"Making rocky outcrops for desert terrain" Topic

As part of the ongoing Sudan project I've been making up terrain pieces to work with the caulk mat that I made recently. These are rocky outcrops using pine bark as the basis for the rocks, it's a material that I think works very well. There's a full step-by-step tutorial on the blog showing how they were made for those of you interested that you can find here Rocky Outcrops for Desert Terrain

Nicely done.

Those do look great, congrats!

Nice job blending the sand and rocks. Well done!

Nice. Will look great on your mat. I recommend the longer article on you blog.

If I may offer constructive criticism, in these photos the rock outcroppings look too close to the color of the sand. In your reference photo of the Sudan, compared to the yellow sand, the rocks are clearly a browner shade without yellow highlights. I would suggest trying for a little more contrast. Maybe another wash over the exposed rock faces?

Wonderfully done. I wonder if I could do this

If I may offer constructive criticism, in these photos the rock outcroppings look too close to the color of the sand. In your reference photo of the Sudan, compared to the yellow sand, the rocks are clearly a browner shade without yellow highlights. I would suggest trying for a little more contrast. Maybe another wash over the exposed rock faces?

To be honest those photos are not totally representative of all the desert, the sand is particularly orange in those places but in other areas it can be less vibrant and more muted. I want something that will work as fairly generic arid terrain, be it Nth Africa, Sudan or Afghanistan and so I'm not looking to replicate this exactly. It was however a useful guide to thinking about changing the rock colours, I think I'm happy with the muted tones.

Very nice!

They look great.

Thanks for kindly thinking about my suggestion before saying no. They will look and work great on your table.

great stuff

well done