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 The samurai saddle consists of fairly standard basic structure , the skirts and stirrup panels . Certainly there are differences that can occur in the shape of the stirrup panels , but for the most part , the major differences between saddles can be covered in the details . For simplicity , I draw one side , and then fold the paper in half and cut the pattern out .  The patterns for the pommel and cantle are executed the same way as the skirts . Cutting the pattern so that it fits well over the horses spine is a bit more problematic to insure that the contours match those of the horse . Since it was my intention to build the saddle tree from sculpey , I knew that I could use the malleability of the polymer clay to match the contouring in the sculpting stage and so the paper pattern could be " close " rather than " perfect " .   The paper pattern is placed on the leather and the shape is traced onto the leather . The leather is then cut with shears at a slight angle so that the raw , untanned underside of the leather is beveled inwards .  The understructure , or armature for the pommel and cantle is traced onto sheet brass and then cut out . That basic shape is then bent to shape . Originally I had planned to also use brass to make the seat , but was unable to get the proper contours by bending the brass , so in the end I merely built the seat in sculpey alone . Once the sculpey had been cured , I went in with the dremel to carve out slots in the underside of the seat and inserted brass strips to strengthen the seat and then added more sculpey to cover the inserts and re-baked the clay .  I have sculpted the gross contours of the saddle tree but to acheive the final finish and crisp up the angles and cuts of the tree , once it has been cured , I take the dremel and sandpaper and sand it . A drill point is used to cut in the holes for the stirrup panel ties . For the sake of strength , I have made one hole to pass the laces thru rather than two . One final note , since I wanted this saddle to look used , moreso than appear like a pristine museum quality saddle , I did not strive for a totally smooth finish when I was sanding it . I deliberately gouged and made the contouring uneven in places .   | samurai_saddle2 | samurai_saddle3 | samurai_saddle4 | samurai_saddle5 | samurai_saddle6 | samurai_saddle7 | | Let's Paint ! | PaintinKini2 | Steve Zodiac Shockini Custom | Sword Making | Swordmaking1 | Swordmaking2 | WarhorsePreview | Simple Masks | EasyVelcro_fro | Cool Girl Wrist Conversion | samurai_saddle | DX Disaster | Fix It! Loose Ankles | Fun With Texture | Body Armor | OneSixthBlades | Body Armor2 | One Sixth Blades PT II | Otaku Repair 101 | | Mail-O-Rama | Geeb's How To | Head Sculpts Using Polymer Clay | Customizing The Batcycle | 1/6 scale diorama | terrain diorama | 1/6 Scale Boots | Re-Rooting Hair | BimBott | Read_A_Book | WorksInProgress | Aki Ross Repaint | Gun-Bashing | painting heads | | Return Home | Updates | The Archive | Gorby Site Map | Geeb-O-Rama's Model Workshop | Geeb's Toy Box | Geeb-O-Rama Goodies | Movie Madness | World Of The Bizarre | Cool Beans | |
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