger than the end of the arrow I glue the bolt with a washer on it and foam the shit out of it and only use a bow that's less than 25 pounds
I'm curious to know which groups or rules sets allow this type of bow and arrow combo? The ones I've seen require the birdseed-filled sack with the cloth tail sort of arrow.
we at LARP use wooden sticks in the Czech Republic. and someone even straight twigs. Otherwise, as a guide to making heads, it's a good video
I'm just going to say, that isn't good.
@@ikatekeda6267 Using wooden arrows is better idea than using carbon fibre arrows because when carbon arrows break they shatter and you are left with super sharp splinters flying through air, mean while wooden ones break much harder and aren't as dangerous when broken. Also in Czech republic there are no metal parts allowed in arrow heads and rather than a penny we use 2cm diameter piece of wood with hole drilled into it for arrow to properly sit in.
@@anonymous______1804 do me a favor, and read the comment I am replying too.
IDC what you think, using "straight twigs" in your bow is not good.
@@ikatekeda6267 As a person with experience with LARP in Czech republic I wanted to clarify what that that comment was saying rather than say that you are wrong, in context of just that comment you are absolutely right.
Just remember Arrow Construction is highly dependent on the LARP game you follow
First I have fall in love with this channel and have already made a few small quick thing. But I am about to make my own sit a bunch of these safe arrows.
My only question is what was that spray you use at the end to seal the foam heads?
The wife grin 😂
Love your vids, they always bring out my creative side to the extremes :D
One question i have though: What do i do in case i don't have a workshop/workspace, where i can work with sprays and other things that aren't good to have flying around?
Basically i have a 1 room apartment and don't really have much space for a lot of work, not that that has stopped me from making some things.
Back before I bought a house, my neighbors would see me setting up a tote, tarp and sawhorse in my parking spot while my truck was in the guest parking and probably go, "What the HELL is she doing this weekend??!!!???" Pretty soon, there would be three or four people rubbernecking and giving unsolicited advice LOL. On the other hand, there was often beer and decent advice!🤣
I made a boffer arrow for airsoft and I used a foam football with the fins so that they count as a bomb
Around here, larps are starting to allow only flat tipped arrows, I heard that a round tipped arrow can still hit your eye.
Generally anything that will fit 1.5 inches deep into a 2.5 inch hole is considered no bueno.
thye have basically been banned in uk larps because there were a number of people getting detached retina from the rounded head idv and golfball style heads because they hit they eye first not the socket.
While I will be doing the cuirass I previously mentioned, I will also be doing a helmet. I like your video better than others I've watched, but all who have made vids don't seem to give any instruction or advice on how to measure for eyeglasses. What would you recommend? Yes, I have to ware them to see, so taking them off for the design isn't possible.
Very cool video! I've never done this but why not use foam clay? Would that be too hard? I've made other things and thought it would work well but never looked more into it.
Dont do it! Foam clay on its own is actually quite brittle once dried, the shaft would burst right through as soon as it hit
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Ah, yes, because red is a color you would _never_ find in a battlefield...
Now all you need is a pvc sword to complete the larp armory! i can feel a aragorn cosplay coming
Golf clubs. For the love of all that is holy, we need to stop using PVC as a boffer core. You can buy fiberglass and carbon fiber golf clubs from thrift stores for next to nothing please stop hitting people with PVC weapons ;^;
Carbon fiber doesn't take tapping threads very well. The threads will weaken over time. The worry is that the arrowhead can snap off at a high stress moment, like a launch or an impact.
Also, ball shaped arrowheads have resulted in damaged eyes. Bicolline in Quebec had banned round tips after a player suffered a ruptured eyeball resulting in permanent loss of sight.
Same in most of europe, more and more larps are requiring flat head arrows.
Nice could you make a foam larp sword next I think it would be interesting to see
Which arrow shafts are those and where I can find it?
Hello, where did you buy the arrow pack please?
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you MAD LAD lmao, the first arrow you made was ok but the second would be totally illegal in Amtgard (the larp that i play). the thing ive found with larp archery is that you want to keep the arrow heads light so that they fly better and you dont have to angle your bow as much to reach your desired target. using the blue foam was a good call but the duck tape and contact cement can be substituted by strapping tape holding everything together, use smaller strips of tape to hold the different blue foam sections together. I also use a smaller pipe to make my arrow heads modular and use 1/2in pipe insolation to pad the pipe and up to my penny then i hold it all down to the shaft by compression wrapping the foam with clear packing tape to the actual pipe. then its just a simple wrap job with electrical tape or clear tape again and im done
Great to know! Question. Would they be illegal just because you cant see what's inside of them? Because otherwise, the poured foam ones use no tape and needed less layers so ended up being even lighter then the first one I made. Would be lighter still if I didn't include the "modular" bits at all. I am new to this so any input would be appreciated 🙂
@@SkillTree I believe most "Boffer" or "Full Contact" type larps require cloth covers on all projectiles. This would include the games of Dagorhir, Belegarth, Amtgard and Hearthlight. All of these are considered "full contact" LARPs.
@@SkillTree im not entirely familiar with the poured foam but the platidip cover makes it illegal in Amtgard, you need to have a cloth cover and they should be fine. honestly that should be all you need to make them legal, i just know that some parks in amtgard can be picky about the foam used and the methods in which they are created.
Hmmm... so more cushion for the pushin? 🤔
I've bought dozens and dozens of carbon arrows from different brands. They've all came with inserts. You really need to glue those in for structural integrity at the tip. Cutting threads in carbon fiber pretty much just ruined that arrow.
They also look like bombs when unscrewed xD
What is the per Arrow cost... round about? because there are very safe Arrows by IDV-Engineering from Germany for already like 8€ ~ 8.5$ and shiping and Import to the US might be viable for larger groups or maybe you find a shop carriing them in stock.
So what you are saying is the cushion is not for the pushin'?
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I would personally be afraid to make em only screwable. If I were u id use some chockey tape after screwing it in to keep it in place.
Plumbers Tape on the threads has worked well for me.
Use a balloon for the foam tips.
As someone who has done archery in a combat heavy LARP for about 5 years I only got 2 minutes in before noticing something that would immediately be problematic in most LARPs I have dealt with... you really want to build the head on a piece of PVC so that if you break a shaft you can remove the whole head and attach it to a new shaft, building directly on the shaft is a terrible idea that can come back to bite you in allot of LARPs
EDIT: now that I have seen the whole video, I like the treaded bolt idea, not 100% on if that would pass in some games though and honestly unnecessary you can just do the pvc sleeve and be good, for the molded ones the plastidip would definitely fail safety check in the games I attend because the striking surface is required to have a cloth cover in allot of LARPs... (though not sure the specifics in some of the lighter combat latex weapon LARPs since they typically have stricter minimum distance rules and lower max draw weights)
a common ones I see for budget arrows at one of my LARPs is arrow heads made using a cut in half foam practice tennis ball for the soft foam on the top, the rest of the build made using puzzle-mat foam around a piece of PVC (with the penny cap on the PVC pipe). then we put tape around the shaft to make it more snug on the pvc and tape the whole thing to the shaft with a mix of duct tape and cloth tape
For heads I use gamma balls that have been cut in half
why not waterproof the fabric cover?
You did say that we shall use a penny but what if we are in anouther country where the coins have difrient sizes
Pennies are approximately 19.05mm in diameter so any coin of the same size should work.
It isn't too important on the size. The basic idea is to add more surface area to stop the shaft from breaking through the foam
Ok thanks
Ok thanks
At my old larp a friend shot an arrow at me an I Caught it out of the air and the shooter was like how did you do that I said I got lucky lol
Monk! Spend a Ki point to whip it back at them!
I like your videos but it would be nice to include a disclaimer that larp is not a universal term and that different games have wildly different standards for what they consider safe.
What state(s) do you want to larp in?
Nerf stands for non expanding recreational foam
Larp archer = larpcher?
It’s definitely important to work the shaft
Use a washer not a penny 👍👍👍👍
Lol ok but missed opportunity to post this and then disappear for like a month as a silly prank
Can you just cover real arrows with these?
Am 1st or 2nd?
Edit maybe 3rd
So close!
darn 2nd
Yeah, Gremlin is super fast lol.
I was ready for your wife to shoot you as soon as video started!
penny blunts shift over time and create broadhead arrow tips. I wouldn't recommend anyone use them.
First
So damn quick!
I don't think these will pass at most American LARP 🙃. Hopefully, people don't use this method instead of the industry standard.
Plastidip fails every time.