Help needed - Making deserts

[Vecna]

As some of you might have seen in the showcase section I'm working on some desert terrain pieces at the moment. So far I have found a great way of making the sand and palmtrees but I think that there's still something missing as the terrain pieces looks rather boring. I have planned on adding stuff such as snakes, bones and ancient egyptian (pyramid) stones but the thing I really need is some sort of undergrowth which match the palmtrees.

If anyone knows where I can find any guides or pictures of others "deserts" I would be very thankfull

[SkavenSeer]

There are kind of 2 different kinds of deserts...bit sandy ones with dunes and hard dry cracked ones...which are you thinking more about?

[Vecna]

I'm thinking about a sandy one

[Alex]

http://www.anholtpil.dk/images/oerken_stor.jpg

http://www.lundsten.dk/tour2002/us02-23-06.jpg

http://www.topas.dk/album/almj19122/images/20030210_053_0818_Morocco_JS_%D8rkenmark_Med_Tr%E6er_Og_Bjerge.jpg

Something like this?

[Mumbly_(Jumbly)]

those last two links are more Southwest american then egyptian.  The first is probably what you're looking for Vec.
GW made a terrain pack for lustria with some nice undergrowth stuff which might be useful

[Alex]

The first is from Denmark

[Mumbly_(Jumbly)]

wow! i thought it looked like it had alot of vegetation on it for an egyptian slope!

@ Vec: DONT ADD CACTUSES <or is it cacti?>! THEYRE AMERICAN!


http://us.games-workshop.com/games/warhammer/tombkings/terrain/shift_sands/3.htm

take a look at that link for an awesome pyramid

[Vecna]

Thanks for the help, I have decided to use the first picture ALEX posted (the one from denmark) and the add some palm trees, some bones, a bit of vegitation and no cactuses

I'll post a couple of pictures when I get back home sunday evening.

That's a cool pyramid/temple Mumbly I might consider making one of those sometime.