Answered Prayers : Quickdraw

This is Quickdraw, the second in the Answered Prayers series. My prayer for my son's happiness turned out to be big wall climbing, thus the coiled rope and the quickdraw, made from two carabiners and a dogbone strap.

Today I worked on the golden twirly thing on the upper left - don't know what exactly it is, except covered in gold. Put more shading on the rope. Finished the quickdraw detail. Added texture to the balustrade. Puts darker darks inside the dark browns of the spine and branches of the candelabra. It's getting there. Here's a detail showing the quickdraw and a bit of rope.