After over a year of pondering...I think I've decided on a basic style for this tree...
I want the main large trunk, which is the dead part, to look like it broke off...
So I'll have to do some carving work there, quite a bit....
I'm going to jin all the smaller branches short and utilize the thickest one as the new main trunk.
I want to build a simple drooping branch structure, like a spruce or fir...or something.
Here is a very crude virt I did on my phone.