This pack contains 25 different vegetations, all based on real-life foliage photos. All textures have maximum of 4k resolution :) You can get it here: http://u3d.as/ig8
I'd be happy to pay an extra 25-50 for that book in a colectors ed box. Or just on its own in a book store. That would make just as much cash as the game...
There's some info about modeling starships models for table top miniatures gameing via prototyping here: http://www.ninjamagic.com/cgi-bin/gt/tpl.h,content=25&
hi my advice to you would be to increase the frame rate to around 25, then extend the range of frames in some of your movie clips too give smoother transitions.