Not sure if you did much to shrink the stars Greg but this image seems to suggest your star halo issues were with the TEC scope system and not the Trius..? This is also suggested by your (excellent may I say) CDK17 Thors Helmet (coming soon?)
Very nice horse head that
like the solid image scale...actually it's quite similar to my latest actually...hmm? wonder if you will get hammered for the
garish 
bold hot pink/magenta too
Too many colourphobes out there
Mike