my first attempt at one of these...stands about 7in. tall...cut from pine that i had on hand..cut with Pegas #3 mg blades...3/4 inch thick...trunk area stained with Early American....the rest of the treeis a mix of blo and mineral spirits ....since it was my first attempt i did very little sculpting ....but did use a sanding drum(small) and a pointed Kutzall burr in my small flex shaft tool....I am now working on the larger version and plan to do more shaping on it.....Thanks for looking...Steve.