I am torn between entering & not. I am working two jobs so the time to work on blender will be limited to after hours & weekends. May not be enough time.
However:
I started this yesterday (got to love long weekends) after posting that “bits and pieces” - a watch I was thinking of, and which got a bit out of hand / off track.
That’s right, a good model is critical for proper material fine tuning, and applying materials too soon can really distract from modelling. I am almost done modelling my entry, and still have not made a single material for the scene excepting my clay render one.