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Finally settled on doing a tundra themed cadian army (grays and whites with some snow on bases, maybe on the models themselves) and was looking for some starter advice.

First off, advice for snow bases. I found this video that I liked:



Is this a good way to go? Anything different you'd recommend? I do like the finished look of it a lot more than the snow flocks I've seen, I want very light snowfall.

After that, does anyone have any good pictures of snow camo they've done/seen? What's a good color combo? I need to find a slightly darker shade as well, but I was thinking for the armor itself I'd do white, celestra gray, and ulthuan gray.

Again, any tips, advice, examples, etc. are very much welcome.

Which snow flocks have you seen so far? I haven't tried GW's white texture paint, but I imagine like most paints it's going to have the problem of not having the fine grain, shiny/sparkly finish and slight translucency that makes something look like snow.

I like Woodland Scenics Soft Flake Snow and Microballoons for doing snow. They give different effects, so it depends what you're going for I guess.

There's a lot of interesting articles out there on modelling snow. For example....

http://www.009.cd2.com/members/how_to/snow.htm

http://sproketsmallworld.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/know-your-snow.html

http://hakomike.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/snow-basing-materials-reference.html

You do have to experiment, because it's hard to tell from photos what is good and what is bad, and it will vary depending on what you want it to look like in the end.

I prefer using a "water effects" like that from secret weapon rather than using PVA glue because PVA isn't the most stable substance, it can yellow and/or cloud over time (depends how hot and humid it gets where you live).

I use baking soda. Looks like thick, fluffy snow.

One good trick for snow is having stuff beneath it, grass tufts bushes, rocks, grass/flock etc just peeping through where the snow hasn't completely covered it. It helps break up the colour and adds some height variation.