56. Day, April 9, 2020
While the Tscherkesska sleeve is matting according to the program, it is now "Petros" belt's turn!
These things were made of leather, relatively narrow compared to western military belts, and decorated with artistic silver work ...:
There were short decorative straps hanging from the belts, originally they were used to attach other items of equipment.
These belts are - if they are real - mostly very old and quite precious; like the weapons Kindjal (dagger) and Shashka (saber), they were mostly passed on from father to oldest son.
I would like to have a set of belt, dagger and saber for my life - but the really good pieces are unfortunately far beyond my financial means.
However, I have the hand-worked buckle of such a Caucasian belt, a wonderful piece of silver ...:
The miniature dagger is not only adornment, but also the clasp of the buckle ...:
This belt buckle - together with two papakhas - represents my only real "Cossack possession" ...:
But back to the belt:
The things were black or brown - all shades of brown occurred as you can see in the pictures above.
I mixed my brown from these colors ...:
The basic color consists of "Pompeian Red" and "Green" in equal parts, for the shadows I increase the proportion of green, for the lights I add "Yellow Ocre".
Then I painted the silver fittings with printer ink ...:
And because I had something left of the silverware on the palette afterwards, I painted the handle of the Kindjal ...:
That's how it got ...:
Tomorrow the silver parts will be treated with thinned black to work out the beautiful chasing and at the same time give them visual depth.
And I also have to rework a part of the leather!
If you look closely you can see that at the front of the bust between the pistol pocket and the belt buckle, the light / shadow guidance has "derailed" somewhat.
Tomorrow.
Cheers
