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Wonderful, Tom!

I really like how you combined the wings and the lion. I don't think I'd have been able to put the 2 together. Great job all around! Congrats on the white... it's a bugger to paint.

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Sometimes it is necessary to create something new and try to pushthe limits of what you do. I constantly do this but this time I feltlike figurecarving and more realistic art should happen. I spottedtheese wings when I looked for designs for thee previous bracer LochVostok and thought it'd look nice to have them on a bracer withoutborders. The lionshead comes from a drawing of a lionstatue so Ididn't aim for a realistic lion.

The wings are handpainted with brushes and white diluted covacoloracrylic paint and I used a sharpie to paint the decorative feathers.Then I sealed them with Fiebings leather sheen wich I painted oncarefully because the white dissolves easily wich makes the black colorto run so very light touches with applying the sheen. Once dry Iapplied Tandys new eco-flo gel antique black to create shadows andtexture to the wings.

The Lionshead is handpainted with brushes and very diluted blackspirit dye. I tried to keep it as even as possible wich is very veryhard but I wanted to give that statue look. I used no antiques oranything else on it.

Tom

Tom

You have inspired me to make a pair of bracers for myself. I went to the local Tandy Store and bought a pattern (pattern attached) wish me luck!

Michael

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Wonderful, Tom!

I really like how you combined the wings and the lion. I don't think I'd have been able to put the 2 together. Great job all around! Congrats on the white... it's a bugger to paint.

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Crystal

Thanks Crystal!!! I just drew the wings onto the tracingfilm first and then put it over the lionshead and filled in the blanks. You can see if you look closely that I'm fading in the white from the lion forehead so the transition is smooth there. Thats all.

Yeah, white is a bugger to paint.

Tom

You have inspired me to make a pair of bracers for myself. I went to the local Tandy Store and bought a pattern (pattern attached) wish me luck!

Michael

Thanks Michael!! It is great to know that people get inspired from my work, I keep getting inspired too and it's great for the creativity!!!

I can't see your pattern but PM me when you have something posted, I like to see it!!

Tom

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Hi lil'bro,

Your designs is getting more and more interesting...Great work on these:-)

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These turned out really great Tom, but I cant wait to see the pair with the pregnant yak on them!! I'll be looking forward to the day you come to visit. I know we'll have a lot of fun.

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Hi lil'bro,

Your designs is getting more and more interesting...Great work on these:-)

ps...Hittade ditt mail igår, har missat totalt i flytt och allt, skriver en rad under morgondagensurrender.gif

Thanks bigsis!!

One has to try and improve so glad it shows!!!

Förstår att ni haft mycket att syssla med, jag också!!!

These turned out really great Tom, but I cant wait to see the pair with the pregnant yak on them!! I'll be looking forward to the day you come to visit. I know we'll have a lot of fun.

Thanks Clay!! Yeah I bet Kathy want me to do yaks!!!

I'd like to do a longer trip and hook up with some people so I'm at least considering waypoints and coordinates. I have something exciting going on at the moment so I might end up visiting US sooner than I've planned but prolly wont have time to travel around if it works out. We'll see, it's just in initial phase at the moment and has to with leatherwork.

Tom

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True art !!!!

Thank you Tom for your passion for the craft. ( every piece you do is an inspiration to fledglings like myself )

Whats next I'm Hungry for more.

THANX AGAIN

Mike

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Sometimes it is necessary to create something new and try to pushthe limits of what you do. I constantly do this but this time I feltlike figurecarving and more realistic art should happen. I spottedtheese wings when I looked for designs for thee previous bracer LochVostok and thought it'd look nice to have them on a bracer withoutborders. The lionshead comes from a drawing of a lionstatue so Ididn't aim for a realistic lion.

The wings are handpainted with brushes and white diluted covacoloracrylic paint and I used a sharpie to paint the decorative feathers.Then I sealed them with Fiebings leather sheen wich I painted oncarefully because the white dissolves easily wich makes the black colorto run so very light touches with applying the sheen. Once dry Iapplied Tandys new eco-flo gel antique black to create shadows andtexture to the wings.

The Lionshead is handpainted with brushes and very diluted blackspirit dye. I tried to keep it as even as possible wich is very veryhard but I wanted to give that statue look. I used no antiques oranything else on it.

Tom

Tom,

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Your work is kick-ass!! You rock, man!!

Keep on pounding! Hehe :)

rhona

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Those look great!

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Tom ,

These are beautiful. How do you get your eyelets so pristine?

kimber

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