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Some questions about snow effects:
Is there a good substance that you could use for accumulated snow on the ground effect?
How would you do falling snow?
How would you do this effect without getting "snow" all over the minifig?
Last edited by OSUbuck3y3 (January 10, 2011 (08:57pm))
For question 2:
Squirlz Water Reflections
Maybe for the others..... Google?
http://www.tucows.com/preview/382027
Here's a link to the program CT mentioned. It works great for making a falling snow effect, rain, and pools water. For one of my films, I used sugar for the ground snow. It worked quite nicely. Here's a link in case your interested:
Same as Daniel said, except that you should be cautioned that sugar is EXTREMELY hard to work with, and that it takes great patience to make it turn out correctly. To get a good effect you must be sure to have a small paintbrush with you to help brush the sugar off your minifigs and props and to help move the sugar efficiently around your set. Also, you have to be careful to remove all the sugar from your set when you are done, since if you don't you will attract LOTS of ants.
I would imagine the fake decorative snow that you buy for Christmas displays might work.
since if you don't you will attract LOTS of ants.
I had to burn down one of my sets 
I use WAX 2.0 to make falling snow. All you have to do is mess around with the particles and colors to make the snow just how you want it. for accumulated snow I just use white LEGO bricks... however, I understand that not everyone would have enough LEGO to cover their whole set with extra white bricks...
As a substitute for sugar, since it's rather expensive, try salt, or baking soda.
If I recall correctly, Nosniborous put sticky-tac underneath whatever white substance it was that he used in Frankenstein, which allowed for neat minifigure footprints.
Sounds logical.
Also it would mean you could use much less sugar/salt/shavings of human flesh etc.
Also, I'd reccomend blu tack on the end of a stick to help clean up after, you can use it to get the "snow" out of hard to reach places in your sets and figures.
I used FX for one scene
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