Very nice Ed!
Much better! I think a background to contrast it a bit more and will look awesome! Great job man
I think, you started a difficult project.
I’ve done this project also and the glass / water material gave me a lot of problems. Reflections between layers is difficult to master. For me, it was a huge learning process (https://vimeo.com/327134903).
Keep up the work! It is a nice project to do.
It’s coming along great Ed! Loving every improvement. and that’s pretty sweet @maniapete! haha like Thors hammer in there
Wow you got a whole scene for this! Nice! I’d love to see an angle maybe where the Globe is in focus and the tree and stuff in background. May look cool 
Much better Ed! And if you want the fireplace and tree to be seen even more you can put the globe on a shelf but I like this angle too!