Modelling country with "pebble" border

[griffs]

Hi lads,

 

I need to model a few countries with a "pebble" kind of border and render them translucent. By pebble i mean a nice soft round edge that is clean. I have to do lots of components so i'd love to know a solution i could apply to numerous shapes. I have tried lofting, beveling and bevel profiling but because of the intricate shapes of the countries the polygons crash and it will show up in the render. Any ideas how i can create this effect and have a nice clean piece of geometry? I'm sure it's simple but it's late and my head is fried!!

 

any help much appreciated

 

g

Edited September 14, 2010 by griffs
re-phrasing

[Stephen Thomas]

Off the top of my head I would suggest applying a normalize spline modifier to your outline to allow an even spacing between vertices and also give you control over the complexity of the border before applying your extrusion etc.