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I'll try to provide better pics - whole thing was one big experiment and I am also quite dissapointed about final look of icicles

yeah, the icicles don't look that good but the sheets of ice in the water are great!

Im impressed! Magnifact, wicked, amazing!
Water is so cool! I'd like to see better photos and tutorial "how to make so wonderful ice"
Cheers,well done!

Nice work demi i think the reason the icicles look a little strange is that they are a bit too big for such a thin tree. If they were about a 1/4th of the size they are and more of them, that might work better. I love what you've done with the chunks of ice in the water, is it just plasticard? and the colouration of the water adds so much to the model too. I want closer pics too so we can see the painting, but as it stands i really dig this. Oh, did you paint the sides of the water too?

I like this diorama a lot and the photo is very good too. Is this model so small or is it just a small photo?
What doesn't really convince me is the way the ice is broken. I would break it only around the model, not on the whole surface, but it could be just my preference...

love this dio and water/ice effect.. although i dont understand why soulhunter runs toward the water? is he run away? maybe go for some fishing? dont get me wrong, i like whole winter atmosphere you build.. but i dont see any sense in this composition..
imHo you should add another mini and create some interaction

to me it looks like he wants to swim

anyway mini itself is nicely painted and we want some better pictures/close ups!

arctica wrote:Nice work demi i think the reason the icicles look a little strange is that they are a bit too big for such a thin tree. If they were about a 1/4th of the size they are and more of them, that might work better.

actually I thought it will look better if iciclews are longer and more exposed - apparently I was terribly wrong oh well - it's valuable lesson for the future

arctica wrote:Oh, did you paint the sides of the water too?

yeah...
looks like water effect from the bottom of the can (I run out of my artifical water on this piece) fas worse properties than rest of water I used and it didn't want to harden - it was soft and I couldn't polish it to make sides transparent moreover I damaged sides of base with sandpaper so there was no other choice - I had to paint it

maybe winter is not a good moment for making water bases? you were not the only person experiencing similar problems...