Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier bust is ready for molding

Well the head/bust section of the wheaten terrier has been detailed. I was not happy with the results I was obtaining with the dental tool; therefore, I modified one of my hot-wax tips in order to created the dog's coat texture. 

I will commence on the remaining sections tomorrow. Mike & Barb, please review the completed sections and send me instructions if we still need tweaking.

As you can see the coat is very detailed. Thousands of individual hair lines are being created one at a time.

This bust would make a beautiful stand alone piece for displaying on a table. Similar to my English Bulldog bronze bust.

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Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier detailed head

This video shows the detailed clay head before reattaching to the body. A terpenoid wash will be applied in order to help blend some of the hard tool marks.

Wheaten Terrier Ear Set

I  reset the ears per your request. Please indicate if they need further corrections. Please note we are only looking for over all ear proportions and settings.

Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier head sculpture

The head was reworked in order to match the most current images of Oxford the Soft-coated wheaten terrier.

Wheaten Terrier dog sculpture's head gets detailed

Today I added some of the detail on the head section.  The goal was to work on the overall hairlines to give it a realistic look.

Not sure how much hair I should place over the eyes.

Front view, the right side of the dogs face has not been detailed. Right now, I am working on the top and left side, once the client approves the left side of the face, I will work on the right side.

Diagonal view

Dog sculpture head detailing for the Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier

I finally detached the head from the body and adhered it to the tilting table. The tilt table allows me to access hard to reach areas.

The head section is still somewhat rough and will require several more passes in order to add the detail.

Tool used to add the hairline texture for this commission.

On the first pass I added somewhat rough hairlines to see if I was going to be happy with the overall look. Lucky for me it was a very hot day here; therefore, the clay was on the soft side for this procedure.

Just by viewing this image, I can already tell I need more relieve on the beard section.

Once I am happy with the over all look of the fur texture, I will add a few lose hairs over the nose and perhaps eye area (not sure yet)

Dog sculpture fur texture detailing

Here are some images of the texture I will be using for the Wheaten's coat. The texture will be revisited several times until the clay shavings are removed.