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Author Topic: How to make arid rough terrain featuring lines in the sand and outcrops  (Read 2667 times)

Offline Peithetairos

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Some time ago I finished a set of arid terrain and thought it may be of use to others giving some pointers how I made the different pieces.  In this post I would like to focus on the ever useful rough terrain, or in this specific case a terrain piece that features deeper sand. While you could depict rough terrain with a stretch of land filled with rocks and thorny bushes, I felt it would be much more interesting and challenging to depict an area that features fine, wavy sand, where with each step your troops or characters sink deeper, adding to the exhaustion of sun and thirst. I did also add some weathered rock outcroppings and sparse vegetation to round the piece off.



This build is pretty straight forward:


1. First we cut some MDF to size and use XPS to build up any rock outcroppings.



2. We then cover the remaining areas with air dry clay and pre-shape the lines in the sand.



3. We cover the outcrops with filler and carve the rock to shape.

4. We add sand and animal tracks.

5. We apply a basecoat and drybrush.



6. We add some brushes.





If this build is of interest to you you find more pictures and more in-depth step-by-step instructions on my blog DaggerAndBrush.




Offline Andym

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That’s a great result! :-* I may have to copy that! ;)

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Excellent tutorial  :)
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Offline Peithetairos

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Thank you chaps. And yes, please copy it, that is the whole idea of writing those tutorials: To inspire and fight Greenfelt the Defiler :P.

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Brilliant. We want more like this.

Offline DintheDin

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Brilliant. We want more like this.

+1 Yes!!!
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Offline Rob_bresnen

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really great result. Thank you.
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Offline Peithetairos

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There shall be more. Next I will focus on some larger free standing rocks followed by some dunes.

Offline Elk101

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Very, very good result with that.

Offline Peithetairos

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Thank you Elk101. I am pleased how it turned out, but would liek to learn more about how sand behaves in certain situations: A small rock between the lines, a funnel formed by outcrops etc. I feel some travelling to a desert may be in order. One can dream I guess ;).

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Really interesting. Thank you!!

Offline Clearco

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Great tutorial, thank you! I like how realistic it looks  :-*

Offline Rhubarb633

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Excellent tutorial and a convincingly realistic result. Looking forward to more.
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Very not bad!  Lovely effect.
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Offline Peithetairos

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Thank you gentlemen/ladies  next up will be a tut on large rock outcrops and then desert dunes as a finisher for the series (maybe a short cacti one, too).