ID:1993133 was made useing this method.
looks .. kinda ugly.. (no offense) +1
Also, Gas giants are nice too.
Note: The smaller the planet, the easier this method is.
ACCESORY: Rings: If desired, rings can be made to, first choose your ring material (if it glows its much easier) In this case i used EMBR (search it) First, put your ring material on sides as shown (thick ring) You can do less that is closer to the planet for a thinner ring, Once your done doing that, Swich to replace mode and do the ring shown in front of the planet, also as shown, For thinner rings, do less toward the top of the shown area.
ACCESORY: lighting: if you made a star, you probably want lighting from said star. To do this, use lighten tool with a medium brush and form a creset on the side facing the star, if wanted use darken tool to darken the rest of the planet.
Step 1: Place a ball of goo or whatever. Step 2: Swich to deco mode, middle click on the planet, and than make sure the entire planet is decod with its own color (so you can modify it easier) Choose your color palet, In this case brown and blue, Step 3: using your color palet, Paint wherever you want the colors to be. Step 4: Use darken tool to add details - the smaller the brush the better. Step 5: use lighten tool for cloud cover if wanted.