SimonT - Hobbyboss 1/35 Russian T-18 Light Tank

[Neil Merryweather]

Brilliant, Simon. That looks totally cold and wet. The broken ice is super. Top marks from me sir!

[Si Benson]

Morning Mr T,
brrrrr......well that certainly looks chilly . Nice work and merry Christmas :smiling4:

[Jim R]

Happy Christmas Simon
That is excellent. Ivan looks the part peering out. The mud, snow and ice is totally convincing.
Jim

[SimonT]

John, Neil, Si, Jim - happy Christmas to you and yours and thank you all for the comments

It is my first real try at a largish snow base - just done the odd figure on a small base before

The 'ice' chunks I made from PI&S water mixed with their snow powder and poured into a shallow container to create a thin layer that could then be broken up and dropped into the main water

Snow is a mix of PI&S InstaSno, Extra snow and snow wash with a sprinkling of fine sparkles bought off ebay and then ground down in a pestle and mortar

Mud was AK rough ground paste mixed with pigments and painted

The stirred silt in the water was a lighter pigment gently stirred into the water once it had been poured

I have a few more winter builds in mind so this was an experiment to see if I could achieve anything closely resembling winter

[stillp]

an experiment to see if I could achieve anything closely resembling winter

You certainly achieved that Simon! Made me shiver to look at it.
Pete

[Guest]

Looks great Simon, you've definitely nailed the cold and frosty look.

[minitnkr]

Another method mastered. Well done. PaulE

[Guest]

Simon,
That looks the business, had to look out the window because my garden looks a bit like your groundwork, wet with mud and water....
Excellent finish.
Mike.

[JR]

Simon,
That looks the business, had to look out the window because my garden looks a bit like your groundwork, wet with mud and water....
Excellent finish.
Mike.

Bet you won't tell SWMBO it looks like that !

[Guest]

Bet you won't tell SWMBO it looks like that !

I did - but I had one foot against the tiolet door.....