So I’ve already decided that any custom-body-quality Breyer German shepherd that ends up in my possession is going to say in my collection as a custom; since the original mold is likely broken we won’t be seeing that model released in any more colors, so I need to just create my own!

However, I also decided that every time I try out a new color combo on a Breyer GSD, I’ll also do the same color on a Hartland Bullet! So this time around I was attempting to paint black dogs with multiple shades of black that I mixed, and using my own dog as a color reference for various shades. It...didn’t quite go as planned, as the blue-black ended up more purple than intended, and I didn’t blend the different patches of paint as well as I wanted to, especially on the Breyer, so in bright light you can see the different patches of color more distinctly. But on a shelf you can’t really tell unless you’re looking closely, so we’re just going to call these display-quality abstract art <3

On the bright side, the Hartland (who I named Harold, after “Harold and the Purple Crayon”) is probably my best resculpt on this mold yet. He was missing his right front paw so I sculpted a new one and shortened the heels on all four paws. In addition to fixing the weird boxy fur texture/angles on his “pants” and belly, I also did my best tail resculpt yet that still matches the original sculptwork but isn’t that thin “blade” that the mold originally had. This is my fourth custom on the traditional-scale Bullet that I’ve done, and I’m getting better at making it over.

The Hartland is for sale at https://www.etsy.com/listing/129180.....artland-bullet (Breyer, again, is not for sale.)