Alan Lilley
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St. Wulframs Belt buckle (LOHAG)

This is the final piece, now mounted on a belt. This image was supplied by the customer who commissioned the piece. The embossed belt seen in the image was made in the same workshop as the metal work done on the buckle.

This is the final piece, now mounted on a belt. This image was supplied by the customer who commissioned the piece. The embossed belt seen in the image was made in the same workshop as the metal work done on the buckle.

The Concept design that I had to keep to as close as possible.

The Concept design that I had to keep to as close as possible.

This is what was sent to me to quickly produce the back plate of the design. This was turned into a Spline file which I could then duplicate aspects and then alter parts where the .AI file had failed to accurately portray.

This is what was sent to me to quickly produce the back plate of the design. This was turned into a Spline file which I could then duplicate aspects and then alter parts where the .AI file had failed to accurately portray.

The Viewer File of the Manually modeled St Wulfram's Church, which is the Center piece of the LOHAG (Land Of Hops And Glory) Belt Buckle. Unlike the rest of the buckle, this part needed to be modeled manually from images and reference located online.

Viewer file of the completed LOHAG Belt Buckle.

A Colour variant that was produced after the pewter copy was made to give an idea of the final job.

Angled photo of the buckle to show the church

Angled photo of the buckle to show the church

Close up of the bottom of the Church in metal

Close up of the bottom of the Church in metal

Metal thickness, and depth across the buckle

Metal thickness, and depth across the buckle

Close up of the Resin master in front of the pewter belt buckle

Close up of the Resin master in front of the pewter belt buckle

Close up of the bottom of the church on the Resin

Close up of the bottom of the church on the Resin

Perspective of the Resin Master and the Pewter Buckle

Perspective of the Resin Master and the Pewter Buckle

An alternate colour scheme that was abandoned in favor of the transparent paints

An alternate colour scheme that was abandoned in favor of the transparent paints

St. Wulframs Belt buckle (LOHAG)

In early April 2021 I was asked if I could concept a design in 3D to be made as a belt buckle. This was far more complicated that just normally slotting an image into 3DS Max and generating. To build it I had to have several broken down images of what was needed to help build the piece. The problems arose when I was asked to produce the piece with aspects of 3D relief carving work on the main focal point. This meant that multiple images where needed and, when it came into practice this did not work. As a solution I manually modeled the main focal point with all the detail requested, and made it ready for 3D Print on an SLA printer.

The main Focal point of the buckle was a Gothic Church located in heart of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. This church is known as St. Wulfram's, and this piece was built to commemorate an event held in the church.

The Design of the piece is not mine and that belongs to the customer who commissioned the piece, however, the master design has been added to show the initial concept.

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