@Stygg & @Big Frank - Stygg, I used your technique (and found a way to use the 3D with the vine but not at the same extrusion as the text) and Big Frank, I had to do some messing around but got vine shadow included (not perfect but you get the picture).

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Sorry, I lost the .xar file or I would have included it.