I'm hoping to put a few of my customs into mini-enviroments using some smaller scale shadowboxes I picked up yesterday on one of my toyless toy runs, lol.

I have ZERO experience with building dioramas or shadowboxes (with the exception of a MicroMachines Star Wars diorama I did way back in elementary but I'm not counting that lol) so any help is appreciated whether its links to 'faqs' or personal tips you might have.

What I'm looking to do is create a type of 'ground' like rock or earth, etc etc.  I'll probably just use a printout for the background but I'd like the ground to be more 3-d since they'll be standing directly on it.

Thanks everyone!