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Muddygrub just posted a message that I think will suit your needs perfectly. It's called "transparancy with trees". You should really read it. just a couple posts above this one. Anyway. He shows that you can chop off the top or bottom part of trees leaving only segments of it. So I suggest creating a bryce tree, removing all the leaves, finding a nice dead tree texture, and chopping of the tips and the stump of the tree, leaving what I think would greatly resemble what you are trying to make.... give it a try.. brholte P.S. here's the link to his post!!