I wanted to post another update, cause why not? The work is going smoothly for the most part, though I realized I had a huge scripting problem that I'll need to fix in the near future. It's not catastrophic, but I definitely found a giant hole that I had to run by my editor. Fortunately it has nothing to do with this scene :D.
This is in sketch phase with some quick lighting so I can visually get "the feel" of the scene, trying to keep the composition strong. I won't tell you what's going on here, but things are about to get interesting. ;)