I never tried the snow thing but I have seen a couple of real cool ones.
One thing.
Do not forget to put snow on the helmets and shoulders of your figures.
Thats one of those reality things that most people forget when building dios.
You know like those guys that load up an aircraft with bombs and missles then they open all the access panels on the plane.
It dosn't happen in real life.
(Or)
modeling a plane in flight that dosn't have a pilot.( a classic at model contests)
Recently I saw a photo in fsm's reader gallery that could be the worst I ever seen.
A WW-2 dio that depicted a howitzer sitting on the side of a cliff that was only accessable by rope.(So how did the howitzer get their?)
Try to keep these things in mind when building .
Just use common sence and don't forget the little things.(like fresh fruit in the winter time dio is a dead give away)
I hope this helps and good luck.