By gum, I think you've both got it (although Mid, yours has some speckly black bits in it)...not sure if that was just the render though. I don't know how I missed your tut Mid.

Ramah: I always thought the bevel was meant to apply to the individual trees rather than the shape as a whole though....I think you're really close. I'm in the middle of something else at the moment, but will come back to this using both your techniques.