So after a busy few weekends, and a long 3 day weekend, I was finally able to finish working on my girth belt. I started out with this guy:
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And after extensive research on stains and colors, extensive taping, some messy staining, and silly mistakes, I ended up with guy:
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The white balance is a bit off due to the iphone, mixed light, and more light coming from the right, but I think I got the color as close as I could find. Please let me know what you all think! On to the next piece for me!