Please check out my latest work. I am pretty proud of it and it took me a while to make.

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**osiskars**

or just scroll to my gallery http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/165837-Camouflage%2C%20Hills%2C%20Imperial%20Guard%2C%20Snow%2C%20Warhammer%2040%2C000%2C%20White%2C%20Winter.html
My project of 3 imperial guard soldiers in deep snow. the soldiers have been trough a lot of conversation . The hand of the first and second soldier are completely green stuff. I sculpted them myself, and of course the cloaks are completely from green stuff. The Idea is that there is a heavy wind blowing from the right side with harsh snow, but I had no idea of how to make snow in air like if it looked like it is actually snowing , only maybe photoshop , but didn't want to use that( so if you have any idea please share in comments. I will add one more major model in this diorama , but haven't finished it yet .

what do you think?

P.S. Soon I will post some more pics.
P.P.S. This is my first post. So is this the right place for this kind of article.

UPDATED:
SO HERE IT IS THE FINISHED PIECE!
The ''Lictor'' is Tau Pathfinder !

Enjoy And Chilly New Year!

**CommissarCandlestick**

That looks pretty cool; looking forward to seeing the finished piece.

**DPBellathrom**

epic work but did anyone else thinK LOTR?

**More Dakka**

NICE!

Looks very dramatic and life-like.

Can you post a pic of the whole diorama for context?

**Augustus**

Yea I did, will these guys end up in the mountain?

The whole thing is amazing, but the snow is really incredible, no idea how it was so convincingly done! Neat!

**Lint**

I like it. At first it seemed to bland, but then I started thinking about the actual work involved in this, and how it being minimalist is kind of the point.

Of course a good 'ole Eldar rapin' would spice it up nicely.
*duck*

**Ifurita**

DPBellathrom wrote:epic work but did anyone else thinK LOTR?

I did, the lead soldier just needs a pointy brimmed hat

**Depraved**

Outstanding work! I dont think you need the snow in the air, you can feel the howling wind just by looking at it! Maybe you should consider waterproofing it and making a snow globe out of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEQpwEHm6E8

**Some_Call_Me_Tim?**

Wow, very nice! I love the way the guardsman in the front is holding his hand out to block the wind.

_Tim?

**MannyMcCoconut**

Those are excellent dramatic poses which really give the impression of a cold wind. Awesome.

**Grimm**

Very nice stuff. You should be very proud.

Now all it needs is the guy at the front to wear a pointy hat, an Eldar, a bunch of Ratlings and of course a [DELETED BY THE INQUISITION]

**Ifurita**

That would be ace. 3 guardsmen, an Eldar, a Stuntie and 4 Ratlings

**Manchu**

Looks like they'll have to through Moria.

Excellent work, however! Very atmospheric!

**Fifty**

I thought LotR the second I saw it!

**Augustus**

Commissar Gandalphus said we HAVE to go this way!

Where is he?

I think he was eaten by a Bloodthirster in that cave, which is why we are STILL going this way!

**Styrofoam04**

Manchu wrote:Looks like they'll have to through Moria.

Excellent work, however! Very atmospheric!

I agree, but make sure you take plasma's with you(there just might be a monstrous creature in there)

Wow thats amazing! When I first saw it I felt the cold. The snow is incredible. Great Job! But now I'm going to need some tut's

**scotty kahn**

Awesome scene! Everything is perfect. The snow is really fantastic and your sculpting skills are amazing.
Thanks for sharing this.

**ancientsociety**

So far, it looks great!

This vignette perfectly captures the feeling of being stuck in a snowstorm in mountain-like terrain. The balance is perfect and the sense of motion (soldiers pushing forward, winds pushing back) is well-executed.

I'd like to see a top-down view to see how you modeled their tracks in the snowdrift though.

**UltraHawk**

I had just come in from the winter cold (-18 celsius) when I looked at that and I think I got even colder. The feeling of the wind and the cold feels real. When I saw this I thought: They aren't going to get killed by the enemy, the cold is gonna get them first.

**Lokirfellheart**

Love it. Makes me think about when in LOTR they climb those mountains going to Moria.

**Gearhead**

Dang, you SHOULD be proud of it! The troopers' postures are really expressive, and there's frost forming on my monitor just looking at it. Brilliant!!

**namegoeshere**

Awesome stuff

**A Black Ram**

Perfect for the season, and looks awesome.

PS: Welcome to dakka dakka.

PSS: Where did you get the snow.

**Deeks2010**

Ive had an idea about how to depict snow falling, dont know if it will work though, but......

How about putting this diorahma in a perspex display box, then printing your snow storm on some overhead projector film and putting it inside the display case????? its an idea.

Ellis

**osiskars**

Wow ! thanks Guys , I didn't think there will be so many replies.
If you say so It really reminds me too about LOTR although I hadn't realized that before.

I am thinking of completing it to be a diorama...!

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Deeks2010 wrote:Ive had an idea about how to depict snow falling, dont know if it will work though, but......

How about putting this diorahma in a perspex display box, then printing your snow storm on some overhead projector film and putting it inside the display case????? its an idea.

Ellis

yea I was thinking about that also , but I didn't have a really transparent material to make the box at home, but I will try to find something..

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A Black Ram wrote:Perfect for the season, and looks awesome.

PS: Welcome to dakka dakka.

PSS: Where did you get the snow.

I made the snow using citadel (games workshop) modelling snow. I mixed it with PVA glue and white colour , and put on about

10 layers ..

**Flashman**

The cloaks are fantastic, really gives the impression they're fighting against the wind.

**osiskars**

The only big problem that I had to encounter was that the colour on the green stuff after drying was splitting and cracking ???? and I actually have no idea why that happened, and as I was putting more layers on the more it cracked? Why could that be? Maybe that was because I was covering the green stuff after modeling whit olive oil

. Maybe that made it crack. Finally I resolved the problem by overlaying the cracking parts with much glue

**Aduro**

I'll admit to being pleasantly surprised when I saw the picture, which is really quite cool. The thread subject sounded like a joke to me, and I was expecting some Black Reach fig with inch thick layers of paint coating it.

**Deeks2010**

yea I was thinking about that also , but I didn't have a really transparent material to make the box at home, but I will try to find something..

Here try this website, they sell acrylic sheets to make your own box for it.

http://www.ema-models.co.uk/catalogue/0006-sheet-materials.html

Ellis

**osiskars**

Thanks!
Ok , I will be back tomorrow with probably some new photos.
But first I have to go to school to get my "Report Card" as it is the last school day before Christmas holiday.