Building Sponge Rock Terrain & More!

So, I’ve been working on another pair of the rocks that you saw below and thought I would document the way that they come together when painting. The first step is a drybrush of Rakarth Flesh.

This takes a lot of time to get right as you have to give it a few passes to make sure that you’re not just looking and boring old black volcanic rock.

The next step is to then go over this, hitting the raised areas with White.

The basing is then done with some of the Stirland Mud that you can pick up from Games Workshop. I apply this with a standard brush although a little palette of some kind…it would be a lot easier!

The final step is to then start working on the flocking for the rocks. I use some of the Games Workshop Static Grass and the Tufts that you can buy from Great Escape Games.

The idea is to create a series of rocks which work as blocking terrain and would be suitable for a lot of different Fantasy worlds.

The rugged look seems to work nicely and they didn’t take that long to pull together. I still think I’d undercoat in a dark grey next time though!

So, I’ve finished off the rocks now and it’s all about working on some extra terrain to help bring the tabletop together. For that I picked up some Dark Ops Ruins last year from their Iceheim range…

As you can see, nothing pretty but they came together nicely and have been tied into the foliage and undergrowth present on other pieces of terrain.

This was then brought together alongside a few other elements to create this rather creepy looking tabletop here which Lance has already said looks a little like a graveyard!

I need to pick up some trees to help brighten things up I think but it’s working out nicely as somewhere where I can play out skirmish games.

Going to see how it looks on the plain green mat next too.