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 Japanese stirrups were often made of iron , and were very distinctive in their shape . The primary reason for their odd design was to provide a stable platform for the samurai to stand in the saddle and shoot the long , six foot japanese bow , being that the samurai were originally known as horse archers . Brass sheeting is used to create the body of the stirrup as well as the dorsal fin that extends up and ends in the o-ring that serves as the stirrup buckle , two separate pieces that are connected via a slot/tab design that is then secured together with the outer covering of sculpey . The stirrup strap slips thru the buckle of the stirrup , and under the stirrup strap ; since I did not make this buckle with a tongue , I made a keeper from pigskin and use that to hold the strap secure . I will be covering the buckle with the spoon shaped buckle cover that I made earlier .  Having baked the initial layer of sculpey that secures the two separate pieces of brass that make up the stirrups , I have continued adding another layer of sculpey to complete the outer shell of the stirrup . This will then be sanded to smooth and covered with a decoupage of tissue in the same manner as the saddle tree . At this stage it was also time to address the saddle girth . There are not very many examples of period japanese saddles displaying the construction nor pieces that make up the saddle as a whole , so I had to do a lot of researching and interpretation . No shots of period saddles actually show any girth or girth attachment , and few period prints or paintings show how the girth was actually attached to the skirts of the saddle . There are , however , plenty of pictures that show the girth as having been made of cloth or leather , which means you may either construct one of cloth and tie it on or make a standard leather belt style that buckles , which is the method I decided to utilize . I used brass rods to make the D-rings as well as the actual buckle itself , hammering it out to shape and flatten it . For the girth buckle I did add a buckle tongue , due to it's size and visibility , this is a detail I felt was required . I'll also make a leather keeper to add to the girth strap . When the stirrup panels are attached , the girth will be covered . | 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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