Getting Started with Warhammer
Warhammer Miniatures Catalog
Gaming

- Living Ship
- Seige Scenario
- Gameplay Accessories

Painting and Modeling
- Painting Metal
- Seige Mantlets
-Themed Armies
-Sails

Terrain
- Building Boats
- Trees
- Stained Glass

The steps below show you how to produce a dry, rocky desert. Keep in mind that between the drybrushing stages, it is helpful to just keep the colour you currently have on your brush and dip into the next colour. This helps blend the two colours of paint in a natural fashion while you drybrush. However, you don't want to do so if the two colours are radically different. If you have no clue how to make this texture, visit the basics section and learn how!

To start things off, heavily drybrush Scorched Brown over the entire area. This will give the piece an earthy undertone.
Next, heavily drybrush Dark Flesh over the area. Pay attention to large rock clusters as they will produce the most depth for the texture.
Continuing on, use Bestial Brown. You will begin to see some results at this point as you drybrush. Again, use a heavy hand at this stage.
Using Bubonic Brown, drybrush the area pretty thoroughly. Try to lay the paint down in an even manner.
Next, use Bleached Bone to apply another heavy coat of even drybrushing. You'll begin to see the desert effect come to life at this point.
To finish things off, apply a fresh coat of Skull White. Drybrush lightly and thoroughly for the best effect. Try and hit the large rock clusters with the most paint. At this point you can consider yourself finished!

As an interesting option, use some sort of static grass. There are tons of different colours out there, just find one you like and use it. Applying static grass is a simple matter of spreading some glue in the desired area and then sprinkling static grass on the spot. When placed in strategic patches here and there, the end result is makes for realistic terrain.

Options: You could add a few plastic Skeleton bitz and skulls to enhance the arid feel of a lifeless desert. Also, you could use lush green static grass to simulate the edge of an oasis.