Comments on: Contest: Most Realistic Blender Explosion

By: ROUBAL

ROUBAL — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 01:24:50 +0000

Hi everybody!

I'm a blender user from France.

First, thank you for this website and all the interesting articles about Blender.

I discovered it recently, but be sure that I will come again!

Here is a link to my first attempt of a realistic (herm, not yet) explosion.

I know that it is out of contest because of the ship and stars in background, but no matter, I'm making it just for fun!

The short movie is available in two formats:

http://3d-synthesis.com/movies/Explosion_12_MPEG2.mpg

http://3d-synthesis.com/movies/Explosion_12_DivX6.avi

You can download a lot of other short movies on my site.

Have fun!

Philippe.

By: Unreal

Unreal — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 03:10:25 +0000

I wish i was'nt such a newbie.. That Palm Seems Cool

By: bart

bart — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:33:59 +0000

@Konrad8ha: Nice one. One hint: you can add more drama to your explosion by adding some well timed camera shaking. This will make the explosion much more believable; with most explosions the camera won't remain steady.

Cheers,

B@rt

By: konrad8ha

konrad8ha — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:53:43 +0000

my entry: explosion_08.avi

By: konrad8ha

konrad8ha — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:48:30 +0000

…and on a sidenote:

Yes, the particle-system really needs improvement. It is a very important tool for animators and should probably be completely rebuilt from scratch. I can only hope that we will see development there in one of the upcoming releases.

By: Too Much Cookies Network

Too Much Cookies Network — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:06:46 +0000

Explosionen und Feuer mit Blender

Auf elYsiun.com gibt es derzeit ein Schnell-Wettbewerb, der von trillian ausgerufen wurde. Es geht darum, wer mittels blender die realistischste Explosion oder das realistischste Feuer emulieren kann. Ich habe gerade meinen Beitrag gepostet und hier is…

By: epat

epat — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:22:53 +0000

I'd like to improve the particle system but the code's so twisted I don't even know where to start.

- Oh, well. I suppose I'm just picking bones.

By: Bmud

Bmud — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:38:17 +0000

I can see it now… *tinkley winkley winkley winkley*

Enter a kitchen, a blender on the counter mixing something. Suddenly (oh no!) it spews bits of goo everywhere! And then I suppose it would tip over, and the engine would overheat and pow! it blows up. Sweet! Taking the prompt literally makes me happy… But hey, I'm still daydreaming! It burns the cabinets, drops some flaming wood into the stove, starts a grease fire, BLAM! and then the camera starts to panic, running out of the house to witness the whole house explode BLOW! And then the car! DOOM! Then it flies up into the sky houses poping in proximity like ping pong balls on mouse traps… Maybe an airplane will explode for no reason.. And what the hey, we'll just zoom all the way out and blow up earth too. YESS!

Oh wait, its due in April. I'll just keep that idea for later… or something.

On a side note, it looked like Mindfields was made using the "halo" material setting on meshes

By: etr9j

etr9j — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:41:49 +0000

I'm glad this was posted. I think contests showing more advanced techniques like this really pushes Blender forward.

By: konrad8ha

konrad8ha — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:06:42 +0000

OK, after some experimentation I'm now officially in for this one.

Creating a cool-looking explosion was something I wanted to do for a long time. Now that a Palm V is a stake I finally found a compelling reason to try.