There is an impending storm for tomorrow. Harriburg is supposed to be dumped with over a foot of snow. So hopefully I wake up to white fluffy goodness tomorrow.
The western set is coming along well.
The stirrups were finished.

 The bridle is almost done. I tooled the pieces and cut them out of my remant remains of leather. (I haven’t cut into the large slab yet!).

I’m thinking about entering the Berks County Model Horse show, and that is on March 1st. My goal is to have this done. I know I won’t have any customs finished, so one of my Roxys will be wearing the set.

…..when you know what you are semi-doing.
The saddle , when I began on it after school, was in pieces. I covered the tree, so it was a bunch of tooled leather.

Using thumb tacks I made a hole for the fenders and added conchos.  I didn’t use the hole punch pencil because I was going through layers of leather.

The underside of the saddle looked like a wire weapon. :)

Parts were added and underside was covered with chamois. The stirrups are adjustable! This is the most realistic western saddle that I have ever made. It just needs stirrups added. And a girth. And a bridle. But I’ll figure out the bridle once I know who will be wearing the saddle.

Finished for the night.

After pouring the rest of the resin into the river scene, I was too anxious and nervous to see what happened, so I went back inside the house and started on a Sawbuck Pack Set. I finished it minus the halter.
It was alot of fun, except for the innumerable amount of buckles it needed.

It isn’t adjusted right now, I need to do research on it. That will be for later, since I have no idea how they are supposed to fit the horse/mule/donkey. I just made it :)