I did a similar work 5 years ago, check out the Artstation link below to see it and a small breakdown.
This got also inspired by a work from beeple.
Scatter was used a lot, for particle systems and also the models itself.
Just beautiful to work with.
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Just Awesome!
wow. nice atmosphere. 
I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend!
Thanks for your comments, likes and the featured post. Glad u like it.