Painting Emulation Progress

I've decided on a concept, which took me forever and ended up evolving into a tongue in cheek, almost satirical, first grade aesthetic, and have constructed two of the four dioramas that I wish to make. I snapped off a couple shots, just to provide a proof of concept. I will retake them with better lighting and the such like, as soon as I get a new bulb for my busted lamp. It casts a nice light. That and a flashlight, with a long exposure and some trickery, should provide interesting results, though part of me just wants to make really crummy snapshots, in the spirit of the thing.

What I have so far: