By this point the sand/glue was pretty dry, so I decided to go ahead and paint it. Bad decision. It wasn't dry enough, and I made a little mess in a few places. I corrected the situation with liberal application of my hobby blow-dryer.
WARNING!
Don't use your significant other's blow dryer as this may be hazardous to your health!! Just get one for hobby use to simplify things!!
With the sand thoroughly dry, I painted on a nice ochre/yellowish sandy color.
![Painted a sandy color Painted a sandy color](workbench/pics/fan/2008/880728a.jpg)
Once the yellow was dry, I added the same tan that I used on the stone, and gave the base a liberal drybrush. I was careful to leave some darker color around the bottoms of the stone bits - I think it looks nice.
![Drybrushed Drybrushed](workbench/pics/fan/2008/880728b.jpg)
Another large helping of tan into the mix and a sporadic drybrush finished off the paint work.
![Final drybrush Final drybrush](workbench/pics/fan/2008/880728c.jpg)