[Hereticus]

Anyone have any ideas on doing decent looking, quick and easy snow bases. At this stage i'm thinking sand, painted green and heavily drybrushed white for the snow covered grass look.
Any other ideas?

[BloodiedFangs]

quarter flour, quarter white paint, half PVA glue (or white glue...whatever you wanna call it)

works nicely. sand looks pretty crappy. another favourite is just baking powder and white glue

[dizzygamer]

umm, I'm not 100% sure if this belongs here as the same topic is here

http://forums.tauonline.org/index.php?topic=2129.15

in the Terrain forum. have a nice day ;D

[hivetrygon]

Originally Posted by BloodiedFangs

quarter flour, quarter white paint, half PVA glue (or white glue...whatever you wanna call it)

works nicely. sand looks pretty crappy. another favourite is just baking powder and white glue

Why the white paint? I guess some flour is not white? Does it stay real well, no flaking like the baking soda glue thing? This sounds like the most feasible option I have ever heard. I thank you, my whole army will be snow covered! One more question if you do not mind, do you paint the snow stuff on models last or put it on and touch it up with paint latter?

[Dangerous Beans]

the white paint is to stop the flour from yellowing right?

i apply the snow after i have finished painting. also paint the base white before applying.

[hivetrygon]

Originally Posted by Dangerous Beans

the white paint is to stop the flour from yellowing right?

i apply the snow after i have finished painting. also paint the base white before applying.

Cool, thanks. Does it help to put a texture under it as well, like sand? I have these massive stone formations on some of my bases, like a weathered rock and want patches of ice and snow on them, will it work on these or look strange without some form of texture under it? Here are what I'm talking about:
http://hivetrygon.com/tau/crsu.html

[Dalyth Dude]

2 parts baking soda, 1 part glue, 1 part water. Add a tiny amount of blue ink. Mix until a runny mashed potatoe consistency. Spoon on. It will dry with a slightly porous texture which can easily be drybrushed.

At this stage you could take it a step further by using Woodland scenics snow flock clouded on. I don't recommend it as the foundation of your snow though. Think of it as more of a dust than a deep drift.

[dizzygamer]

Got any pics of what it turns out like?

[Keith]

I was cooking last night and needed some sugar and noticed the Splenda that I have resembles snow...much better then sugar would. Its very fluffy\flaky and doesnt seem to be very sticky..

Not sure if you have Splenda across the pond but it might be worth looking at... most of the resturants in the states carry it on the table in little packets and a box is a few $

Just a thought.

[dizzygamer]

..... what is it?