http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2mewehw&s=6
I went and tried my hand at this platform from Mystic Cave Zone. I know it's not likely gonna be used as the final thing, but I guess I was thinking ahead to when this zone's stuff will need to be done, and also wanted to do something to show how I think it could likely go.
I figured that the purple-ish stuff is like mortar(if that's the right word for it), which is that stuff that briclayers use to help keep bricks together nicely with. The stuff near the top is probably excess mortar that's covering part of area under the top bricks. Those green thingies could either be tiny little foliage growing on the platform, or little green bugs(or something like that) that are all over it. Finally, I tried to make the top brick thingy have a sort-of design showing on the side you see(since those pixels made it look like it kinda was a design thingy on it). It makes it look like one of those designer brick things ya can find at Home Club Depot(maybe).
But that's just how I think something like this could work. I am pretty certain that somebody else will likely easily out-do my attempt, but I figure for now that while there's still time, might as well show an idea, a concept(sort-of) of a possible way to do the look of the platform here.
Hopefully you guys appreciate my try at this thing, and I hope that you like my idea for how this particular platform could be made to look.
(and yes, I do like to type out big long posts, thank you very much.

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