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This mini was produced for a nice fella in the UK wargaming community who breeds otterhounds. They are very big, very uncommon dogs.
My partner picked one up from him a while back, and I did this over a day or so as a palette cleaner between army work.

Quite a simple mini, but very sweet.



I had a lot of fun making this base. The mud "recipe" is Stirland Mud over Scorched brown, coated in a few washes of Agrax, then drybrushed with Vermin brown. I then used some careful dabs of the GW crackle mud, washed them, and applied a little on his paws and areas that would get muddy. I then used vallejo gloss varnish and water effects.





The leaves are small laser cut pieces, and I inked them for different colours.



And I slightly tweaked the original tail to add a wag, and a splash of water as though it's falling off, giving a little movement.


He is very little:

What a sweet little model that is! I very much like the effect of the base.

Where did you find the little leaves btw?

Model Scene makes them, I believe.

That is amazing, it's a perfect little scene. And the dog is adorable.

Usually zooming in that close to a small model looks worse not better.
You have proven an exception to that.
The leaves (Oak it looks like) are a really good touch.
Just don't let it in the house till washed, I do not care how small the little dog is.

Thanks guys!
The dog's owner liked what I did, which meant a lot.
One of these hounds is a mascot in the British military, I believe he holds a rank!

Awwwwwww... That's a nice break from the sleek killing machines and blood-splattered daemons you usually see on this forum. Very cute and well done.

Very nice work. Was the model ever sold in public?

He's adorable =D

This is extremely good. You might want to look into doing pieces like this on the side for some extra scratch. You have a knack for it. It has a lot of soul.

Peregrine wrote:Very nice work. Was the model ever sold in public?

It was sold in person at UK Wargaming shows by Ainsty Castings when accompanied by Jon (Dags). I could pick one up for you at the end of August, or ask if he has a public email address if you'd like.

Munga wrote:This is extremely good. You might want to look into doing pieces like this on the side for some extra scratch. You have a knack for it. It has a lot of soul.

You're very kind.
I have recently set up a small Facebook page with thoughts to do this, but my obstacle is confidence and if I'm entirely honest, getting a bit fixated by single things.