[Tony]

Hi,
Does anyone have any ideas how to simulate snow on the base of a Santa carving? Thanks.

Tony

[Claude]

There are several commercial preparations you could use, and I'm sure someone will name them, but one easy way is to use acrylic white straight from the bottle, with a very stiff, short-bristled, brush. Just get a bit of paint on the brush and then hold it vertically above the base and dab at the base. With just the right amount of paint on the brush, it will leave a rough-textured white coat on the base - not smooth, but sort of rough-looking. Experiment on a piece of scrap wood to see how it looks before trying it on your carving.

Claude

[Thomp]

Tony,
i got to add a cent and a half maybe to help you...

snowtex a commercial product comes in a jar you dip or brush it out, looks like finely ground grits, great for caricaturized Christmas trees with drippy snow, melted ice cream cones and globs of baby food sliding down the walls....
then there is a product in the clothing - sewing department called puff paints comes in a kind of small long nosed squeeze bottle, originally used to write on clothing... but works on carvings fine if you want that effect.. test it first .... and if you want to remove the shine coat it with Matt finish sealer,

other products with pearlessence shine work in some situations....
all above is water based...

I read the new posts every night is how i know of several other different methods below,

searching for the item you want in the Archives or past posts isn't an answer either because we all use non descriptive titles, or non standard subjects so your left guessing what somebody else called it

but santagibs and lynn droughty both have covered this topic without using commercially prepared products,
click on santagibs in the member list and check her latest messages, she has a method using sifted sized sawdust glued on a base covering that will make grass or snow just depends on the color paint you cover it with,

lynn droughty; while a little on the elaborate side, using some of the most unusual stock items he produces some of the best bases Ive seen!.. with multi- layers and bondo cat litter campfires and moss.... really makes some greatest bases that work, check out his blog..

i dont mean to be picky or discouraging there are many other methods i just remember these...
Thomas

[TIGER7]

thanks guys Tony wasn't the only one with that question, you answered alot of mine too. thanks again.