My Second Belt Buckle with Miniatures

[JamesThurman 49]

This belt buckle is the second one in my "Morality Series," titled Morality Belt Buckle: Greed. It features Dead Man's Chest (03518 sculpted by Kevin Williams). I had fun playing a bit with metallic paints on this one--the paint job is a little "grungy" but I wanted it to feel aged.  This design is completely wearable since the miniature is protected by the spun and hammered aluminum ring.  The lathe-turned disk is made of "Thurmanite", a composite material I developed made of recycled paper (maps in this case) bonded together by plant-based resins.  Everything is held together with microhardware and tubeset synthetic stones.  Many thanks to TradeMarek Photography for their great work shooting it. 

 

I really appreciated everyone's feedback on the first belt buckle I posted and the additional comments on Facebook too.  I'm planning to do more functional/wearable pieces like this where to miniature is protected but visible.

[Metalchaos 12749]

That's a nice idea, very creative.

[Poilu_1914 459]

That is really cool!