Hi Alls.
Another relic from the past,sorry for the quality of the pics.
Cheers,
Tomas

Another one.

Another wonderfull little dio Tomas, have you got anymore?

Cheers
Henk

Very Nice!
One question: How did you make the snow? It looks a bit "creamy" to me. Being a "winter warrior" I have allways wanted to make a winter diorama, but I don't have the guts to do it in fear of messing it up.

Erik

Thanks Henk,
I try to recopillate old works.When I was startted in this
"world",I maked many,many "dios" for Publications,
hobby shops,collectionist,etc.I'm searching for them.
Today,have a couple of "dios",in progress,first steps.
They are for Armorama Campaings,when I take pics,
will be pleasured to share with your and all the guys of
Armorama.
Regards,

Tomas

Hi Erik.
Thanks for the question.Make the snow ground its a
little problem,color,texture,lights,shadows,etc.
I maked this snow theater with the following steps.
At firts,you need a Satin white paint,for decoration
(water soluble) and a tube of talk powder,put in to the
plastic glass,in this proportion,mid glass of Satin white
and mid of talk powder,mixing well,the results,that you
said its creammy,later with a nª5 brush,you paint the
zones that you like,before dry ,you can sprinkle with so-
da or bicarbonated powder.At the end,you must be pa-
inted with washes,some zones for shadows,lights in
other dark whites colors.
Hopping,that this method are from your interest.Prove
it !!,are very easy to do.

Tomas

Thanks for your quick answere, Thomas.
The reason for my question is simple, I can't make out the vignetts time of year. Beeing some what of an expert on snow (Summer in Norway is three weeks of bad skiing... Ha Ha), I have done most of my military training under artic conditions, and it is amazing how the snow change in texture and color. I will try to illustrate this with some pictures:



This picture is taken on the 20th of October some years ago. The snow is very powdery, fresh and white. Because of the bright white color you will not get much shadow



This is just before Christmas, and the winterstorms have started. Because of the heavy wind, The snow gets transformed into coarse-grained snow wich have the same effect as sand paper on your skin. Since it usually snows very often it is still very white.



The last picture is from late april. The snow has started to melt and is very wet and coarse-grinded. The color is "blueish" and you get that crystalised effect in the morning after a freezeing night.

Three pictures do not show the full spectre of snow, but I hope they can give some sort of reference.

My point is that I think you have overdone the snow a bit. My suggestion would be to put a thinner layer on the Hetzer, because it reminds me a bit of cream from a cake, and not snow.

And there you have the reason why I have chickened out every time I have tried to model snow!

Cheers

Erik

Hy Erik.
Don't forget that this "dio" was maked in 1983.More
painted effects and the last coat of soda,he loose trought the years,anyway,thanks for your critics,they are
always welcomed.Thanks too,for share diferents sta-
ges of snow ground.
Also,today,I'm still learning,every day,learn a some-
thing new, .
Thanks,
Tomas

1983 you say? I'm not worthy...

Erik

Thanks Erik,
Its not a joke!.This dio was appear in Spanish model
magazine."Modelismo y Historia",number 11 in Oct-
ober of 1983.
Dont worry,my friend about that,your point of view are
very razonnable.I only know,keep working!!,day by
day .
Will be in contact.
Cheers,
Tomas