Here we have a set of resin dogs from Reality in Scale. The box contains four dogs; a German Shepherd, a Doberman, a Collie and a Heinz 57 (or a mongrel if you prefer).
The dogs are finely cast as you would expect from RiS, and no clean up was needed other than a quick once over with a damp cloth to remove any grease or residue from the manufacturing process.
The dogs are finely cast as you would expect from RiS, and no clean up was needed other than a quick once over with a damp cloth to remove any grease or residue from the manufacturing process.
I've never painted dogs before, so I just used the box photos as a rough guide to colours. A good oil wash after the acrylic tones really brought out the animals features which are very well mastered.
OK. The elephant in the room. No pun intended. The German Shepherd is far too big for 1/35 scale, and would be a huge beast in 54mm. The Doberman also, and his head is simply too big and out of scale to his body. The other two dogs, the collie and the mongrel would come across as quite big dogs in 1/35th and probably just about on the extremes of "in scale" for 54mm. That's my considered opinion, but have a look at the photos and judge for yourself against a 1/35 resin human.
It's a shame, as I genuinely love Reality in Scale products. They thoroughly deserve the accolades they receive - not just from me but across the modelling world. However, these mutts are just to big.
Recommended - if you need a few BIG dogs!
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