I've had a copy of Matakishis' CROM! rules for some time now but never got round to doing anything with them, but this thread by Angel Barracks
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=101875.0 caught my imagination and inspired me to start my own desert fantasy project.
I've painted a few test miniatures, mostly copplestone barbarians so far but I'm planning a number of factions, more of which later.
To start with I decided to make a 2' x 2' board with some basic scatter terrain, buildings and details will follow afterwards.
Some plastic palm trees from ebay (eBay item number:281890140065)
These have been mounted on randomly shaped 2mm mdf bases, holes having been drilled and the palms stuck in place with hot glue prior to the liberal application of gloop and sand
Pieces of pine tree bark and lumps of group cork have been used for small rocky outcrops - these will count as rough ground and 'spawn points' for the baddies and random encounters
mounted on randomly shaped 2mm mdf bases which were then covered in gloop (a mix of brown decorators caulk, waterproof PVA glue, water and sand)
This was then covered in a mix of sand, grit and small cork granules while still wet - the final step was to spray with a mist of water to wet the surface and draw the PVA into the sand mix to improve adhesion.
The base board, an old TSS terrain square, was given the same gloop and sand/grit treatment.
Everything was left to dry for 24 hours before painting.
Once it was all thoroughly dried a heavy dry brushing of sand coloured matt emulsion followed by a light dry brushing of an off white matt emulsion was applied to everything. The rocks were also given a light dry brush of a grey matt emulsion.
So the base board and the first of the scatter terrain is now almost done. The palms need their fronds painting and dry brushing to get rid of the plasticky shine and to bring out the details, and everything needs some grass and 'growies' adding in appropriate places.
Next up will be some finished figures and some larger rock formations, and a few buildings.