Basing: Simple Snow Base

[zain]

Here is one of my snow bases

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e342/Zain1234/snow.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e342/Zain1234/snow2.jpg

and this is how you make them

1.) mix space wolf grey to pva glue 1:10 and then stir baking soda /power to make a paste.

2.) Pile the paste onto your base and then sprinkle more bakeing soda on top of this.

3.) when dry glaze with more pva

and that's it a fraction of the cost of the gw rubbish and i feel looks ten times better.

hope this has helped

zain

[Chaoswolf]

I'm thinking that the final PVA glaze helps to keep it white over time. Right? If so, that's one sweet idea.

[zain]

that's the idea

[Ahmato]

Cool, Thanks :lol:

 

Non of it falls of the base I presume? :lol:

[zain]

[quote Non of it falls of the base I presume? :lol:

no it's rock hard

[Ahmato]

Non of it falls of the base I presume? :lol:

no it's rock hard

 

I'll give it a go then :lol:

[Purge The Weak]

Excellent idea !

 

I will defintely try.

 

Maybe make a more in-depth tutorail ? So it could be added to the tutorails ?

 

P.T.W

[Legacy40k]

you should mix in some white paint to help prevent yellowing.

 

Anyways, its a great idea, but basically the exact same as in the B&C Library

 

-Legacy40k

[Dominar_Mortis]

looks good. does this method work for little detailed pieces? eg light snow on window-sills, etc...?

 

3.) when dry glaze with more pva

i've also heard of hair-spray being used to hold the baking soda in place on shrubs, trees etc...

 

 

DM :D

[Legacy40k]

yes, you can do windowsills and such with this method as well, the more baking soda you have, the thicker it will be, so it wont drip off too easily. It also shrinks a bit when it dries and leaves "frost" lines of where it started which add to the effect. I just "finished" doing my tau army with this method and did the tops of barrels and other debris with snow quite nicely.

 

A clear coat will help hold it on as well

 

-Legacy40k

[Atticus_Ross]

A big thing with snow bases is that i've had an extremely tough time keeping a model ON TOP of snow. So either it's glue to the base and snow around the feet or make a spacer under his feet at the same level as the snow to make him look like he's walking on top of it. Generally my model would break off the top with huge chunks of snow on his feet. Just my imput. :) Nice job mate

[Shroud.]

i put watered down blood red on mine whilst it was still drying to give a blooded snow effect.

looks kinda cool actually, but i think i used a bit to much :/

[Epic Thoughts]

Gonna give this stuff a shot this weekend. Thanks!

[DarkAngelsRK]

Does Elmer's glue work for this? Thanks for the great tutorial, by the way.

[The Normish]

I'll try this on my next batch of models, as my current ones are already "based".

[The Son of Russ]

name='zain' date='May 31 2006, 09:33 PM' post='1020155']

[quote Non of it falls of the base I presume? :blink:

no it's rock hard

 

Like a boss?

 

I will definately use this tut.

[Wulfebane]

A big thing with snow bases is that i've had an extremely tough time keeping a model ON TOP of snow. So either it's glue to the base and snow around the feet or make a spacer under his feet at the same level as the snow to make him look like he's walking on top of it. Generally my model would break off the top with huge chunks of snow on his feet. Just my imput. :rolleyes: Nice job mate

 

You're forgetting though. Any one of these army foot soldiers with all their armor, wargear, and equipment, likely weigh upwards of 300 pounds for IG and probably 700+ undoubtedly for marines. They'll definitely be punching through the top layers of any snow field. (Ice is a different matter, but we're talking about snow.)

[Furniture]

Does Elmer's glue work for this? Thanks for the great tutorial, by the way.

 

Elmer's glue is PVA glue, so I'd assume it would work with this tutorial.

[ItCameFrom1994]

I tried using baking soda but found that it yellowed after a couple of days. I recommend that everybody here do a test base with this method and wait a week before continuing with a whole army.

[chino]

A few things to avoid as well, if you use a spray on gloss varnish apply the 'snow' to the base after the gloss coat and apply a spray on matte varnish. Most matte varnishes (I use Krylon in particular) will have an anti-yellowing agent that will keep the 'snow' looking pristine.

 

Another thing other may want to consider is adding in a drop or two of the Asurmen Blue wash. If you've ever seen fresh snow on a sunny day, the shadows casted by the snow are a light blue. The Asurmen Blue helps create this effect. If you'd like to attain that sparkle that real snow has, a small drop of Vallejo's Chainmail Silver mixed in with the paste can give it a nice sparkle.

 

Also, when moving the snow around the base, especially in harder to reach areas, use a small brush that you can moisten with clean water. This will make the paste a little bit more glue-like and you'll have an easier time moving it about.