Creekside

Ok, the tree roots and gnarly tree roots I got the other day totally ROCK!  they add a whole new dimension of detail to my work!  The fantasy trees (i'd call them tree TRUNKS, not trees, as they have no leaves LOL) are pretty wicked, too.  You can see the "Handtree" in the forground easily - I covered it in moss =D.  The tree on the rock in the creek is also one of them.  There's a few more in the background that I used in the ecosystems.  Speaking of ecos... I FINALLY figured out why mine went completely loco.  See, I set it up across 4 terrains - and started applying (painting) the items on that way - with all 4 terrains selected.  Then, I cleared it as nothing was showing up on terrains 2, 3, and 4 - only on the 1st one.  Seems, it didnt clear EVERYTHING, and two items were left - and hiding, as I never found them LOL.  So, every time I wanted to change my ecosystem on either of those 4 terrains, I lost EVERYTHING.  After about 5 or so times of starting over YET AGAIN.... I learned to NOT TOUCH THE ECOSYSTEM! LOL.  Well, at this point, I had no idea what had actually caused my problems, but I did discover that new materials could have new ecosystems and not affect my original one... so I ended up creating a riverbed to add pebbles and algea/moss to - the water "movement" helps blur the line between the muddy bottom and the sloping of the terrain.  I added some river rapids to the scene, changed THOSE materials (they seem to "glow" to me).... anyways, all in all, after 2 days of work... I am very VERY happy.

Wish i could find a way to eco-paint loose dirt.....  hmmm, wonder if anyone has loose dirt available....  i think the creekbanks could use some.... on the roots poking out possibly? =D