Model Equine Tack Association

Today I had my boyfriend help me cut some parts for my first homemade model horse jump. I'm following a tutorial by Traci Durrell-Khalife on Breyer's website. More on that later though!

A few weeks ago I joined a new forum called Model Equine Tack Association (META) that promises to be a great resource for all things tack and performance-related in the hobby. There is some helpful content on there already and lots of talented tackmakers. If you're interested in joining a forum specifically about tackmaking, check it out!

http://meta.freeforums.net/

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!