Cool explosion effect I made

[REL]

I made this using the technique from the guy that built the Hoth scene in his living room, it really works well and was so easy to do, I put a little more yellow on for the basecoat, that makes it look hotter.

explosion - YouTube

Here's the technique.

Explosion effect tutorial. - YouTube

 

[Michael Bergeron]

When I first saw that I thought it was genius. Great job on yours!

 

[JMChladek]

I see it and the opening theme from "Terminator 2" begins playing in my mind due to the visual this creates.

WOW! Very cool.

 

[Beechy McFly]

Now that's clever and effective.. I likes..

 

[Michael Bergeron]

It wouldn't be too difficult to create one that you could leave on for extended periods. Just need an LED lamp instead or some kind of internal glass/plastic barrier to keep the cotton from getting too hot.

 

[CB2001]

Great job. It's a really easy technique that's even been used in a classic movie. For Aliens, the big explosion of the atmosphere process was achieved in a similar manner.

The clouds in the shot were actually made of cotton. The mushroom cloud itself was a 50-watt light bulb with cotton stuck on it, that was turn on bright and then dimmed down to simulate the explosion.

 

[IEDBOUNTYHUNTER]

Theres another way to do it to. Thats a little stronger and you dont have to worry about it over heating.

Instead of just painting the poly fil. You mix some fiberglass resin put it in a disposable spray bottle. Wet the poly fil with the resin. It may take a few coats. Once its all dry you have a hard shell and can remove the poly fil and paint.

This is the same technique the studio used on the Halo believe commercial.

 

[crackerjazz]

Was that cool or what!

 

[masterjedi322]

That's a great technique and very effective! Thanks for sharing!

Sean

 

[SmilingOtter]

What an awesome idea! And the LED idea occurred to me as well when the narrator mentioned the heat problem.

Thanks for posting those!

 

[mundbuster]

wow,awsome idea im sure led's could be utilised here

 

[Mola Rob]

Very cool. Reminds me of Michael Jackson's Pepsi commercial for some reason. :lol

 

[SofaKing01]

That's Neat!

 

[familyman]

Awesome effect. Now all you need is to hang or stand some tiny light sticks to make it look like laser fire flying through the air!.

 

[Wes R]

I see it and the opening theme from "Terminator 2" begins playing in my mind due to the visual this creates.

WOW! Very cool.

I was looking at the tutorial and all i could think of was that they look like something out of terminator or The Day After.

 

[Drac]

Thats really cool, excellent tut :thumbsup

 

[REL]

All I know is this October will be the best Halloween ever. I'm going to "blow up" my front yard.

 

[SmilingOtter]

I look forward to the video that you will post of that!

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Cool! I saw that guy's diorama and figured it was something like that. Now I just need to figure out something to use this on.

 

[propcollector]

That's great thanks for sharing