Very nice Bill!

That looks great Bill. I love the snow. Real snow isn't really all that powdery anyways. 

VERY nice.

You're good Bill.

I like the way you do things here.

But why 'o why have you waited nearly 8½ years to show us your stuff?

Thanks IBuild...  appreciate it.

Thank you Tigerman,,,   true, snow has many different consistencies.

And thank you Steve,,,  ,,  in answer to your question,,  ,, um,, lets see,, I am a slug sometimes (?). Never really thought to post much, but it would be rude not to. So now you will have to put up with my good, bad and (hopefully not) ugly.

Hi Bill,

Nice job all around!

Can you describe your snow technique further? I've used celluclay for other perposes but I'm at a loss to figure out how did such a marvelous job on the snow cover.

Best regards,

Dan

Great looking build. I love the snow and the engine detail. Good job on the figure too. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks Herc,,  appreciate it.

Sure thing Dan.

 I placed the celluclay into a rough pattern as shown....  sort of flipping up an edge here and there,, trying to give a wind-blown look. I tried to keep a pattern to these drifts to show wind coming from a specific direction 

Added the snow tracks (vehicle and where the driver has stomped around a bit) once it had cured a bit.     

 I used drops of water (on fingers) to smooth out the overall surface as much as possible,,, being careful to keep the wind-blown up-edges as intact as I could. Then let it dry for a few days. Letting it fully dry is a must.      

 I then took some white glue and diluted [it] a little with water. Not too much,, maybe 20% water to 80% glue. I simply "painted" it all over the surface. Just a nice thin coat. This will smooth out the texture of the celluclay. Again, let it dry for a day or two just to be safe.

Following that I painted the "snow" white. I added a few little blue hints (mixed with white) in places just to try to break up the stark whiteness of the snow.

I hope this helps and thanks for the compliment.

Bill

Very cool! Though I'd be tempted to put a little yellow snow at the base of the tree if he's been waiting awhile...

Thanks for the post, I love looking at winter dioramas when it's hot and humid outside. Hopefully someone will post a lovely tropical island dio here in six months when I'm freezing.

Thanks Gamera,,,,  didn't think of the yellow snow addition,,,  ha,, good one!

Hey Bill,

I really like this build - great work

What really caught my eye was just how effective the snow looks - VERY realistic!

Super job buddy, lovely vehicle and a great figure to boot!

Ben

Firstly, i never knew hasegawa did 1/35th vehicle kits. Second, that snow looks excellent. The  snow products would be fine for light snow fall, but i was woundering if they would be any good for deep snow. I had thought about Celluclay, but didn't think it would look right. But that looks spot on.

Another great build bill. How many more you got hidden away.

BaBill212

Thanks Herc,,  appreciate it.

Sure thing Dan.

 I placed the celluclay into a rough pattern as shown....  sort of flipping up an edge here and there,, trying to give a wind-blown look. I tried to keep a pattern to these drifts to show wind coming from a specific direction 

Added the snow tracks (vehicle and where the driver has stomped around a bit) once it had cured a bit.     

 I used drops of water (on fingers) to smooth out the overall surface as much as possible,,, being careful to keep the wind-blown up-edges as intact as I could. Then let it dry for a few days. Letting it fully dry is a must.      

 I then took some white glue and diluted [it] a little with water. Not too much,, maybe 20% water to 80% glue. I simply "painted" it all over the surface. Just a nice thin coat. This will smooth out the texture of the celluclay. Again, let it dry for a day or two just to be safe.

Following that I painted the "snow" white. I added a few little blue hints (mixed with white) in places just to try to break up the stark whiteness of the snow.

I hope this helps and thanks for the compliment.

 

Bill

Don't know about anyone else, but this helps me alot, and not just for the snow. I been trying to figure out how to get a smooth finish. Thats more tips logged for further use.

Thank you much, Ben.................   so glad you like it. It was actually a very enjoyable build.

Bish,,,  I certainly appreciate your kind words,, thanks. I think if you mold it correctly (and patience with it too) you could probably use this medium (Celluclay) for even deeper snow. I have heard of folks using it for water too. I tend to use gel-medium for water,,, but I wouldn't see why Celluclay couldn't work (?).

Again, glad you like,,,,,,,,,,,, 

Very well done!

I thank you Buckeye............

I've seen a couple of projects where people have used it for water in the Mag. But i think they have been ships out on the open ocean rather than shallow water like a stream. I have done a water effect on a Dio yet, but i am planning on trying the Woodlands Scenics products when i do.

You;re probably right with that.....   I haven't used the Woodlands product yet. I've been lucky (so far) with gel medium. I'll try to fire off a couple of pics of my water scenes.

That would be great bill. I am looking to really expand my Dio's beyond just a vehicle sat on some ground, i'd like to add some more to the scenes and got a few ideas to work on.