Design for casted metal buckle with dragon styling.

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3D Design Brief
This project is to sculpt a functional 3D buckle that will be 3D printed and cast in metal. I have attached two reference images, one of a real buckle to demonstrate the functionality of a center bar buckle. The other reference is an AI generated concept just for the sake of giving ideas of mood/style. The objective is to create a functional buckle that is unique and ornate. These buckles will be used on 1" wide straps for dragon themed armor. I'm hoping to find a great 3D artist to work with for multiple components of this and future builds since trying to learn 3D design on top of everything else is slowing things down for me.
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Too many non functional designs or AI generated designs that would not funciton.