Stabyhoun sculpture

I've been working on a doggy commission and I actually try to film little parts of the progress so I'll have a little movie in the end of how I "build" my sculptures :)

It's been a fun project so far and it's quite challenging to not only make it represent the right breed but also a specific dog.

Well, here is the process thus far:

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with an other doggie waiting for the oven to warm.
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I confess I didn't know about the breed and after reading a little, it seems it is a very rare breed but with a long history. Those are beautiful dogs and it will be pleasant to follow your progress. :)

Very good.

Thank you :)

@Roger: the stabyhoun is a dutch breed and therefor more comon in the Netherlands and somewhat rare outside of it, though before I started the sculpt I knew the breed as Friese Stabij" (frisian staby) (though apparently it has had the name stabyhoud for a few decades already ) . Learning new stuff is almost as fun as sculpting itself

Thanks for these interesting pictures!

Nice dogs :)

very good design in this figure.

Thank you Yvette, Andreas and Fernando

Here are more pictures of the final sculpt:

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And a preview of the painted sculpt:

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Wonderful model and even better its a rare breed I remember reading about the Stabyhoun and the Wetterhoun in a great book called Dogs of the World which came out in the 1970s and was one of the first books with colour pictures of dog breeds form around the world!

It is a really beautiful sculpt. A perfect ribute to the breed.

A wonderful model

I didn't know about this breed before either , but now I do

Thankyou for sharing the great work-in-progress pictures, - and the wonderful finished work

I love it ! You made these two dogies with wonderful poses and so much details

Thank you so much Taos, Rogéro, Susanne and Kosta

very beautiful sculpt

I'm really impressed by this unique model! The breed choice is amazing as well.

thank you Barracudacat and NRiyaz

Here are some more pictures:

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and a last picture, with a nametag, since it is a portrait of an actual dog : )
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And while I'm at it, here are some progress pictures of the border terrier that sneaked into an other picture earlier.

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Everything is looking wonderful in your pictures, from figures to real animals. There's now also a beautiful Border Terrier, great!

Thank you Rogério

Here are some pictures of the finished border terrier:
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It ended wonderful! The fur effect looks really nice!