My first rock cliff

[Stug]

I have just built my first rock. I have also added some static grasses on the top. It will be used in a 6mm WWII wargame. I want to create all my terrain; hills, rivers, roads, hedges, trees …

[Darkest Star Games]

That looks really good.  I think it will even be of use with other scales if you want.

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[Stug]

Darkest Star Games wrote:

That looks really good. I think it will even be of use with other scales if you want.

Thanks. Yes I also think this could work but I want to focus only on 6mm scale.

[McKinstry]

Nicely done. The etching on the rock face is quite realistic.

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[Thomaston]

This looks very good. How did you make it? Is it heavy?

[Stug]

Thanks everyone.

Thomaston wrote:

This looks very good. How did you make it? Is it heavy?

I cut a piece of styrofoam and carved it. Then, when I was satisfied with the look, I rolled an aluminium foil ball on every surface to add texture.

For the painting, I began with mixing Mod Podge with black primer paint to make my rock more resistant. After that, I painted most of the rock with a dark grey acrylic paint. Then, I drybrushed it with a lighter grey and finally I lightly drybrushed with a light beige color.

After the painting was completed, I add a black wash on all its surface and let it dry.

I then decided to sprinkle some clay on the top. To make sure the clay stayed in place, I use an eardropper to cover the clay with a mix of 50% water and 50% white glue. I let it dry and add another layer of this diluted glue. Once everything was rock solid, I added some static grasses. I mixed different colors of static grasses because in nature all the grasses are not from the same species.

And that’s about it. I am now building a second rock, a little bit different this time.

[Thomaston]

Whoa, doesn’t look like foam at all I thought it was made from clay or even carved out of wood. Very nicely done.

[The Red Hobbit]

Looks a lot better than my first rock hahaha.

I’ll echo what was said above, I thought it was made of clay at first glance.  Well done!

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