Snow

[Product]

Any one got a easy, non expensive, way to make good snow?

(And yes, i checked the articles section, but have no Haperjab of soda)

 

[Fizl]

Bicarbonate of soda is VERY cheap, so you could get some. I can\'t think of anthing else in the kitchen that wouldn\'t get eaten by insects, dissolve or discolour.

If you really want to use something you already have, you could try sifting your sand to get the finest stuff and paint it in grey and white (with a hint of blue).

Shaz

 

[DrEvilmonki]

I have used plaster of paris dust from sanding before.

 

[Ritual]

This tutorial is very good!

 

[mickc22]

bi-carb of soda from the supermarket, it\'ll cost you pennies. I\'ve not had any go yellow on me yet

 

[Einion]

Sodium bicarb + PVA glue (or acrylic medium) can work really well. But be careful of making small blobs of it, they can turn into liquid over time.

You can make a paste of the two ingredients or use the sprinkle method over wet glue.

Einion

 

[mickc22]

Hey Einion, yeah that\'s what I used on my shaggoth and Female Ogre bases, soda + PVA with a spinkle over the top

 

[Ogrebane]

All my ogres were done using white glue, bicarb and a VERY small amount of blue paint. I also did a dogs of war army (over 150 minis) with the same method and havent had any probs with them yet.

It is by far the cheapest way to make snow. Cost me $2 Oz which would be about 50c american.

btw welcome back Einion long time no hear
and Mick nice ogre did the vote thing.

 

[airhead]

Second the Baking Soda.

If you want to give your snow a bit of sparkle, try sprinkling a little alum on the snow/glue mix before it sets. Not much, just a bit.

 

[Avelorn]

@Airhead: What is alum? I saw the chemical explanation, but what do you use it for as I suppose you have it at home (or abouts) recommending it here.

You can also use crushed glass to get that sparkle effect.

 

[airhead]

Originally posted by Avelorn
@Airhead: What is alum? I saw the chemical explanation, but what do you use it for as I suppose you have it at home (or abouts) recommending it here.

You can also use crushed glass to get that sparkle effect.

Alum is a seasoning/spice. You get a little can at the spice rack. Just asked my wife, and neither of us know what to use it for in foods.

 

[thesword]

Alum is used for canning as far as kitchen use.

 

[Product]

Originally posted by Fizl
Bicarbonate of soda is VERY cheap, so you could get some. I can\'t think of anthing else in the kitchen that wouldn\'t get eaten by insects, dissolve or discolour.

If you really want to use something you already have, you could try sifting your sand to get the finest stuff and paint it in grey and white (with a hint of blue).

Shaz

Turns out ive been using Sodium Bicarbonate all the time (^^)


Its jus tthe name that confused me, on my language its \"Natron\"

Well, thanks for the help, and in case you were wondering, its for my \"Russian\" themed Warmachine Army (Khador)

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by Product
Turns out ive been using Sodium Bicarbonate all the time (^^)

Its jus tthe name that confused me, on my language its \"Natron\"

Hehe, natron is the mineral salt that was used to dry out Egyptian mummies!

Einion

 

[Product]

Originally posted by Einion

Originally posted by Product
Turns out ive been using Sodium Bicarbonate all the time (^^)

Its jus tthe name that confused me, on my language its \"Natron\"

Hehe, natron is the mineral salt that was used to dry out Egyptian mummies!

Einion

Yay! Mummified Snow (^^)

 

[DragonPaint]

Here\'s another good tutorial for the Sodium Snow

http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/other/create_snow_cheehongahn.html

 

[spazzy]

I had made a miserably failed attempt at ice, and the baking soda snow did a fabulous job of covering up my rotten excuse for ice.

 

[generulpoleaxe]

have you tried using part of a blister pack cut to shape for ice spazzy?

it works for glass as well.
just add scratches etc with thinned white paint.

hope that helps.

 

[spazzy]

I was making a base for the ice queen by Werner Klocke. I wanted her to be standing on something that looked like a glacier. I had the bright idea that if I added a touch of paint to the stuff you use for water (can\'t think of what it\'s called) it would end out colored but still clear, if maybe a touch cloudy. I started out with a few layers of cork torn irregularly and glued on top of each other, painted them blue, then put the water stuff mixed with a tiny bit of paint in layers starting with dark blue and going to light blue. Just ended up with a light blue blob. Lesson learned. Paint makes water stuff opaque. So it\'s not exactly the base I had envisioned, but it does still look good.

I am interested in how you would accomplish this with a blister pack, please elaborate?

 

[generulpoleaxe]

glue the cut piece of blister with thinned pva (very thin) then add snow around the edges to help make it look more realistic.

think of a frozen lake with small patches of ice showing through a thin layer of snow.

paint the base before hand, differen\'t colours will give different effects. an off white grey/blue with a couple of white glazes will probably achieve what you are after.

the scratches on the ice are created with little fine white lines of a white glaze so they are slightly opaque.

then mount the model.

is that clearer, if not i will try and find another way to describe the process.