Chihuahua in yellow dress, pink sombrero, with chew toy magic wand.

[Battle Brush Sigur]

Heyhey, wanna see something different?







Super(-cute)-size, fun-size and bite-size Chihuahua, donning a sombrero, pink ribbons, a yellow dress and equipment. It's this years last-minute "could you paint that real quick before christmas?" project. This sort of project always crops up. But it's okay. A very personal project to the gentleman I painted these for; the sculpt was made based on his little dog (whom I actually met) who was a bit sick last year, but pulled through. The sculptor worked her favourite toys into the sculpt (the gentleman who commissioned the piece gave me photos of various chew toys for reference). A fair bit outside of what I usually paint, but it's all in the mix. The two larger ones (18cm and 8cm tall overall) are for display, the small one (about 17mm tall overall) is for gaming, hence the different base.

Hope you like them!


Here an Orc lineman tackled himself into the picture.


Of course this isn't the 28mm version we all know either, but a resin cast of the original 3-up master. I do get to paint the coolest stuff. He's not quite finished yet.

I wasn't quite sure which forums section to put this into; I thought that Fantasy Adventures was the closest fit. Hope it's okay.

[SgtSlag]

Cute!  Nice keepsakes to remember his pet by, after she passes.  I've never seen/heard of anyone commissioning a sculpt of their pets before.  Drawings/photographs/paintings, yes; sculptures, no.

Beautiful paint work.  I believe the customer will be ecstatic over the results.  Thanks for sharing.  Cheers!

[Dags]

Top paint as always.

I've never seen/heard of anyone commissioning a sculpt of their pets before.  Drawings/photographs/paintings, yes; sculptures, no.

I've had several sculpts of my hounds done.

[Battle Brush Sigur]

@SgtSlag: Cheers! Yeah, based on the pictures he's very pleased. They'll be picked up tonight.

@Dags: Thanks very much!


It's very saccharine interesting to see people's various reaction to these figures.

I took pictures of the small one, because over on Dakka someone asked and I thought I put them up on here as well:

[Spinal Tap]

Amazing, along with everything else you do.

[FramFramson]

My god, the small one's microscopic.

How big is that Orc???

[Frugalmax]

At first I thought you were just trying to win the "Most Unexpected Thread Title Contest," which you did, hands down. (Congratulations! Sadly, there is no prize other than self satisfaction.)

But then I saw the pictures- what great work! Your painting is (as always) incredible. Thanks for sharing!

[Battle Brush Sigur]

@Spinal Tap: Aw, shucks. Thanks!

@FramFramson: It is pretty small. That's the funny thing about people who only got into miniatures via 3d printing - they have no sense of what's the 'right size'. I don't mean it disparagely, it's just funny. The Orc is 65mm foot to eye. That one's got nothing to do with 3d printing, that one's real.

@Frugalmax: Yeah, there certainly was no way to make up a 'clever' thread title for that. I came to the conclusion that nothing could beat just a description of what the figures depict. Thanks very much for the comment!

[FramFramson]

I think the scale is fine for a 28mm chihuahua, actually! The 'microscopic' was more a comment on your high-precision painting skills!

[Battle Brush Sigur]

Oh yes,I think it should work well for 28mm gaming indeed. Funny thing was when the gentleman asked me if I could quickly paint these figures before christmas talk was about a tall one and a small one. Small-minded me thought the tall one was the 8cm one.

[syrinx0]

At first I thought you were just trying to win the "Most Unexpected Thread Title Contest," which you did, hands down.

Same here. The subject guaranteed I had to read this thread.   
Wonderful painting.  The yellow really shines.