Buckaroo With Saddle

Another Buckaroo...this time with a tricked out saddle. In doing this piece I was faced with a little engineering to get the saddle anchored in place being as it was carved as a seperate piece and I wanted to have the hand actually inserted in the opening beneath the swell. The solution was to do the holding arm seperate with the hand inserted in position but not to glue it in place until everything was painted. Once that was done I used a wooden dowel to anchor the saddle solidly to the leg and then glued the arm in place.

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A saddle is not a light thing to handle so the figure leans away from its weight. You really have to pose it this way to keep the entire forms in balance. There are a couple more photos in the Scanned Photos album and comments are welcome.