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Modeling a snow slide

Modeling
#41

Devon Sinsley said:

Dan are your referring to powdered glass or your own smashed to bits glass? A commercial product or DYI. This may be a great effect to use like the marble powder and if I can pulverize it small enough on my own would be right down my alley

Devon: that’s a commercial product. I think I might have ordered it from Amazon. I’m pretty sure Michaels has it.

I have little kids (10,7,4) so I was afraid that glass I crushed myself would be bad. The crushed glass that I bought was pretty much all the same size–so I didn’t have to worry about glass dust (particularly nasty) or little slivers in little hands.

#42

Dan Hilyer said:

Sorry to derail your thread for a moment Devon but I need to ask Dan a question.

Dan, I love the mountain on your railroad, You wouldn’t have any pictures of it during construction would you?

Now back to your regularly scheduled program.

Hi Dan,

There are some photos/posts on my blog (danzbb.com look under Scenery:mountain)–if you have specific questions, I’d be happy to answer.

#43

Dan Hall said:

Hi Dan,

There are some photos/posts on my blog (danzbb.com look under Scenery:mountain)–if you have specific questions, I’d be happy to answer.

The photos of the mountain look great Dan. Thanks for sharing the link. What did you use to color the concrete with?

#44

Well I went to Michael’s today to get supies and was looking for crushed glass and clear acrylic medium. While I found clear acrylic I also found tranucent acrylic and in the tube it gives that right look. I will try it first both applied over white and mixed with white. If that doesn’t work I will go back to glass or marble.

#45

Looking forward to results of test.

#46

Forrest Scott Wood said:

Looking forward to results of test.

I will play with it tonight or tomorrow and see what it looks like

#47

“supies”

Devon, I thought you was a writer.

Oh, my mistake. You is a writer, you just isn’t a editor nor a proof-reader.

#48

Devon, I wanted photos of the sheds on Stevens’ Pass, because that, I think, shows the classic snow shed and it’s relation to the landscape. If you take a look at satellite photos of the old right of way leading up to Wellington, you will see several sheds, each with its own avalanche chute. Note that there are no trees in the chutes, just rocks. Something to consider when you start modeling.

#49

Thanks Steve. You and I are on the same wave length. I will have trees only on the edges with the bear grass and shrub shoot void of trees. Rock as well. Trees don’t survive in avalanche chutes. You were thinking Stevens I was thinking Milwaukee and Snoqualmie so we are thinking the same thing basically I will Google Earth Stephens hadn’t thought of that.

#50

So I got around to doing some tests.

Shaped foam and painted with white acrylic

Painted over the white with the iridescent acrylic straight without mixing it with white. I was goignt to try mixing it but the results came out the way I like so I do think it needs to be mixed.

Dry brushed with a dirty mix of black and brown acrylic to dirty up the snow a bit. I think its a little heavy.

Here is the stuff I am using. I like this. I think the result give it a great look. I don’t think I need to mess with it further. The iridescent medium is pretty thick stuff, and kinda acts as a filler leveler.

What do you guys think? Does it look like old snow.

#51

looks like a dirty chunk o snow. good job

#52

Excellent! I didn’t realize they had an iridescent medium.

#53

Yeah Ray and it really came out with that icy look.

#54

That’s definitely spring, “worn out,” snow. Add a few rocks and you are there.

Maybe smoother, fewer gouges.

#55

Steve Featherkile said:

That’s definitely spring, “worn out,” snow. Add a few rocks and you are there.

Maybe smoother, fewer gouges.

There will be rocks and debris for sure. I do agree a bit smoother and not quite so dirty. For a first test run I am preyty pleased with the look. Funny thing this used up snow. It really does take on a variety of different looks. Some is just as smooth as silk and pretty white right down to the end. Others are choppy and very dirty. I suppose a lot of factors play into that, when it slid, the condition of the snow when it slid, how much ice, how much new snow over the old slide how much melting after the slide, did it take out rock out croppings or was it snow over snow. I think this is one for artistic lisc and personal taste. I never thought I would examine pictures of old snow.

#56

We all end up doing things we never thought. I once examined racoon droppings for a small rock, and I was glad when I found it.

#57

I am always looking at things for repurposing things why not poop.

#58

Hey Devon, let me acks you a question? How are you gonna keep that snow from melting when you put it on the layout?(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)

#59

He’s in Northern Idaho. It’s cold there. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)

#60

Dan I can’t give it all away. Your just gonna have to wait and see. But Steve is right no fear of melting snow right now. It might blow away