Dragon scales

[Clay]

Clay, Im not clear on what tool the "filler" is.

The filler is a stamp that is used to fill in the lines on the shell. It also adds a degree of depth the the stamping.

Hopefully you can see in this picture there is a filler in the first row if stamping in the first group and in the second line it is done in the fisrt part, these two show what it looks like with the filler and without the filler.

Hope this helps

ClayM.

sorry bout the bad picture

[DCKNIVES]

That same stamping can be used to simulate snakeskin as well with some additional shading with another dye or two.Sandy Morrissey made me a stamp(similar to a mule foot) to use for this as he employ's this technique often.Dave

Here is an example with a rifle sling, cheek piece and knife sheath in a faux snake pattern.

[stelmackr]

Here is a leather carving where the scales were formed with a "v" shaped (two sizes) wood carving gouge:

Bob Stelmack

[TomSwede]

Here is a leather carving where the scales were formed with a "v" shaped (two sizes) wood carving gouge:

Bob Stelmack

That is one gorgeous design Bob!! I love it!!

Think I'm gonna try it myself some time soon, I have some wood carving gouges laying around wich I bought because "they looked useful" but never thought of them being good for scales so thank you for the great tip.

Tom

[8thsinner]

Thats a fantastic looking dragon rat thingy there. Thank you for the inspirational idea,