Hells_Clown Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Can anyone give me some ideas on how to create a nice looking snow base? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Froggy the Great Posted November 4, 2003 Moderator Share Posted November 4, 2003 I've had good results with DecoArt's Snow-Tex. It's a little difficult to apply, but the results are pretty good. The clearest shot of anything with a snow base is here: I have no idea where to get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Sinister Posted November 4, 2003 Share Posted November 4, 2003 I real nice link on lots of different "how-to's" was passed on to me in a different thread. Click this Link to go there. In a nutshell, it involves "painting" the areas that you want to have snow with a mixture of glue thinned with either water, or some other medium, then sprinkling on ("flocking") the base with fake snow. Most use the stuff for train scenes, and is purchasable from almost any hobbie store. But definitely go to the link. I'm sure the articles there can explain it way better than I can. ~Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital M@ Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 I use the snow-Tex and think it leaves a wonderful texture and color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CripDyke Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 If you need to bloody up the snow, will that work well with snow-tex? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital M@ Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 Yep, it can be painted. I have not tried blood, but I can't see why not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coogle Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 If you need to bloody up the snow, will that work well with snow-tex? Okay, what I found is paint your base so it doesn't show through, either with white or grey. Then use a mixture of matt snow and sparkly snow, should be able to get both from train hobby store. It gives it that mixture of ice and powder snow that you get in snow fields. As for blood, don't paint it on.. get a blood colour and slop it on randomly, but sparingly, and let it soak in. If you paint it, it doesn't look spilled. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hells_Clown Posted November 5, 2003 Author Share Posted November 5, 2003 What I've got so far is a Litko base with Elmer's Wood Filler putty on it primed white. It already more or less looks like snow but has no depth n stuff, it's just all white. I was wondering how to make it look more like regular outdoors type terrain. That probably didn't help much, but I still don't have access to a camera! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CripDyke Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 coogle you answered my question perfectly. I didn't really ask it right, i guess. I really wanted to know if the paint (of whatever color) would "sink in" to give it the right look for spilled blood (or wine or orange juice - whatever i feel the need to spill, I guess). thanks my man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Froggy the Great Posted November 6, 2003 Moderator Share Posted November 6, 2003 I haven't tried to paint Sno-tex yet. Maybe I should. If/when this happens, I'll let people know how it works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper User Vaitalla Posted November 6, 2003 Reaper User Share Posted November 6, 2003 Is the Sno-tex stuff as good as the Techstar Snowflakes that Jen and I use? Can someone post an example pic? Thanks! --Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Froggy the Great Posted November 6, 2003 Moderator Share Posted November 6, 2003 Assuming that shows the image... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobbo Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 Baking soda. I use it on my snow bases and it looks really good! You do have to cover it wih a watered down white glue after it initially dries in order to keep it all on the base though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted November 6, 2003 Share Posted November 6, 2003 B soda I've heard will react with metal. Train guy at my hobby shop was doin a snow cover hill & the soda reacted to the metal tracks. I use some sorta snow I got from my hobby shop, it's out of the train scene stuff, it's not woodland scenic, but similar to that. Randy M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TaleSpinner Posted November 6, 2003 Moderator Share Posted November 6, 2003 I've always used rice flour. It is pure white and has a very fine texture. TS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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