01:21 am - Modeling a nuclear style explosive force in 3DS MAX...
I spent all freaking evening trying to create this effect! Four+ hours of tinkering around with every conceivable part of 3DS MAX. But, finally, long past the time I should have gone to sleep, I finally accomplished EXACTLY what I set out to do!!
I've had a lot of special FX idea that require the illusion of some kind of explosive force radiating from a single point and spreading outward in a spherical shape. Everything from nuclear explosions to perhaps a character who could, say, punch the ground and create a devastating concussive force or producing a shattering scream (eg. Banshee).
That fact that the halo of purplish energy actually spreads out a tick faster than the actual shockwave was a pleasant mistake. A miscalculation on my part that made the effect all the more realistic!
Enjoy... I will attempt to use this to a more dramatic and entertaining effect at a later time. But for now... sleep. I'm only going to get a few hours of sleep as it is before I must be up for work.
Damn work... getting in the was of my 3Ding!
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madhatterofoz for suggesting I use Google Video as opposed to YouTube. I think he is correct in that it plays at a slightly higher quality.