Hellbot/Fantastic Four Flaming Hands Thingo

[aaronv2]

I thaught id try my hand (hahahaah) at some fire simulation to try and recreate the sorta flame on hellboy slash xmen fire effects.

Right now i need suggestions on the look of the fire. should it be very plumey and stylised or should it be really licky like a log fire flame?

Anyway heres the first test. Im going to film some plates of my hand and see if i can track some fire simulation to it.

[rhys]

That looks cool enough, perhaps faster. How did u do it? I know i wont be able to understand, but go ahead anyway!

[UFProductions]

I think it need to be a bit more obvious where the fire is coming from, it looks a bit too superimposed on the hand (behind it actually), all told though it looks quite good, I think the speed is just about perfect.

[Firestorm]

Yeah I think that looks great and would for a flaming person. What did you use? Plugin?

[aaronv2]

the hand model wont appear in the final footage to be comped it was just to illustrate the hand. The composite will use my hands and it will look more convincing. as for the flames themselves they are part of a plugin someone pointed me out to for using special effects... it does flames and fireballs and explosions etc

[cantoloupe]

what plugin? and in what program? may i ask,

and yea it looks really good, though i feel it was maybe a bit heavy on the dark-black portions, will those be transparent?

nice test.

[aaronv2]

plugin is called dynamite program is lightwave as usaul. heavy on the black cause it was my first day experimenting. im a little better at it now... observe

[wildstorm]

Thats friggin sweet!!

[rhys]

Awesome! Do u think you will ever make explosion footage for us??? Pretty please!

[aaronv2]

yeah sure, im workin on the doughnut explosions now

[UFProductions]

Looks awesome, except at the very end of that clip it's a little too "bubbly" around the hand. Like the fire is coming off an invisible surface an inch off the surface of the hand (noticable around the thumb).

[aaronv2]

like i said before... the hand model is used as an emitter. not the final comp. that will be a real hand

[rhys]

Cool arronv2, and UFProductions; real fire doesnt come straight off the surface, its a gas, it's a little above it.

[Freddie]

Aaron!
that was really good, can just imagine looking at it with real footage!
how's your website doing btw? any progress?

how are you for the time, A?
~frezko aka. freddie

[UFProductions]

like i said before... the hand model is used as an emitter. not the final comp. that will be a real hand

Ah, I see (even if those words don't actually make that much sense to me). I was just thinking the shape the flame was coming off in looked a little inorganic, but that makes sense, as the hand is inorganic... yes.

real fire doesnt come straight off the surface, its a gas, it's a little above it.

Thanks for the science lesson chief.

[Bodysnatcher]

personally, I thought it looked pretty damn impressive, and dont forget, when mixed with real action etc it will only look more impresssive. well done!