"A Cold Day In Hell" *Complete*pg6

Thanks Chris, Huxy! Been very busy lately....sorry if I have been slow to respond.

The Snow was a riot Psst....wish I wasn't so shocked....I woud have gotten pics...Might do it again just for kicks Hope to have some new WIPs soon.

I do indeed love the snow.. and the scenery..  Really cool!

Sorry for not checking in lately

-Lasse

panzerguy wrote:

SternO how's this for a ref pic    It's Jack Nicholson in the final scene of the ‘Shining'    Also check your PMs

Gee, I always thought he was permanently glued to his seat at the Staples Center (home arena for the Lakers)!

Looking good Steve! By the way, check your messages! LOL!

rb

Nice firt dusting, lol 28 scale inches huh? Would'a been fun to see lol

I also like the idea of giving the Germans and their eqipment a light dusting, as if they froze before the latest snow fall, good sense of the time they've been there, adds a lot more to the dio

    SternO how's this for a ref pic

 It's Jack Nicholson in the final scene of the ‘Shining'

 Also check your PMs

i wouldv'e liked to have seen the other 28 inches for a laugh too but whatever. what ya got looks good. i think the idea is to have the germans frozen correct? are ya gonna make some miniature icecycles hanging from the trees or anything? i think the baking soda worked great...i might put more on (sorry dude) to give that holy &^$%^& its cold and snowing everywhere feel! that or the ice...but...i know how it is when u have an idea and everyone wants to add their two cents in then things change then gets confusing... (no offense to anyone). but i think it looks great and i cant wait to see it finished!!

Tom, OH YES..very nice snow..I have'nt even looked into buying any...unfamilar with any of it...I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to find...here is a few pics of how mine turned out once I dumped the other 28 scale inches off...wish I had taken pictures of that, it was worth a good laugh this was a test run...more will go on top of germans and their equipment. Thanks for sharing that fantastic Dio!

not to laugh at your pain but.... i understand how that is. i wish i had an alternative 4 u! only did one snow scene b4 and that was using that fake snow for model railroads! that was a looooong time ago. i know u want to use home stuff (i get that) but below is what it looked like in case u wondered.

Tom, I'm trying to use stuff around the house for snow as opposed to buying It....Against all I have seen on the subject, i used Baking powder...Unfortunatly my work space has been relegated to my basement which is very dank! I layed down a thin coat of white glue and sifted the powder on it..It looked good...went to check on it the next day and it had swelled up to about three sizes larger...A major BLIZZARD the messed up part was it looked real as hell...just a whole lot more depth and it didn't stick...just fell off when inverted....I do have other methods in mind though

Panzerguy...Thanks for the feedback..I'm a little torn on the color of the faces...from personal experience I know it dos'nt take long for the skin to turn colors on the living..My philosophy is; If it is this cold, their skin, (most of all the tip of nose), would be black before death...then after being dead and frozen for any period of time there wouldnt be much color left...I may be way off on this..but I will be looking into it...Thanks again!

   SternO this is starting to come together. The fallen tree is well done.

  The figs look really good that's a nice touch with the cloth draped over their heads. My only suggestion would be about their face's I think there to white. You may want to consider painting the faces in flesh tones and then dry brushing some white over that leaving some of the flesh exposed.     

Stern0 wrote:

Thanks for the comments Chris! The head wraps are just painted masking tape and the "cuffs" are the same but I was going for more of a hands wraped in rags.... lol..figure these two were doing anything to stay warm...thanks again!

I thought that's what those were on their hands--some sort of rags to try to keep warm and it was all they could find. To no avail, too. Definitely catching the mood of the diorama very well.

Frank,

Thanks for the posiitve feedback...I try to get as realistic as possible...lots of work to do on figs and the base...more to come.

Hi Steve,

    You've certainly captured the air of misery in the scene, both in the hopelessness on the German's faces and the bitterness of the weather.       The object is realism, and you're nailing it; great work!

Take care,

Frank