Progress!I removed the little bead from the artifact as it didn't quite look right to me eye, then I added the root pods to the base of the islands, and they didn't look quite right either so the pods got a coating of sand along with the rest of the base, to help blend them in a little.
A scale shot took before the second coat of sand went on. A stand of Baccus 6mm Colonials and a Games Workshop Imperial Guardsman.
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