A dog and his man

[viltianus]

I’ve some dogs and cats and I like to add animals to my figures.
A man is Russian Hussar Officer of the Imperial Guard, 1809..
http://www.pegasomodels.com/details_en.asp?code=54-167
A dog is an old, grey-hair boxer. I don’t know who sculpted him.
Thanks for my friend Piotr "Victorius" Kukowski – thank for all.

 

[vergilius]

nicely done, viltianus

 

[Wendy]

Nicely done! I really like the color(s) you painted the boxer.

Wendy

 

[viltianus]

Thanks
To paint the dog I use Charred Brown (Citadel Colours), Graveyeard Earth for drybrushing, Chaos Black for stripes and, finally, Vallejo Hume Smoke for washing all. And, of course, light grey and white for muzzle
I really like to paint animals. I like animals, of course.

 

[renarts]

Very nicely done. Though the Boxer looks more like a modern Boxer than what they looked like in the early 1800's. Back then they were mostly white and were much heavier since they were bred from Brabants. Artisticly though, I think this one looks much better with the figure than if you had done it differently. The Brindling is a very nice touch. (Sorry, only a dog person would nit pick this)

 

[viltianus]

Thanks
To paint the boxer I "use" a dog living in my settlement, which I see if I'm walking with my dogs. I remembered his appearance and try to repeat it. Yes, it is modern boxer, not "napoleonic"
Besides, my idea was to paint the dog and the man maximally similar. Then I paint tiger stripes on hussar's fur skin instead of spots and brindling on dog. Then I paint old man and old grey-hair dog, too.