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Well, Flyingscot, thanks for the complement. And Don Gibson, those kinds of legs are a whole 'nother subject cause I am a natural 'leg man'. But in thinking about it, I anticipated that benchworklegs would be a problem, what with my big feet always colliding. <br /> To do the rockwork, I make up a bunch of castings using plaster of paris. Sometimes I use 20 minute USG wall plaster. If I want a harder casting, I add some plaster of paris to the wall plaster. I add a couple drops of terra cotta concrete coloring to the mix (see the website for procedure). Then when I am ready to do the rockface, I mix up a fresh batch of colored plaster, smear it on the bald mountain and just glue the castings on with the colored plaster. The pieces fit together like a puzzle. I just try to make the striated formations run parallel as much as possible. Now I am beginning to see that this is so much fun that I am in danger of overdoing it. I need to start working on trees.
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