I’ve decided to try and create a christmas dinner scene, with a large table, food strewn across it. Ready to get eaten basically 
I’ve started off with cutlery:
I’m quite happy with the spoon. It’s a bit misshapen at the, well, spoon bit, but i’ve fixed that now.
I’ve finished up the fork just now, and am satisfied with it. I’m not sure what to start next, the table, or details like candles and other things. Plates and the such as well… Advice?
Nice idea, hope it turns out well 
I know you’ve already finished the spoon but I recently saw this so here, Spoon Tutorial
Thank you
Have you seen Blendernerd’s breakfast hal tutorial?
I haven’t, but I’m trying to make this as originally as possible :L
Finished modelling and texturing the table. I added a slight normal map in the hope it would make it better, and the legs look a bit weird. I don’t mind though, I don’t know if they’ll be in the full scene
So I’ve modelled the plate Obviously this was rather easy :L
Here’s the lighting setup that I’m using for all these previews by the way
Looks so proffesional.
Looking forward to the end results.
Two Thumps up from me.
Thank you so much! 
Starting to look great! Can’t wait to see the final render!
Here’s a little preview of everything I’ve done so far, in the set up it would be in.
This is very incomplete!
the table legs look to short to me…
you can measure them with an empty,
object data of the empty. you can change the plain axis to the size you want etc…
If you are American change the scene to “Imperial” it makes it alot easier IMHO. 
a table leg is about 28 1/4" - 30"
or .7144512 Meter
another thing that helps sometimes is changing the camera focal length.
Thanks for the advice. I think it was a mixture of too thick, and too short, so I’ve changed it about. Played around with focal length on the camera as well to get a better preview. I’ll upload it after it’s rendered.
Thanks for the advice
Here’s the simple lighting rig I’m using to light the whole scene for now. I’m not sure how I’m going to start the food… Any ideas?
From what I’ve heard food is very hard in 3D, I have a suggestion, make it look like a big family was just there and try leaving more objects/rubbish and less food. So maybe a few napkins around the table this isn’t that helpful but it should make your job easier! What food are you planning on putting on the table?
I’m planning on putting stuff like vegetables in dishes, and a turkey in the middle…
