Hungarian Heritage Bridle?

This is something that's been bugging me for some time now. Has anyone in the hobby figured out how to do the knotted browband attachment and hanging side decorations on this type of Hungarian bridle?

More pictures can be found here on The Baroque Horse Store site: http://www.usfriesianreferral.com/tack.html.

This site has more of this type of bridle: http://www.barokshop.com/contents/en-uk/d10_Hongaarse_hoofdstellen_hungarian_bridle.html

I really like the look of this and think it would be fantastic in model scale. I'm stumped as to how to do it though! As far as I can tell, it's made by braiding strips of fine leather lace together. I counted 6 to 8 lace ends on one "rope". Strange.

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated!

New BCS Halter

A while back, I won a halter in Jennifer Buxton's blog raffle. Here it is on Cadence:




Thank you Jennifer!

Is it not gorgeous? And with that eyecandy, I bid you goodnight!

3rd Time's a Charm

...or not.

Here's my latest bridle (click on picture to see all of it):







I got my RR order the other day and promptly set about making a bridle. Unfortunately, the cheek buckles are still too low . Hopefully the cheek straps are in the right place now, though--I think the browband is too long as well . And I skived some of the straps far too thin on this bridle. I don't think I'll be making another bridle till I get some pencil punches, gum trangacanth, and thin wire for the 1/16" buckle tongues. I also split the crownpiece too far up! Crud.

Anyway, feel free to critique!

The Shelf Herd comic series

I've started a new one-panel comic series about the model horse hobby in general. It's been suggested I post it on my blog, so here goes. I know it's not the best quality, but hopefully they still provide some enjoyment :)

After the first comic, I came up with a name:

Have a suggestion for a comic? Shoot me an email: regrvale@gmail.com