This could be a tough one... I am planning an arctic dio with a RX-79 (G)

he will be in winter camo-

my problem is due to the scale - 1/100 and his height 7.5" I am stuck on how to do the ice and snow- I dont want to have it look like plain old snow- I was thinkng of showing a part of an ice floe but I cant seem to find anything to base it on. Does anyone have any expierience in the arctic/antarctic. Does it look simply white or is it bluish! does the ice get uncovered so you see the ice?
This will be a boxed dio with faint led spot lighting

Hi John, from what Ive seen of the antartic/artic you get what is called pressure ridges where the Ice is crushed together causing large irregular shapes, usually the ice looks white but in the shadows it appears blue, if its glacial ice you can have dirt showing. re the snow it would depend on the weather conditions wind would expose some of the ice or there could be a fresh fall covering everything.hope this helps

Good advice ! I wonder if it would hold his weight anyway - specs say-52.8 tons

This is interesting

Here's a pressure ridge-

Another ridge-

Columbia Glacier-

Hi John

I have seen quite convincing ice dioramas produced using melted candle wax. This can be bought in a wide range of forms (not only as candles) and can be melted (using a warm iron), cut, shaved and moulded quite convincingly to produce ice flows and sheets.

Because ice is translucent, underlying colour can show through to produce blue shades (if the underlying base is suitably coloured).

Thought this might help you.

Good luck with the diorama.

Regards
Garth