User blog comment:SamwiseFilmore/Legolas Costume/@comment-26119768-20150618021543

Very cool! As for the bow, I think any wood would do unless you want it to be functional, but if not, I would choose something inexpensive, like pine. For the bow type, a simple longbow would look pretty good, but if you want to be fancy, I think a recurve bow would look even better, particularly of the Scythian variety.