I am pleased to read that I am not the only one around here who makes use of smoke and mirrors. However my modelling illusions are not as good as yours - those belts look better than any AM parts. Please show us how.
Stephen.
OK, but you'll be disillusioned - a magician isn't supposed to reveal their tricks. I'll be chucked out of the Magic Circle
This is what the belt should probably have looked like. I'm not going to replicate this accurately, just give an idea of how I would go about it:
A piece of scrap paper, painted:
and cut into strips:
One end has the holes in, I stabbed these through with a pointed tool (out of a drawing set):
To make the loops on the other end of the belt, I used a bit of scrap styrene and copper wire:
Wrap the wire around the styrene:
and cut the loops with a scalpel:
These are the parts I need:
I glued them into a folded bit of painted paper:
The tongues are pieces of thin wire stuck into holes pierced in the belt:
Then the ends are stuck onto the rest of the belt, and a leather loop added (more paper). The copper wire is painted silver:
And with a couple of washes of brown:
The proportions are a bit out, I should have used thinner styrene to form the loop and I think the leather parts are too wide. Likewise the canvas is too narrow. Hopefully, you get the idea
Does that help at all?
Richard
