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Thanks to Hanging Dragon for this
Rocks are one of the most basic items to make and they look great. You can scatter them around the battlefield to make difficult terrain and provide cover. I usually count the rocks as a 5+ Save for infantry and vehicles can claim hull down if behind enough rocks.
You will need:
First Step is to rough up the Styrofoam. Keep one side nice and flat so you have a surface to glue down to the base. Start by cutting straight faces in the Styrofoam then hack it up a bit more to rough it up. There's no need to get to carried away because the textured paint will finish the job nicely.
Once you have a selection of basic 'rocks' just position them on some basing card, cut the card to size. Take some time to play with rock combinations to make good cover for models. Once positioned glue the rocks to the base. Paint the rocks with a generous quantity of textured paint then allow to dry.
To finish just dry brush with pale grey or white. Paint the base green and when dry glue flock to it. Add a few little touches like course flock moss or little coloured seaweed bushes.
Picture notes:
![[Image] Example rocks 1](http://www.tauonline.org/Articles/Misc_Scenery_Rocks_1.jpg)
Rocks 1 - A spread of rocks makes great cover for infantry
![[Image] Example rocks 2](http://www.tauonline.org/Articles/Misc_Scenery_Rocks_2.jpg)
Rocks 2 - Try to include little crevasse' for infantry models to hide
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| Comment made by Veteran3212 on 20:31:30, 22 April 2008 |
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| come on, go outside, pick up some rocks, base them, lot easier |
| Comment made by taugundrone on 20:56:37, 21 February 2008 |
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| itry useing real rocks kindka lord o the rings |
| Comment made by Adamblaze on 06:14:48, 24 December 2007 |
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| could have just used rocks instead using the foam stuff, they still look good though |
| Comment made by .::cmd.Farsight::. on 15:44:31, 2 July 2007 |
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| LOL u could have just used rock XD nt tho, nt |
| Comment made by Loch Ness Jellly on 21:31:29, 9 June 2007 |
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| Looks kinda "Lord of the rings"-ish |
