Basing on Snow – By Andrew Townley    To achieve this effect I first used polyfilla to create a rough area of snow on each base.  Then, with a modelling tool I smoothed out the snow around the base to give a more even appearance. When the polyfilla had partially dried I placed the already assembled models onto their bases, no glue was required as the polyfilla held the models in place.  After allowing the polyfilla to dry almost fully I added in some more detail with the modelling tool. When the polyfilla had completely dried I went round the edges of the bases with PVA, being careful not to cover the snow covered areas.  I then covered the PVA with modelling gravel to fill in any gaps and to give the appearance of a patchy snow covered area. Leaving 24 hours for the polyfilla and PVA to fully harden, I sprayed the whole unit with chaos black. To paint the base I started by painting just the snow covered areas with a mix of chaos black and skull white (to create a very dark grey).  Then, with the same colour I dry-brushed the gravel areas around the snow.  After leaving that to dry I did the same with shadow grey, codex grey, and finally skull white.  I then gave the surface of the base a covering of ‘ardcoat gloss varnish to give the snow a shiny, wet look.  To finish off I painted the sides of the base scorched brown.