Custom Lightning?

I was wondering just how to make custom lightning. I've seen the lightning "skins" when browsing through the MPQ but, I was wondering, what those skins are applied to and how to get/make a custom one(that I could duplicate and edit the skin path for, effectivly allowing me to have infinite lighting variations). Does anybody know?
Are lightnings some weird form of model, do thay have anything other than that 'skin' at all? In summary: What is the deal with lightning?

Dunno exactly what you mean.........I made a spell that is a rip of Forked Lightning........I had it use Forked Lightning as a model then added the Lightning Effect of Finger of Death/Pain.........this gave me an awesome Forked Lightning where the bolts are red ^_^

is this what you meant?

No... Forked Lightning is an Ability, not a model. I'm asking, just what Lightning Effects are, and how to make a custom one.

ah ok. well, Im guessing its a model like any other model lol.........models arent my area, in fact, the only thing I could call my "area" is the unit/ability/upgrade/etc Editor.....models I cant help ya sry :(

Lightning effects are very special because they need to be stretched. IIRC there's a way to change the colour of any lightning effect by editing the MPQ but I you'd have better luck asking around the modelling forum about how to actualy make one from scratch.

Creating your own lightning is easy! Just click here to go to my tutorial about creating your own lightning. Please comment about it to let me know how it is.

Well, I opened up my Wc3Extractor2 and was looking through all the lightnings, and realized that I don't need any custom lightning. Thanks anyway.

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