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The problem with bringing the layout into the room more, and adding taller backdrops, is it severely cuts down on the layout space. The room floor space is 20x21, and I've already cut 3 feet off the sides because of the slanted walls. Right now, it'll have a 12" backdrop along the sides of the room (where the slanted walls are) and I'm planning to paint the walls sky blue with clouds, to help eliminate the 'closed in' feeling they create. On the other walls, the scenery will actually climb up into the corners, and I'll have taller backdrops. The center horizontal ceiling is only about 2' wide, and the slanted walls go down to apprx 1 1/2' vertical walls, if that helps give you more of a perspective. The only place to mount the track lighting will be along the top of the slanted walls where it meets the center ceiling section, to avoid hitting your head, or having too much heat from the lamps on the operators. Even if I got rid of the 4x8 peninsula I have right now, moving the layout in toward the center of the room really won't help the lighting situation much. Like I said in the earlier post, the slanted walls do help force the viewer's perspective onto the layout, rather than the walls. I think by painting the walls sky blue, and feathering in clouds and haze down into the layout, as well as have the buildings and scenery worked right up into the walls, it'll help the overall visual effect. At least... I hope. lol
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