Make a cylinder, attributes 0.3 30.0 0.3 then multirep 10(this number could be less) at rotation of 20 in the x direction. group, then multirep in x offset, that will get you what I've got. from there play with the various settings. For me its trial and error. Now if someone could tell us how to make this follow a path that would be great, I think there is a preset path the spirals downward and outward like around a tree.