Evil torch

My first use of particles. I followed a tutorial how to make the fire. The rar file contains a render output.
I think I have fallen in love with taper and bend modifiers.

The particles don't look too much like fire, just a constant flow in a stright line. You need to fool around with particles a bit more and see the outcome.

Maybe make them move a little slower too.

Ok particles changed. New render output.

Getting much better. I'm not sure what it is, but it doesnt seem completely right yet.

Here is a picture of the material.

Maybe it's that the colored areas touches the edges.

Here is a close picture of the rendering.

fire must be made with fluid simulation tools, like Phoenix, Real Flow or Glu 3D (glue 3D sample: http://3daliens.com/glu3D/images/mov..._fire_test.mov), standard particles won't do. It may also be possible with particle flow + blob mesh, but it will consume a lot more time with tweaking, so those specialised plugins/software are the best choice. The model is pretty good though.

Do I need all those flashy tools for just wc3 modeling?

hell no. I was talking about professional looking fire.

thank god..

it's looking pretty good, i think the particles still need a tiny bit of tweeking though >.<

if it's for wc3 try using additive for the particle material?

Ok new particles. This is the best I can do in terms of opacity. The picture is taken by NASA. It's a nova/nebulosa with a few color changes. Like making the whitest parts more yellow.

Oh yes I just realized that the only thing the script can export is meshes and bones. -_-