.+Custom: Sam+.

This is the first of the more recent customising projects of mine! This handsome chap was originally solid black, and looked a little terrifying to say the least If I've done nothing else, I've at least made him look a little less scary- more protective.

The painting style changed from Shadow: instead I used layers of colour to get the right shade. I actually started off intending to paint him a very pale buckskin, but once a bit of brown got mixed in with the creamy paint I changed my mind and made him this rather nice mousey dun colour. Being a sucker for primitive markings, I had to add stripes on his legs and a dorsal stripe too, and gave him an odd white stocking to make him stand out. I have to say it was rather fun painting completely off the cuff and not having a set idea to follow: I'm personally rather pleased with him.

I decided to call him Sam due to the fact that I'm recently getting back into the Life on Mars series with my housemate, and she mentioned how this fella's mane was a similar colour to Sam Tyler's. So, she started calling him Sam and Sam stuck.

Original Finish mould: [link]

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