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- From: pshyvers@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Peter Shyvers)
- Newsgroups: alt.models
- Subject: Re: Snow diaramas: Armored vehicles
- Message-ID: <182759@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 16:15:01 GMT
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- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA
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- In article <l6rdhtINN7bj@nunki.usc.edu> grenier@nunki.usc.edu (Adrian Grenier) writes:
- >I am in the process of building a diarama of a Panzer MkV in an Ardennes
- >Offensive setting and would like to know if anyone has ideas on how to
- >make realistic looking snow and any other ideas on making a good looking
- >snow/woodland setting. I am kinda new to the vehicle diarama scene, so all
- >suggestions would help.
- >
- I recommend Celluclay, painted appropriately. Celluclay reproduces the "grain"
- of older snow well, IMHO, and is (after drying!) infinitely lighter and more
- durable than the old standby, plaster of paris. It will also take water-based
- painting better than I recall plaster of paris would (for me.) Celluclay is
- also VERY sculptable - I once built-up a Hetzer plowing across a muddy field,
- with Celluclay for the mud; the stuff took the track impressions BEAUTIFULLY.
- I accidentally trashed the Hetzer later, but kept the base and substituted
- a Pz38t...
-
- Plaster of paris, though, does have its place; I think it duplicates newly-
- fallen snow better.
-
- What I haven't found is something to duplicate fallen snow on a vehicle. You
- need so very little, assuming the storm is in progress, and if the vehicle
- is moving very little would likely accumulate (unless it's close to sleet.)
- I suppose white artist's chalk, ground up, would be best, but VERY prone to
- being smudged off, and a real dirt-collector if you don't keep it in a case.
-
- As for getting the scene right, consider the weather conditions you are
- trying to simulate and make the snow conditions match. Big drifts with open
- muddy patches are (IMHO) inconsistent; if there's bare ground, you should
- probably sculpt in sun-cups around trees, shrubs, etc. If you have snow
- drifted up against something, make sure that all other stationary objects
- are drifted (unless they conceivably just entered the scene) and that all
- your drifts are consistent - ie. were deposited by wind from the same
- direction.
-
- >Also if anyone has info on where I can get detailed machin guns (MG34 and
- >MG40 I think) I would appreciate it. The Verlinden catalog has only
- >American mg's.
-
- I'd swear Verlinden did a resin MG34, and I'm reasonably sure I've seen a
- brass MG34 in 1/35th scale. No telling, though, what's still around, as I
- stopped buying AFV stuff four years or more ago.
-