Baxter 2.0 - fully articulated dog!

I made Max and Juno a dog four years ago but he's been getting decidedly frail in recent years, so I decided to start from scratch and make him again, using a hopefully more robust joint system. There were a few problems along the way, but as ever, I documented them all! XD

If you've always fancied making your own dog, this guide may or may not help!

https://lastalliancestudios.blogspot.com/2020/08/baxter2.0.html

Baxter 2.0 by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

Baxter 2.0 by Christine Sutcliffe, on Flickr

Excellent work. I see that Max and Juno are very pleased with him. I hope his hairs don't ruin the horses they're working on.

Lynkhart wrote:
If you've always fancied making your own dog, this guide may or may not help!    

No, I don't think that helps me

Baxter 2.0 looks excellent. Thank you for sharing your experience, expertise, and humor in this very thorough tutorial! And I'm sure I'm not the only one to appreciate this.

Baxter Deux looks awesome. How cool that he got an upgrade. And excellent job on the joints.

Yay!! This is excellent! It's so generous of you to share your techniques with us! And Baxter's upgrade looks great. If only I could give my sweet old girl an 'upgrade' in real life... :'(

Wow what a inspiring work! Looks soo cool and thank you for sharing the whole process of making this one

Thanks all! :3
I’m still finding bits of fluff all over my room! :lol

Lynkhart wrote:Thanks all! :3 I’m still finding bits of fluff all over my room! :lol

Wouldn't it be the same if you had a real dog in there? I shudder to think what might happen to your collection if you did...

GubernatorFan wrote:

Lynkhart wrote:Thanks all! :3 I’m still finding bits of fluff all over my room! :lol

Wouldn't it be the same if you had a real dog in there?

Indeed quite the dedication to realism, making the modeldog shed its hair.

Ah beautiful work, and that completely from scratch. From the length and way the hair falls up to the furry bits shed in the house. Might take another 10 to 20 years until the industry will make something like this.

Wow! I admire the effort to make the articulated dogs! Baxter 2.0 looks good.

Thank you! Unfortunately over time the joints that link to the spine part have got loose so he’s not quite as poseable as he was - I think there’ll definitely need to be a Baxter 3.0 at some point!

Looking forward to Baxter 3.0 anytime!

Lynkhart wrote:Thank you! Unfortunately over time the joints that link to the spine part have got loose so he’s not quite as poseable as he was - I think there’ll definitely need to be a Baxter 3.0 at some point!

Aww, that’s a bummer to hear he’s not holding up.

Awesome work!