LF advice on black bows!!!

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Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

R/Mo

Hi guys
Im just about to get my fow armor(finally!) and am going to dye it all black, accompanying this will be my black cape and pref a good black bow. Any ideas what bows are black in colour and look good. Also the fact that u cant dye greens and golds narrows it down . A list of black bows would be ideal but understand if u cant be arsed, thanks for your time

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XvArchonvX

XvArchonvX

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

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If you're looking for a good looking black bow to match FoW armor I would suggest the following:

Dead Bow - You can add black dye to this, but it won't make a huge difference. Nundak's Recurve is also a good less expensive alternative to this.

Horn Bow ("flesh" skin) - these can be almost completely dyed and while I've never seen one dyed black, I'm pretty sure it would look good. (http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Hornbow)

Storm Bow - It's not black, but it looks good with fissure and it's the best looking choice if you want a longbow style bow.

Elswyth's Long bow or Elswyth's Recurve - Both of these have the Shadow Bow skin which is a nice looking black bow

Shadow Bow - see above

Drago's Flatbow - This isn't black either, but it's one of the best looking Flatbows available.

Swiftscale's Shortbow - Technically this is a green bow, but it's the best looking shortbow imho.

Hope this helps. Of course as always check Guild Wiki if you wanna see a pic of any of these. http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Main_Page

SnipiousMax

SnipiousMax

Perfectly Elocuted

Join Date: Sep 2005

Ironwing Longbow/Flatbow would match the FoW attitude... It's kinda dark and broody, and you can dye the handle.

Deadly Panda

Deadly Panda

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

Belgium

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Mo/A

Yep, horn bow does look nice when dyed black. But the ironwing longbow fits with the FoW armor appereance.

unclepunchy

unclepunchy

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2005

Dwarven Ale Company

R/Mo

Elswyth's is a black one.....looks spooky too, i got it in my 'golf bag' of bows

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Elswyth%27s_Recurve_Bow

'tis a Vamp recurve....might be cheeper than 12k for black dye (saw that yesterday in game yikes!)

Nivryx

Nivryx

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

Kenya

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i'd go with a fleshy, though a mursaat hornbow may look nice dyed black, but i've never seen it died black. sure you could find a dye chart though.

Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nivryx
i'd go with a fleshy, though a mursaat hornbow may look nice dyed black, but i've never seen it died black. sure you could find a dye chart though. I dont think the Mursaat skin dyes.

Guildwiki says only the Fleshy skin dyes normally :\

I heard Grinning Recurves dye nicely though.

Wolydarg

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

I Excentrix I [PuNK]

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I have a silver mursaat horn bow that's, well, silver. Like, really nice silver.
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/7662/gw054dk3.png shows the silver dyingness, or at least half the silverdyingness

If you are gonna get a mursaat horn and dye in black, please share the result. I'm dying(dye-ing, eh? eh?) to know how that turns out

Wolydarg

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

I Excentrix I [PuNK]

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Oh, awesome, archon.

Too bad black doesn't look that noticeable =\