Wow! Has it really been two years since I last made a Ginga custom? I can hardly believe it!
I bought these two Husky appearing ceramic figurines (or whatever the correct term for them would be) at a flea market. I'm remembering that they cost only 0,70€ each, very cheap indeed! The lying down posed dog reminded me immediately of Fuji, so I really had no other choice but to paint that dog in Fuji's likeness. About the sitting dog, it only made sense to me to paint that one into Riki.
I painted their eyes in the same style
I did Buck's (The Call of the Wild), just because I wanted to try something different. I finished Fuji first, before I moved on to Riki. I ended up painting Riki twice, because the first coat of paint looked wrong. The belly side was far too yellow (this is like the 3rd time I've done that) and the backside too dark. For some reason Riki game me a hard time, I always messed something up! Fuji on the other hand went really smoothly.
I did something extra and made those collars. I folded some masking tape sticky side to sticky side and then painted it. I'm not sure if I like them or not...
"Lapland, Finland" engraved on the backside of both dogs
