"Ginga custom" pt.4

Okay, the title is a total lie because this has nothing to do with the Ginga-series whatsoever, except for the fact that it holds the same nostalgia value for me. I can't remember if I saw Call of the wild before I saw any GNG episodes, but it doesn't really matter, nevertheless I have fond memories watching both of these animations on VHS. I almost didn't believe my eyes when I found a brand new DVD copy of tCotW at a flea market! Sadly tough it only has the Swedish dub version on it, I'd have loved to see it with the original Japanese voices, or even the English dub would have been good. I still don't understand how a mix between a St. Bernard and a Collie ends up looking like a German Shepherd, what went wrong Toei Animation? XD

A new lesson that I learned while painting  Buck was that always paint in natural light. I made the mistake of painting in the evening when it was already dark outside. Naturally, I turned the lights on in my room and merrily finished painting the tan base color on my soon to be Buck figure. Or so I thought. Next morning when I was about to continue on with the black markings on the dog, with plenty of natural light coming in from the windows, I noticed something. The dog is too damn yellow! and so I had to paint it all over again. Never trust the light from a light bulb, it will mess with you.

What caused a little hesitation during the paint job was the lack of consistency with Buck's black markings, particularly around the ears and shoulder area. (In fact, the very first shot of Buck in the animation has his colors reversed.) I checked out different reference pictures and in the end I  just had to choose which image of Buck to follow.

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Out if the customs I've done so far, I think Buck is my favorite.