Tutorial: Creating Ice Bases

[TaleSpinner 42960]

I added this to the Directory of Painting Tips and Adivce post.

[Chaoswolf 107626]

Very cool!

[tiniest rhombus 17665]

Once again, thread necromancy for the win!!

Yup.

 

I may or may not have just ordered some of this paint...

[Couvs 188]

Hey there. This caught my eye as I started looking for ideas to make an icy base for the Frost wyrm Bones mini I recently finished painting. 

 

Although I found that brand of product at Michael's the other day they specifically did not have that crackle paint. The closest I could find was this Art Minds chalk crackle medium (see attached pic). Is this a close enough substitute? After reading the label I'm not so sure. I did discover after the fact that I can order the crackle paint in the OP on Amazon but I wanted to ask about this one as well. 

 

Thanks! 

[pinkymadigan 4821]

Hmm. "Artminds crackle medium" returns a lot of results on Youtube, but most are irrelevant. Here's one example I could find, I don't know that it will work quite right, though, based on what I'm seeing here. But obviously different surfaces react differently, so no way to really know without testing.

 

[Couvs 188]

hm my best bet is probably going to be just ordering the exact stuff from the tutorial from amazon.  fortunately it's reasonably priced and has free shipping in Canada.

[NomadZeke 56815]

Oddly enough I was JUST looking for this tutorial...

[Reaperbryan 21]

The crackle varnish you show there should work more or less the same. Experimentation is part of learning, and learning is part of mastery

[SamuraiJack 19122]

There is usually some crackle medium in the craft paint area too

[MonkeySloth 9147]

Hey all.  Pulled one of these old bases out of storage to see how it held up after all this time (about 6 and a half years), since I was looking at using this medium for a project, and it still looks just as good as it did back when I made this tutorial.

 

I added a quick picture to the end of the second post as well as below this sentence.

 

Edited May 12, 2018 by MonkeySloth

[Darkmeer 5886]

Glad to see it held up so well, MonkeySloth. 

[MonkeySloth 9147]

Same.  I figure if it can last this long it's going to be quite some time till it yellows if ever.

[Kendal 1685]

What was the tape used on your base?