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That is very impressive. Well done.

Very cool project. I like that armor a lot. Keep us updated.

Absolutely outstanding! I really love the lion, but the whole piece is great. Well done.

Again, a big thanks to Emily. I think your suggestions made a big difference. Here are a couple photos to update: Thanks. Thank you.

Thanks Emily. This helps a lot. I had some of the splashing around the left boat, but need to do the same for the rest. The wave caps look great, and the horizon line too. Hopefully I can fix this now. Thanks very much.

I started working on a gorget with some viking boats going over choppy waves. The boats we not too hard to figure out, but the water and waves ended up a lot more difficult. If anyone has some experience or a good method for water I would love to hear it.

It turned out great. Nice work.

Holy smokes! You have amazing skills. The shading on the forehead in the second video, where there aren't any lines and you free-hand the whole thing...wow. I would love to know which tools you were using, but mostly I just want to say thanks for posting this. Keep up the awesome work.

Well done. Those are pretty cool.

Nice job.

That is really cool. The mantle in the first picture is very interesting, the way it's layered and the worn appearance. Awesome costume and nice to see something out of the ordinary.

Awesome. You've got nice consistent dying and stitching. It looks really well done.

Beautiful!

That's cool.

Thanks. I really need to get better at dying and edging. My tooling is coming along, but the finishing stuff is not there yet. Thank you. Here are a couple more pics.

Nice work. I would love to try making one of those.

I'm honestly just making this as I go. I don't have much experience and don't recommend what I'm doing to anyone. Ha! In fact if anyone has any advice, please feel free to pass it on to me. I am self taught on tooling and dying leather and all of the things I make are the first attempts. I have a lot to learn and the things I see on this site amaze me, for their quality and skill. Anyways, after sanding the colour off the high points all along the belt, I took some light brown eco-flo and mixed it with tan antique gel and a little water. I used a brush and painted this mixture on in sections before using a lightly damp cloth to wipe it off. I did this the whole length twice. Here are the results at this point I am pretty close to finished. Thanks for following along.

I have finished all the sewing and glued the edges together. Then I put black edge dressing along all the edges. When it came to the buckle and strap I couldn't find anything I liked, so I made a simple thinner strap and put holes to tie it with a lace. I should probably say again this is a costume piece that isn't supposed to look new, because I decided to take some 1000 grit sandpaper and rough the colour off.

This was a bit chancy. I've dyed the belt with dark brown or "bison" brown eco-flow from Tandy mixed with a little water. This is not normal, I know. I'm making a costume piece that isn't supposed to look new, so I need the colour to look streaky and inconsistent. It took two passes to get it where I wanted it. After it had dried a bit I took a damp cloth and rubbed some of the dye off. Once it was fully dried I covered it with two layers of satin shene and then used a black antique gel mixed with a little black dye. It didn't photograph very well, but I'm fairly happy with it. I just have to sew the backing and belting and probably a couple D rings.

Thanks! Ha! Thank you. I'm curious to see it too.

I agree with Rockoboy. It looks good to me.

I was thinking about using a double pronged buckle, like a weight lifting belt, but I'm not sure.

Thanks! I've finished with the tooling and have started dying it. I'll get some pics on the weekend. Ha! Thanks. There is something fishy about the way she turned out. Thanks. It was tricky trying to differentiate between shadows, and make the wood, rocks and sail cloth look distinct from each other. The back wall of the cavern also puzzled me, trying to show perspective. Anyways, I'm glad you like it. Thanks for the comment.