http://web135.kserver7.erfurt12.de/index_en.html?tips_en.html&1

er.. click on here to go directly to the snow part I'm talking about :

http://web135.kserver7.erfurt12.de/en_tip_schnee.html

Anyone used this technique? It's broken english so I'm not sure if "food soda" is the proper term since I've never heard of it. Is this what it is called? It looks pretty realistic and I wanted to try. (unless someone knows of another way besides plaster to do snow)

Thanks.

im pretty sure food soda refers to bicarbonate of soda,

its what i use for snow as it has very fine, reflective granules. it does have its downfalls though, its sometimes a pain to attach to models, and can use its granular appearance if used with some mediums (gloss varnish etc)

cheers

joe

I have not, but I have seen many posts where people have. I have seen them use Baking Soda.

I'd hang on and wait for some of thier ideas.

That's baking soda. I've used it for a long time. Just overspray it with the old sticky type hair spray to keep it from blowing away. It also gives the snow kind of a sparkle effect. Someone posted a pic where they sprinkled Sweet & Low here and there on a street scene, but I don't know how it would work out for a larger area. I'll have to try it.

Art

A friend in our club did a huge Ardennes dio and for the snow he used Tile Grout. I believe it was the sanded kind. I'm not exactly sure on the difference between sanded and non-sanded tile grout. And he just used extra strong hold hairspray to attach it. It really had a great effect, it looked very realistic!

I think that using Baking Soda will be your best bet. That's what I have been using for a while now. I have also heard of people using Micro Balloons but I have yet to actually find them in any of my local model shops.

I think what the author is talking about is not baking-soda (what you normally use for making cakes or cookies) but normal sodium, sodium carbonate or sodium hydrogen carbonate.

(I dont know if there is a chemical difference betwenn these and the baking soda from the supermarket, but the sodium carbonate I bought to make snow in my dios is not really a powder but more like very fine crystals, so it reflects the light a little bit and looks more realistic than the matt powder)

hey guys,
I too use baking soda for snow , with a few layers of hair spray it looks really effective.
Here is a couple of photos of my snow dio

A rather interesting site, lots of nice tips and tricks

Take a look at this new product ...it looks awesome for snow and ice ...you'll never use baking soda again.. http://www.ww2modelmaker.com/images/hobbyshoppics/snow.jpg

Rick

i used it on my latsest vingette but my camera cant get any good photos please help

That looks really cool. Do you know where we can get it?
Has anyone had problems with the baking soda "yellowing" or showing any other adverse effects over time?

You can get it from the WW2MM website directly ..just go to the hobby shop and click on the Cast a Coat products and you'll find it there....

Rick

Thanks!

I recently got a pack of Hudsin & Allen "Slush". Just mix with water and apply. It loooks pretty good. Has some sparkle effect as well.

its thanks to that site that i have meet all of you here at armorama...

i used backing soda once and it turned out realy well even tho my mom yelled at me because there wasnt any left for her recipy i liked the result, but its only good for a very fine snow... if you want a heavier snow, try using corn starch, the fun thing about that is it stichs naturaly to your tank and gives it a special look, like it its snowing at the moment, and it stickes realy well to your base so ass long as you dont have kids playing with your dio your safe. its realy neet.
yesterday i tried backing soda for the base and corn starch for my tigerand it looked good, i think il give it a fine layer of cornstarch to the base so it looks liek its in the middle of winter.

Frank