Konimini's customs (took over the old suricate thread for general customs)

He's gorgeous Lea, Emilia must be thrilled with him

Thank you everyone! Harriet, I hear she wasn't entirely displeased. Perhaps she'll pop by the forum later on and show us all the lovely Yujin dogs she got in the trade - now, those are something to be thrilled with!

Here are some dog collars and harness I did recently to stretch my fingers and brain in between sculpting hours. I've worked the leather from scraps of varying grains and thicknesses, and the hardware (excepting chain and nailheads) is handmade too, bent from wire. The tags were cut out of plastic advertisements.


(The rolled leather of the Alsatian's half-choke collar is stiff still, and needed something to pull on the chain in order to stay in shape. Hence the random sewing thread descending from the heavens.)

The Boxer's collar sports a feeble attempt at beading. The beads were far too large and the leather too thin for a cut insertion, so they sit too high.
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The Whippet and setter's collars are half-choke and quick-release respectively, with coiled spring locks fashioned from silver wire.
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Great again    

They're pretty neat - so tiny! Must have been a fiddly job making them!  
What brand is the sitting Doberman?

Thanks, both, for your comments. The seated Dobermann is Maia + Borges.

Im allways impressed, how real can thinny collars look :) I can't even imagine a leather so thinn :O

What brand is boxer? :)

Wow, those collars are impressive, I love them! Congrats!

Thank you kindly, both! The Boxer is Chap Mei.

Great customs and great collars etc! I love them all, I wouldn't have the patience for it, so I commend you.

Thanks! The collars and other tack are fiddly work indeed. Perhaps ironically, they're also what I tend to do (well, besides quiet swearing and furious coffee) when I lose my patience for the sculpting and customising. They're angry collars, these.

Here are a few quick customs I've done recently. First is a slightly repositioned repaint of the Safari River toob otter:
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And a quick repaint of the Safari Desert toob roadrunner together with a repainted Schleich cat who was also resculpted to have polydactylia of the front paws, thicker cheeks and more of a belly (he was a portrait piece, so..).
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FANTASTIC WORK. Congrats Lea.  

I love the cat, it is fantastic. Excellent work!

I love the small roadrunner  

i love the road runner lea.....      
please upload more foto lea.. i like his eyes....    

I love the cat!! They're all wonderful though!

Fantastic work  
Good to see your work again here  

Beautiful customs!!! The cat looks fantastic now     

Ooooh! That cat!!! <3 Congrats on such beautiful work      

Beautieful work     

Thank you very much, everyone! I'll take more pictures of the roadrunner for you, Nando, as soon as I get back home from work.

Wonderful work! I love the Schleich cat.

Wonderful new works Lea! Cat is absolutely adorable and roadrunner is very beautiful

Great work! That cat is perfect, it looks like a living animal.