Current thought is to raise the lantern off the floor, probably on a concrete block, ivy vines on that.

Since the ivy does distract away from the floor, grows along the edge of the floor/wall, I'm tempted to lighten the scene up a bit.

That scene begs for a grave and a tone.....

if yu put the vine on the lamp..the light will have to be burnt out.. time thinggy. have a grave..and have a hand emerging from it grabbing the lamp.
oh..you meant put the vines on a platform. nah..keep it on the grave if ou make one...

aha.. yup..put the block.a  bit skewered.. buried a bit under. with moss and vines... and the lantern...
ok..so who put that lantern there?

a good old shovel would be nice.. he he

btw..white light? or a yellowish glow?

Hrm, a shovel is there, and an axe, some chains too. The image might be too dark to see those things clearly.

It's got both white and yellow light spheres in the lantern. One on top of the other. A flame material (primordial flame) is over the lights, which gives that light it's current look. The glass is the cloudy glass material.

liek the wood. make the block dirty... too clean...

I really , really like this scene very much.....    It is a little too dark for the shovel and chains to be seen...

Superb Comp, love the overall ambience of the scene.

Looks great but ditto the axe and chains, can't see them.
Oh and I agree about dirtying up the block too.

Okay, dirty blocks, more light, flower pots, gardening stuff.... I'll get right on it.

What else might be found here?  I bought a packet of seeds... thinking to scan and place, but might not fit in this.

Maybe if I found an old boot object..... *hint   *hint

I like it very much....  It looks like someones corner of his yard....   I wonder if a chainlink fence would add to the scene...

Hrm, I could try it... but I'll want to hide a background behind it... maybe bushes and stuff.
There's also another type of fence... I don't know the name of it, looks like a cross-hatch pattern.... almost a weave, a middle part is left open.... I don't find it even in a google search. Anyway, I'll try a fence for fun.

looking very good!

death at midnight.. the chain fence you lookig for. chickenwire. i think that's the one you meant..and nopes..i ahev no idea why they call it that.
i like it..so far.
still think..dirty those damn blocks and pots..looks too clean to be there. even broken pots have abit of dirt on them. can't you fidddle aroudn wit the mat a bit? or add globs of dirt on them?

I wish I had my D drive working... I have a chain link image with an alpha channel....   I believe CriptoJoe has one....

But will ivy grow on that? Or will it need an actual object to grow right?  I could Solidworks the thing out to try.... But there's another fence that might look nice with ivy... I made it for my Wine and Cheese image... (http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1342007&member)  On second thought, though, it's a bit hard to see in that one... I'll have to dig up the object i guess.

I don't think ivy will grow on it (or more specifically, through it.) I think you need actual geometry for that.

 I always refer to them as a simple lattice.

Yeah, lattice work fencing.  Looking good, agree about more dirt though.

looking very good.