lightning / tesla effect

[Mike Donovan]

Hey guys,

 

I need to create some arcing electrical lightning quickly (today) ... I was wondering if anyone had luck using ice strands for an effect like this or if I should resort to the old volume lightning shader.

 

Otherwise I may just animated some turbulized curves with extrusions on them ... would love to have the of the rods slide on the surface.

 

Thanks in advance ... time is short on this one so I can't r&d it myself.

 

M

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[Robert Chapman]

also check out this thread and the examples posted by Vincent, VERY useful!

http://groups.google.com/group/xsi_list/browse_thread/thread/c42bce3168e267e2/10ee491e69492592?lnk=gst&q=Electric+Plasma+Ball+#10ee491e69492592

On 30 June 2011 17:56, Andy Moorer <andym...@gmail.com> wrote:

I did one of these, in perhaps the most basic way possible (make strands from point A to B, subdivide them, add multiple frequencies of turbulence iteratively.)

I'll dig up the compound and post a reply, stand by.

- Andy

[Ben Houston]

I have to say that one of my favorite plasma balls (they seem to be in
fashion right now for some reason), which I don't think was posted,
was this one from 3DS Max + Krakatoa:

http://vimeo.com/21972829

I am sure it could be replicated in ICE with strands and Fury as a renderer.

-ben

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[Andy Moorer]

I did one of these, in perhaps the most basic way possible (make strands from point A to B, subdivide them, add multiple frequencies of turbulence iteratively.)

I'll dig up the compound and post a reply, stand by.

- Andy

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Mike Donovan <mi...@smoke-mirrors.com> wrote:

[Andy Moorer]

My bad about exceeding the list filesize limit. 

Happily, when I went to make the smaller archive I found a more recent version of the scene and exported an updated compound - basically the same thing but with a minor enhancement and a bug fix. Remember, this is not a production compound, just me hacking around almost a year ago. :)

 

Cheers,

AM

 

(archive attached, 147kb)

[Mike Donovan]

Thanks Andy !

 

Ended doing a hybrid 3d/2d thing .. but I will take a gander at your compound when I get some downtime.

 

M

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