Not the hairy, but the resin thing of course
Does anyone have a 'how to' ? And what paint do you advise, acrylic or oils?

Whilst I do not have a how to guide, here are some suggestions.

Real dogs have a varied coat colour but tend to be a mix of black/dark brown on their backs running down to a lighter brown on their stomach.

So I would suggest painting the whole figure with acrylics the light brown colour that the stomach will be, then picking patches such as the back, head, legs in a darker colour, and also brushing in the direction of the fur.

Once this is done, oil washes of black, brown and tan for the stomach will bring out the detail, help pick out the fur and blend the colours together.

Once this is done you could pick out details like the nose (semi gloss black, since dog noses are normally wet) collar, and given that its a dog ...Mud!

Looking at photos of real dogs would also help match colours and work out what areas are which colour.

HTH
Anirudh

Not to be silly, but this is essentially the same problem as "how do I paint a horse", only smaller (most of the time!). There's good advice on here about painting horses.

Thats a good point Sean, the colours/shading are similar so you can also look at those guides Johan.

but


Most of the time? What kind of german shepherds have you seen??

Anirudh

Tx guys. I already started with a base color of VAllejo buff.