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Since I'm new to the hobby, my ideas may have been tried before without my awareness. <br /> I discovered a fast way to make mountains and other topography by soaking an old bed sheet in a bucket of colored Sheetrock joint compound (plaster) and then laying that over pre-formed hardware cloth that I got at Home Depot. I bought liquid concrete coloring (Quickrete) at Home depot ( I used the terra cotta color) to color my plaster and I also put it into my plaster of paris rock molds ( it doesnt take much). Then when the mess was dry, I sprayed lightly with Krylon brown and then knocked most of that off with a scrub brush. Colorado Rockies in a pinkish sandstone! <br /> The good thing about the hardware cloth is that it tends to retain the shape you give it by bending. It still needs some wood formers underneath though, and you can simply staple it in place. I also crushed and size graded kitty litter and then used the same terra cotta coloring on the litter to make my talus and eroded earth. Of course I let it dry a couple days spread out on old newspaper before I could use it. <br />
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