Help needed: How to Paint a Dog

[Theatralic]

Hey all,

This may sound silly but i could need some Help. I have a Mortheim Dog laying in Front of me which I want to Paint up for my Dwarves (Yeah even a stunty can love his Puppy),

But I am lost how to paint him, I am looking for some Walkthroughs or How tos, would love something like a Rotweiller or Mastiff. i now some People can Paint something like that from their Mind or a simple Picture but I could really do with a How To and colour help. Animals have allways been troubling for me.

Haven`t felt that lost in a long Time.

Any Pointers would be appreciated.

[Svennn]

I painted this one starting with all over black, picking out the main muscles and ribs with successive very dark greys (with a bit of blue mixed in) until I was happy with the contrast.  Then the muzzle and paws are a very dark brown brought through with lighter shades until golden brown. Picked out the eyes and teeth (ivory not white which is too stark) and that's pretty much it


Svennn

[Theatralic]

Strikning Paint Job Svennn, thanks for that! I called an emergeny Meeting with my Painting Buddies and I hope that with their help and yours I will be able to manage this  .

Thanks again!

[Steam Flunky]

How to paint a dog?
First get a few people to hold it still or put some sleeping pills in its food

Seriously though i also gave my dwarf (squat) leader a dog and painted it like this.



Warhammer 40k Squats (1) von torq42 auf Flickr

[Doomhippie]

A thing to remember is that most dogs actually have a lighter belly than back. This is especially true with the Rottweilers, which have a Brown Color on their chest and the interior side of the legs. I remember painting wolves once and contrary to the usual painting technique the Highlights on the head and back are still darker than the dark areas of their bellies.

I suggest using a bright color as the basis and than use dark colors as washes on the back.

[Theatralic]

Thank you very much Guys,

I did actually start on that Dog but didn`t go much further than first Basecoats a bit of blending and Drybrushing, not sure if I am happy and in no way way he is going to come out as nice as yours but at the same Time I do not have the Patience to put too much effort into him, I am more of a Cat Person myself  .

[Doomhippie]

Meeow... I can completely understand that. Anyway, I think the puppy looks nice. You might want to highlicht the brown a little more but basically that's the way it should look IMHO.

[Blue in vt]

I'm working on that exact model myself right now...after setting him aside for the last few months.

Here is a blog post I did back then showing the base colors I'm using....I went for a slightly oranger (is that a word!?) than you opted for...

http://bluesmarauders.blogspot.com/2014/02/averlands-best-friend.html

Yours is looking great to my eye though!  Keep it up.

Cheers,

Blue

[Theatralic]

Thank you very much Guys .

Thanks for the Link Mate! Man , I never realized that half of the Leg of mine was missing, I thought that something was wrong and maybe the previous owner filled too much off.....but thats half the Leg that broke off  ....

Well , being a Frontilne Dog in the Warhammer world can`t be easy.....

Can`t wait to see yours Blue!

[Lordblackwing]

Blue, yours is simply what they call a black and mahogany. It is a Rottweiler variation of the black and tan. Looks the business too. Theatralic, yours looks good as well...maybe as suggested a little more highlight around the face and muzzle. Btw, with a lot of black dogs, their bellies are sometimes more pink with almost a shadow over it.