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I've asked a lot of questions in these forums and would like to attempt to give back what little I can.
It's said that newcomes to any hobby, job, sport, etc... can see things veterans may not have and give a new perspective on the little things.
In my attempt to say thanks for the answers to my piddly questions I'd like to share a discovery I have made.
I was able to make fairly convincing mediocre rocks for my bases by using a little piece of bent sprue as a frame for some green stuff.
Hopefully, it saves you a little greenstuff by using the sprue as a frame and gives you a base to build the rock up from.

My rock terrain looks so realistic, unfortunately its a fair bit heavier than the plastic terrain

That's it behind the SoB that need their faces fixed up >_>

That actually sounds interesting, though. I might try it sometime. For now I've just been using small stones from the fish tank, they only seem to work on the large bases though as they're a bit much for the normal troop bases. Thanks.

I should note I'm using them as 'centerpiece' rocks. I'm not sure what you'd call them, but they're fairly large and there's only one on a base, so ya they're big rocks, but not quite boulders or anything. They're mainly being used to break up an otherwise flat,boring snowscape that will match my army. I have necron abyss blue rocks poking up out of the snow here and there.

Use a real rock. Like a pebble from the woods or your backyard or something.

Real rocks for some reason don't look right on a board...it just feels wrong...

Post a tutorial, if you would

Cool idea.

Million wrote:Post a tutorial, if you would

Seconded.

Lynx0193 wrote:Real rocks for some reason don't look right on a board...it just feels wrong...

Thats because real rocks havnt been on the battlefield for thousands of years, being blowd up and used in evil ceremonies. You find a rock like that, and itll blend right in

I made a tutorial called Simple Sprue Rocks, enjoy.