Looks really awesome Steve! Beautiful photo's! All my blanks are Alumilite btw. If you ever do another one of those, try just trimming each end to clean up the blank, and use the center of the blank as the waste section. Then each end will have that similar clustered look....just for a different effect, as there really is no right or wrong way. There is two cones in each blank and the tips face each other. That's my favorite type of cone, no doubt...love the big leaves. The way you made yours, it looks like it exploded into the sky...very wicked cool!