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Title: Snow question!
Post by: General Roos on November 16, 2009, 10:31:04 AM: Does anyone know where I can buy powder snow for my miniatures? I´ve used baking soda for the bases but I need some sort of powder snow for boots, helmets, backpacks and vehicles.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Snow question!
Post by: Hammers on November 16, 2009, 11:40:47 AM: Quote from: Mattias on November 16, 2009, 10:31:04 AM
Does anyone know where I can buy powder snow for my miniatures? I´ve used baking soda for the bases but I need some sort of powder snow for boots, helmets, backpacks and vehicles.

Thanks!

Woodland Scenics has the superior product. You will find them at http://www.mjhobby.se/mjhobby/prodlist.asp?qsLang=swe&type=2&id=785&code=785175 (http://www.mjhobby.se/mjhobby/prodlist.asp?qsLang=swe&type=2&id=785&code=785175)
Title: Re: Snow question!
Post by: General Roos on November 16, 2009, 11:49:54 AM: Thanks Hammers!
Title: Re: Snow question!
Post by: Malebolgia on November 16, 2009, 11:59:23 AM: Actually, not a big fan of the WS Snow. It is quite coarse for 28mm and doesn't give the nice puffy snowy effect that baking soda gives. Compare the following pics:

WS Snow
http://www.paintoholic.nl/images/kodiak.jpg
http://www.paintoholic.nl/images/manhunter.jpg

Baking Soda
http://www.paintoholic.nl/images/butcher.jpg
http://www.paintoholic.nl/images/beast.jpg
http://www.paintoholic.nl/images/yuri.jpg
http://www.paintoholic.nl/images/candy.jpg

Maybe this tutorial from PP.com is useful for you:
http://www.privateerpressforums.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=173516&view=findpost&p=2735662

The whole thread is awesome by the way 8)
Title: Re: Snow question!
Post by: Cosmotiger on November 16, 2009, 04:15:33 PM: I bought one of the little containers of snow that Gale Force 9 sells: http://www.gf9.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=36&products_id=357 (http://www.gf9.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=36&products_id=357)

I wasn't happy with that product. I thought it was grainy and overscale. It looks similar to the WS pictures in the links above. I originally wanted to use it for 20mm figures... it looked more like big ice chunks in that scale. Even in 28mm, it looks too gritty, IMO.

I ended up using a "snow paste" product I found at a Michael's craft store. It appears to be a thick white paint with texture in it. I'm not completely in love with that product, either, but it is better than the Gale Force stuff, IMO.
Title: Re: Snow question!
Post by: Hammers on November 16, 2009, 04:35:04 PM: I am very sceptical to all things Gale Force. They seem to twice as expensive as all other equivalent products.

Baking powder is a bit tricky since it reacts with water.
Title: Re: Snow question!
Post by: archangel1 on November 16, 2009, 04:43:18 PM: Busch and Noch both make snow powders in their model railroad lines but I've never actually seen them. My friend just picked some up to try but he neglected to tell me the brand! He did say that there are tiny reflective crystals in it that give that typical sparkle you see in a snowfall. There is also a Japanese product but since my Japanese, other than a dozen words or so, is almost nonexistant, I have no idea what it is! It's demonstrated in this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3zImNZOAeY&feature=related

(Check out the other videos in the series while you're at it. They're quite interesting.)
Title: Re: Snow question!
Post by: former user on November 16, 2009, 05:35:59 PM: what I bought last year is powder snow and spray snow for winter decoration in a hardware shop quite cheaply.
You can even wash the spray snow off