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 Before I could take the saddle to the finishing stages , I had to finish up the skirting and the stirrup panels . Part of this was to attach the two skirts and attach the buckle covers and buckle keepers . This was done quite simply by gluing the various straps and covers with handy ol' Sobo Glue . I also needed to dye the leather , and with no actual leather dye , I substituted Rotring Liquid Acylic color , brown if you were actually wondering . Once the paint had been applied , I buffed the surface to seal the pores of the leather and shine it up with a run of the mill shoe buffing cloth . The stirrup straps and girth have been left their neutral buff color to add some variety to the color scheme of the saddle .   Once I had colored the saddle skirts , for visibility I swapped out my brown horse for a roan , and I found that as far as the color scheme was progressing , I liked the red much better ; I prefer monochromatic color schemes you may recall .  To color the trim of the saddle skirts I have called into service an old accenting medium , Rub 'n' Buff , a wax based pigment . Rubb "n" Buff is very nice as far as ease of application and giving a piece a nice antiqued finish . The wood stirrup strap buffers have been carved from bass wood , stained with watercolors and then glued onto the top saddle skirt . I had considered adding more decoration to this saddle set , but decided against it for the mere fact that I have envisioned this more as a rather straightforward utilitarian saddle owned by a ronin moreso than a higher ranking samurai .  Varying your colors and media really add so much to a scratchbuild project . The colors of dyed leather and natural buff in combination with the gold trim and wood add a nice quality of depth and contrast to the saddle . I will also be adding some additional brass elements for breast collar and crupper ties to the skirting , which will further enhance the end result . | 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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