Hi there! :)

well you'll find lot sof tutorials on my site (linked in signature) and on www.geekatplay.com

that hsould help you a lot!

Ahout the island: well you can have varied materials in Vue, set according to height and slope, for example, on real hills etc, the steeper the slope and higher t he elevation, more likely it is to be bare rock.
You can do that with vue using a "Mixed material" and set it to height depnedancy and slope.

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