Something a little naughtical

When making terrain, I find it helpful to check that the colours I am using work okay with the rest of the layout.  To do that, I will lay bits out together to make sure that the different elements look okay when placed next to each other.

I also find it useful to always start with the same colour undercoat and work up from there.   My go-to for this is Army Painter Leather Brown spray paint.  It’s a nice neutral colour that is easy to paint over, and if you do miss something, it will just show through as brown.

For this layout, the Islands need to fit in well with the blue playing surface.  There will be a lot of blue, so having a contrast that stands out but is not too glaring is important.  However, they do need to stand out as points of interest.

Once I add the greenery to the islands, I hope that it will create a tropical feel and almost soften up the transition between the colours.

As these are getting closer to being complete, I have started to put together ideas for the next piece of the puzzle.

I am toying between either;

A port or fort that can be used as a base of operations for the main naval forces, England, Spain etc.  Possibly to fit in one of the corners of the layout.   Will include a castle wall or coastal defences along with houses and harbour buildings but with a more structured look.

Cannibal Island, an island with possibly a volcano or huge skull like rock in its centre.  Lots of trees and tribal village.

Ghostship, a spectral ship to sail the seas in an attempt to make the other ships crews meet Davy Jones locker.

As always, I am open to suggestions so please let me know if you would prefer one thing over the other for the next part.