There has been a coup; The king has been slain and his throne abandoned. We're shooting for a European throne room in a realistic style.
Ian has started putting together some concepts, compiled from different references images. The first is of our thrown. The king has been slain in his thrown and his body dragged away. The next two concepts explore how we plan to break down our assets.
I've begun blocking out the scene in 3DS Max by creating the basic assets as per Ian's references. Once I've got a decent bunch of assets I'll start building a scene in UE4: