What the hell kind of bit is that last one? Looks like a torture device--tack by the Spanish Inquisition. Also, now I'm humming Boots of Spanish Leather. Which is a reprieve from "Gelderland! Gelderland. Gelderland, Gelderland, Gelderland!" from A Knight's Tale, prompted by a breed I'd never heard of in one of those links, the Gelderlander.
ita, I completely agree with Ginger--Mexican silver was all over the place on tack and haberdashery. It would not be unusual at all for a silver-mounted bridle to show up on a flashy black horse.
Now. Mare? or not?
Ooh, thanks, I hope I can get some of this in.
Yeah, it's a mare. But I'm only drawing to the shoulders, I think. She's in a stall in the scene I'm thinking of illustrating. With her bridle on.
There have been fics set in the west, either timeslip or post-apocalypse, that parallels were drawn from pentagram to US Marshal's star. IJS, it would not be at all out of place to have pentagrams in silver on a bridle. Or Enochian script or runes disguised as ornamental scrollwork. Or, you know, stuff.
I can see them where the bridlepath meets the cheekpieces.
Check out the star conchos at this site.
Or these cross ones.
So backstory for the equine Impala: homebred by John?
What does Sam ride?
Fuck, there's a bit of the fic I was idly thinking of illustrating that would involve Enochian lettering, and do I really want to go there? But if I could pull it off...it would be glorious.
Ooh, some more conchos - the one with the turquoise and silver is very pretty.
So backstory for the equine Impala: homebred by John?
It's magically transformed for time travel. Sam gets a "normal" horse, I guess. Oddly, it's the only one not described. Hmm.
sumi, all your links go to the same page.
