So it was a pretty nice first test, building the landscape largely from scratch during the week and then when I had chance adding Fae and Scorpio to create a little scene for a short story I'm writing for Deviantart and Renderosity.
Feel pretty enthusiastic about working on larger scenes this way, as it gives me time to really bore into the environment and almost design it to work with the concept I have in mind.
Expect to see more posts of this nature coming soon.