Flour works great. And if you animate it from the side you can just make a drift in front of the camera and animate the guy on studs [I did this in Over Coming The Monster Of Life and it worked really good]. Just be careful though because if it gets wet its really sticky and doesn't come of easily at all.

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Thanks for the tips, guys. I like Squid's idea, but the minifigures are going to be walking in the snow, so the gray bricks will look dull beside them, so I'm afraid that won't work. By the way, may I ask how you got the soft lighting? Did you point your lamps at the ceiling and turn on a longer shutter, or was it something else?

I checked out your video, osomstudios, and that was a very nice technique, but like I said, the script requires that they walk in the snow, so I'm going to have to see their feed.

Baby powder is a new and interesting idea, but I think I'll stick with Baking Soda.

I did a quick test of baking soda snow, you can check it out below. I used a long strip of sticky-tac and put it on the ground, then poured baking soda over it, and brushed it smooth with a paint brush. As you can see in the test, the snow looks fairly convincing, and the sticky tac gives a good surface for the minifigure to walk on without falling over. Sorry about the terrible animation in the test, I wasn't going for smoothness when animating this, I was just testing a concept. I also had to edit the brightness and contrast in post so you could actually see the snow, because I had my exposure too high, so that's why the video is so dark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzQk53oxETU

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That "snow" totally works. 

I'm glad that my little endeavor helped you, Lavamation! I shall be using it in a film for Christmas.

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I just thought I'd keep you guys posted on how the snow is coming. I bought two boxes of baking soda for a dollar, and let me tell you, there's a lot in those boxes! A very good investment. Easy cleanup (Just scoop up the large ammounts and put them in a bucket for re-use, then wipe the desk with a wet cloth and the baking soda will evaporate), and goes a long way. It's pretty easy to animate on too. I tried another test today, but I won't show it, because it contains film spoilers.

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