So here’s the predictable part 2 from my previous post, reviewing the BIAB Rock(y) Outcrops. As noted, they’re fine out of the box, but I wasn’t happy enough to leave them as they were and ended up just touching them up which turned into a complete repaint which people would probably barely notice even when I point it out (as I am here).
Basically, as they were out of the box the whole things were one colour drybrushed a second colour – as depicted on the box art. I repainted the bases closer to how my 15mm desert models are based, and repainted the rocks with a mix of greys and ochre tones, drybrushing with more light grey and eventually white. I used weathering powder to bring the bases and the rocks closer together, since, I guess big rocks in the desert might get some sand on them?
I considered adding some small tufts to them to make them look a little more interesting, even some “dry grass” ones, but decided against it based on the fact that I want to be able to use them not only across scales, but also across genres. Like a completely barren wasteland in 1:300 scale as well as North Africa in 15mm, and wherever 40k/WH Fantasy/AoS force might clash or where Marvel Characters could have a mild disagreement.
Ultimately, they do look better (to me at least) with the repaint, it only took an afternoon to get all six done, they’ll work nicely across genres and scales, and we have 6 more pieces towards Dave Stone’s Season of Scenery ’25 – Extended Edition. – And a huge welcome back as well, Dave! We all missed you!
Azazel's Bitz Box. 
Nice work mate and good call on the tufts for the scale.
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Thanks, IRO! I would have liked to pose some of my Orks around them but they’re not handy and in one of my cases right now. I might have to do something to rectify that! 👍
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Definitely an improvement! 🙂 Since I don’t have to worry about any scale shift with my stuff I’d have gone with dried grass tufts, but I think you’ve made the right call in not putting them on!
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Cheers John. Yeah – the “dealbreaker” for tufts was the whole “battle on the surface of Mars” -type scenario that would be feasible for BT or 40k style games. 🤔
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Your color choices make them a lot more defined ,and great call on the tufts with wanting to use them in multiple scales. Glad to be back, as I missed you all.
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Thanks Dave! Good to have you back as well! (even though I’m pretty erratic these days!)
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Your effort paid off as I suspected it would. The way the rocks are drybrushed now looks much more realistic and shows off the texture much better than before. It looked very flat out of the box but not any longer!
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Thanks mate. They’re not exactly exciting (like a few of the other recent posts) but they will certainly have a use. And if they look a little better to me then I’m happy enough.👍
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