Yesterday I finished painting a stain onto the layers of my topographical map and I am beginning to assemble it today! How should I use the wood color to represent the land? Wood stain or paint or leave as is?

I’ve separated my layers for this project and plan do a frame to make it feel like you are looking at a photograph of Plum Island. In the last photo you can see my starting to incorporate the frame into my first cut of the project. Does anyone have any suggestions for the colors for…