Members hectron Posted January 20, 2013 Members Report Posted January 20, 2013 Hello all. I wanted to know if anyone has any techniques or ideas on how i would go about making a snake skin texture on regular veggie tanned leather? Ive got decently close using using a stamp tool but, it looks more like fish scales to me. what i was thinking of doing was tracing a snake texture onto tracing paper, then tracing the design onto my leather, then using an x-acto knive and cutting slighty under the traced texture lines so this was the texure is more 3d and realistic. i know youre thinking just buy snake skin and what i want to do is very time consuming. thats ok, i have time :D Quote
Tree Reaper Posted January 20, 2013 Report Posted January 20, 2013 I'm guessing you are aware that veg tan comes in a snake skin pattern already. Quote
Members hectron Posted January 20, 2013 Author Members Report Posted January 20, 2013 I'm guessing you are aware that veg tan comes in a snake skin pattern already. lol, really? i shop at tandy and never seen that before. hmmm, thats interesting. still, id like to know how to, if possible do the texture on my own Quote
Members WinterBear Posted January 21, 2013 Members Report Posted January 21, 2013 It's a python print, but yes, they make it. http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/en-usd/search/searchresults/9150-04.aspx A pretty good snake pattern can be made with a pointed mulesfoot. http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=32785 I've also managed more realism with what my coworkers dubbed a "dragonscale" by using a camo stamp shaped to fit at the "base" of the scales and that extends a little less than half the length of the scale. Quote
Members cst Posted May 25, 2013 Members Report Posted May 25, 2013 It's a python print, but yes, they make it. http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/en-usd/search/searchresults/9150-04.aspx A pretty good snake pattern can be made with a pointed mulesfoot. http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=32785 I've also managed more realism with what my coworkers dubbed a "dragonscale" by using a camo stamp shaped to fit at the "base" of the scales and that extends a little less than half the length of the scale. I had a request for "dragon scale" tooling. Got any pics of the modded tool and pattern? I'd appreciate it! Quote
Members WinterBear Posted May 25, 2013 Members Report Posted May 25, 2013 I'm afraid my camera suffered a tragedy at the last campout earlier this month, and cannot be repaired. The replacement hasn't arrived yet, so I can't photograph what I have. I'll see if I can't take it with me and borrow a camera for a few minutes this weekend. However, you can get the basic idea from these links: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=2890&hl Bob Beard's Scale stamps: http://www.pslac.org/stamp3000-3154.html and http://www.robertbeardtools.com/Basketweaves,Borders.html Barry King's crescent and shell stamps and fillers: https://www.montanaleather.com/product-details.php?id=404 Hackbarth "seashell" stamp pairs: http://hackbarthtools.com/hackbarth-stainless-leather-stamping-tools-small-seashell-set-2-tools.html A more molded scale: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=14305&hl The camo tool was shaped to fit the scale by grinding the points off the sides and narrowing the shape to something like a fan shape. It's ground so that the lines radiate from the narrowest of the fan to the towards the curved edge. Quote
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