Great looking winter tank. Love doing winter dioramas. This looks good covered in snow. Very cold. Hate the cold for real though. Must have been hell in the real vehicle in sub zero temperatures.
Great looking winter tank. Love doing winter dioramas. This looks good covered in snow. Very cold. Hate the cold for real though. Must have been hell in the real vehicle in sub zero temperatures.
Your tank looks very cold, great job. Just reading a book on Stalingrad. Down to -50 below some nights. The frozen metal would take the skin clean off if touched without gloves on. Definitely give that a miss.
Your tank looks very cold, great job. Just reading a book on Stalingrad. Down to -50 below some nights. The frozen metal would take the skin clean off if touched without gloves on. Definitely give that a miss.
For me, doing a winter coat on a model, is the easiest. No camouflage, just a coat of white, and then whatever wear you want to give it. After doing such finishes for just on 40 years, it's water off a duck's back. Do you do many dioramas for your models? I'd like to, but space is a limiting factor.
For me, doing a winter coat on a model, is the easiest. No camouflage, just a coat of white, and then whatever wear you want to give it. After doing such finishes for just on 40 years, it's water off a duck's back. Do you do many dioramas for your models? I'd like to, but space is a limiting factor.
It's a sod. I need a large French Chateau to house my projects. I could have a word with the wife, but, somehow, I don't think she'll be impressed. Especially as we will have to win the Euromillions Lottery first!!!
It's a sod. I need a large French Chateau to house my projects. I could have a word with the wife, but, somehow, I don't think she'll be impressed. Especially as we will have to win the Euromillions Lottery first!!!
Hi Pantherman. Saw a reply comment this morning, that you gave to someone else, in which you mentioned how you sprinkle Plastering Powder to get a snow effect. So I went out this afternoon, and bought a large box of powder, a metal sprinkler sieve, and a water diffuser. Just put out a few photos of the first stage of a full diorama, using the reverse of a large tile I had hanging around. Hopefully, once the plaster is completely dry, it will still have the deep snow effect in the photos I've put out. Love the look of it now, and hoping to make it look like the vehicle has been abandoned outside,in the corner of a workshop. Fingers crossed. Glad I saw your comment. Never thought to use Plastering Powder for snow. Looks a lot better that the Scenic Snow I have been using. Cheers. Steve.
Hi Pantherman. Saw a reply comment this morning, that you gave to someone else, in which you mentioned how you sprinkle Plastering Powder to get a snow effect. So I went out this afternoon, and bought a large box of powder, a metal sprinkler sieve, and a water diffuser. Just put out a few photos of the first stage of a full diorama, using the reverse of a large tile I had hanging around. Hopefully, once the plaster is completely dry, it will still have the deep snow effect in the photos I've put out. Love the look of it now, and hoping to make it look like the vehicle has been abandoned outside,in the corner of a workshop. Fingers crossed. Glad I saw your comment. Never thought to use Plastering Powder for snow. Looks a lot better that the Scenic Snow I have been using. Cheers. Steve.
Glad the info was helpful. I did 2 layers and on the 3rd I did powder, mist spray and then a light dusting over the top which stuck to the misted layer but still looked like fluffy snow.
I also found if you over spray the layers and spray over the last layer it looks like ice. Did that on the engine parts and exhaust because they would have been hot. Pantherman
Glad the info was helpful. I did 2 layers and on the 3rd I did powder, mist spray and then a light dusting over the top which stuck to the misted layer but still looked like fluffy snow.
I also found if you over spray the layers and spray over the last layer it looks like ice. Did that on the engine parts and exhaust because they would have been hot. Pantherman
The light dusting over the top, to get a fluffy snow effect, was exactly what I did with the whole base and vehicle, as the plaster I'd mixed for the groundwork, had the look of icing on a large cake, though it did look like new snow. After sifting, as you said, I got a nice, textured effect, which, amazingly, looks like real snow. I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I was hoping that I would have least have thick snow covering the vehicle, but the whole turned out even better than I dared hope. All thanks to your comment. It's opened up a whole new world for my models.
The light dusting over the top, to get a fluffy snow effect, was exactly what I did with the whole base and vehicle, as the plaster I'd mixed for the groundwork, had the look of icing on a large cake, though it did look like new snow. After sifting, as you said, I got a nice, textured effect, which, amazingly, looks like real snow. I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I was hoping that I would have least have thick snow covering the vehicle, but the whole turned out even better than I dared hope. All thanks to your comment. It's opened up a whole new world for my models.
