Advice asked for painting my 2 white dogs

[marco14]

Hi Everyone,

I would like to ask advice how I can paint the best my 2 little white
Maltese please??? I would like have more texture on them and different shades

I have paint already my daughter her Maltese like you can see here on PF ,but
it can be a lot better I think,so please,al advice is absolute very very welcome,

They are getting printing now with 3D printer (of course) via STL file I bought I show you
pictures from our 2 dogs,and thank you for who can help me,

Mario

 

[Rob]

The only help I can really give in principle is that your lovely dogs are not white (in the real world nothing is), so don't be tempted to use pure white as a colour, unless you are trying to show them in the outdoor photo in very strong sunlight. In which case the very, very extreme lights could be shown as white. You are looking at a very pale yellow brown probably (nearly white, but not). Ivory or a cream colour would be a good start.

Secondly if the 3D prints are anything like the ones I get done you will not be able to drybrush anything (3D printed surface detail is not sharp enough) so the uppermost hair lines and curls will need to be slowly painted in as thin lines for which you need a medium length "liner" brush:
Like this (available from all art shops or online....linked as the picture is huge)
https://images.ctfassets.net/f1fiki...9c0cc5952397b956f85e52c1/05593-1001-M-4ww.jpg

Seeing the work you did on your DDay figure this should not cause you any real problems, be patient.

 

[marco14]

Thank you very much Rob,yes nothing is completely white,"off white " from vallejo is the hardest white I gonna use, NOT pure white,and I got those pencils ore brushes like you say
gonna use them for my dogs the eyes mouth are the most important that must be very good
Gonna use first black primer and then grey primer,and from there start with white grey ???

Im absolute very patient ,that's no problem,thank you

Mario

 

[Ferris]

What’s the size of the prints Mario?

For furry things I’d suggest relatively rough oil painting. Base coat of yellow/brownish off-white (what Rob meant). Some sparse wet-in-wet stippling of a slightly darker tone in the deep shadow areas. Let dry and add additional shadows and some highlights with a lighter oil shade.
Keeping the paint quite rough is OK, and short brush strokes add to the impression of hair.

Just a suggestion!

Adrian

 

[marco14]

the size for the sitting dog is: height 100 mm size dog lay down height 25 mm
width 53 mm width 47 mm
lenght 129 mm length 120 mm

I have no oil paints Adrian,all acrylic,but gonna try with acrylic to get the hair texture ,and gonna try the technics of stippling and
diffferent tones,gonna take my time for these 2
And also a little diorama ore vignette,don't know sure how to say this

But thank you very much Adrian for the advice,I appreciated this,
Have a nice weekend

Mario