Flash news, this article was supposed to be published at the beginning of the month, but as I was properly blessed by father nurgle and I was sick in bed for more or less two weeks so my schedule has been put to rest, much like me. Allergies season doesn't help either.
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| Seriously, I haven't been this sick in a long time |
Alright, it's no secret that I really like snow base, particularly on dark miniature, it makes them pop, I look shiny and it’s always fun to do.
So, when Krycell send my new a little bag of their new snow to review it, I couldn’t refuse! You can find my first review on their product here.
Let’s start with the basics and the product description:
The presentation show it used with silicon to make a past which can be washed and put in place after curing, you can easily make trace in the snow. I let you the judge of the result but personally I think it looks great! You can clearly see the glitter of the all the little fragment on the video.
Here is the link of the presentation video to have a look by yourselves
Bag in hand, I wanted to experiment a bit with this product and what you can do with it.
To be honest, I had no silicon and was too lazy and sick to go buy some. Not a problem since I have quite a selection of products to make a few tests. Also, you can see the result in much better quality in the video.
Though, Krycell is working on an adhesive to replace silicon and it should be available soon.
Here is what I used: pva glue, uhu glue, water effect gel and krycell adhesive and some fine snow, more on that later.
Following this, a few pictures of this experiment
First quick test on a plastic pot, it’s black to have a better view of the transparent properties
- Ultra snow mixed with water effect, it looks a bit brittle and it’s not really sticky, I wouldn’t not recommend this one
- Mixed with our trusted pva, the effect is interesting and easy to use, the bond is strong, and nothing move or rub off
- Same as the second but I sprinkled some ultra snow on top, it gives a fresh snow look
- Snow with uhu glue, work quite well but in this case very sticky, strong bond, quite transparent
- Same but with a light sprinkle of snow powder on top, I also made an imprint in the snow with a boot, not the best since it’s sticky and the glue tend to level the mix
- Second test with pva and snow, second imprint test with the same boot, also hard because of the stickiness but it holds the print quite well
- Still pva but with a sprinkle of powder on top, the imprint is easier this time and the shape hold well, bond is strong
- Using the krycell adhesive mixed with the snow powder this time, work well and look more natural, though the bond is weaker, and the powder can rub off, but you can circumvent this with a coat of varnish at the end though
- Same as before but with a sprinkle on top again, the imprint work well and hold the shape, bond is the same as before, I recommend varnishing though
- Now, this one is a bit different I mixed krycell adhesive with the ultra snow and added a bit of fine snow. That’s probably my favourite result of the bunch and the one I used on my stormcast; you can see the result at the end
- Same mix of ultra and fine snow but with pva glue, similar result but I prefer the krycell adhesive for this one.
A proper example on my latest stormcast in her happy snow tundra using mix 7
And this is the end of my review! As Krycell has been generous when they sent me 2 bags, I will be giving the second away on my Instagram with the instruction booklet so one of you can enjoy this fun product! This should last one week till the 5th March 2020.
You can find Krycell product on their website: www.precisioniceandsnow.com
Thanks to them for giving me the chance to review this product!
Until next time,
Anamnesis
