Three Musketeers – Great Dane
The first step in painting the Great Dane (after priming and zenithal) was to cover the surface with off white paint. I applied two semi-transparent layers of paint to keep the zenithal effect visible. Since I decided on white fur with black spots, I chose a blue-gray shade for the base of the spots.
I thinned it with water until it was sent very viscous and in contact with the base paint on the model it spread into clear spots with sharp dark edges. I made larger and smaller patches, trying to imitate the irregularity of the fur characteristic of that type of dog.
In the next step, I diluted the same color more and filled in larger spots, covering a smaller area in them. I was careful to leave a visible band of lighter stain underneath. In the penultimate step, I filled in the center of the spots with black, tearing an even smaller area and thus ensuring that the spots are known to be black. I also painted the tip of the muzzle and the parts that are in deep shadow with black. Then I covered the sharp edge of the lightest spots with off white color in places, by drawing thin lines of white color in the direction in which the hair should lie. This gave me the impression that the fur was made up of hairs and broke up the sharp edge of the spots which looks unnatural.
Finally, I painted the eyes brown (sclera), lighter brown (iris) and black pupil. I also added gray highlights to the nostrils to make them stand out and be more noticeable. It remains to add white highlights to the muzzles and eyes, which should give the impression of moisture, but that is when we have finished everything else and matched them for all the muzzles on the bust.
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