Sketchup Trees render...

I imagine this is not the appropriate place to ask (considering this is a VRAY first, Sketchup second forum)..but I am working on a rendering for a project in Berlin - on the site of the former SS Gestapo Headquarters - a museum, learning gallery, theater, and ruin gardens.

One portion of the site is a large tree-lined paver promenade, very plain, very purposefully cold, bleak - intended to set a somber tone and by appearance, I believe it’s effective. Anyways - as it is tree-lined, I am looking for model trees to render in Vray. I’ve seen several great examples on these forums, but unfortunately the model distribution/sharing module on sketchup had yielded poor results. More often than not, trees tagged as 3D have merely just been two 2D planes crossed to form an X.

Does anyone have any leads to some beautiful trees, slender trunk, generous but not overstated leafy canopy overhand. Any links or leads to assist me in finding something that renders beautifully, I am all ears.

Thank you!!!

Re: Sketchup Trees render…

You could try these 2d trees (some with alpha maps)

http://www.howardmodels.com/0-tree/DecidiousTreesFull-112103/index.htm
http://www.onyxtree.com/index.htmlhttp://www.xfrogdownloads.com/greenwebNew/products/productStart.htm

Check out what this guy did with PS trees
http://asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=90&topic=4665.msg24648#msg24648

You will probably find that a lot of 3d trees will make SU grind to halt.

David