My pleasure, glad it helps. I only wish I could find images of the Jackie vs Benny fight scene set.

Just remember it's the difference in illumination level that makes the rest of the room 'dark' in your exposure, the bigger the difference, the darker the room. Some lighting and exposure tips for scale models and general macro, and some examples

With macro photography, the closer you get the more localised the exposure metering is, and the shorter your Depth of Field tends to be too, even with a fixed aperture device. DoF is your friend. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field

Diagram of aperture controlled DoF, by Xiuchai Xu

Here's a cheat sheet, and here's some examples (I'm sure you're familiar with this, but hey why not they're great).

Love your work.