After the paint had dried I cut the nails down to about 1/4" (maybe a little smaller) with my Dremel.
I had to reshape the ends to a point so they could be pounded into wood. Again, I used the Dremel and carefully cut a point at the end of each nail.
I realized about half way through painting that the paint was going to come off of the nails as soon as I started pounding them into his chest with a hammer. Fortunately, It did not turn out that bad. In fact, I kind of like the way it looked so I left it.
Belt. This was relatively easy in comparison to the buttons. I started out wit a piece of pleather cut from an old purse. Using an Exacto knife, I cut out a strip about 1/4" wide and just long enough to go around the waist of my model.
I rounded the end with a pair of scissors.
To make the buckle, I started with a paper clip that I had previously dipped in acid to remove the shiny outer coating and cut it in half.
I folded one side in and trimmed off the excess.
I then glued the buckle in place with super glue
I put double stick tape on the inside of the belt to help it stay in place.
I cut the head off of a straight pin and stuck in at an angle to make the prong. I added a little more double stick tape to the end of the belt to hold everything in place.
You may have noticed that there was a stain on his shirt next to the buttons. I had some grease on my hands when I was pounding in the nails and got some on his shirt. I found that you can take out stains like that with Bissel carpet cleaning solution. I mixed 1 part Bissel with 2 parts water and put it on the end of a cotton swab and GENTLY rubbed out the stain. I added water to the other end of the swab to rinse it out.
He totally has a belt made out of a purse.
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