G'day, I dunno where to put this so if its in wrong area can mods put it in right place? thanks

Im in a pickle and need everybodies expert advice. I need a good way to make a explosion like this


any ideas? ive been trying with cotton balls and im not too happy. please and thanks

Hi Richard,

quite a while ago, I read an article in a German Magazine, a guy build there a scene from Orwell`s War of the Worlds, despicting the "Thunderchild" battleship firing upon a Martian Warmachine. He used Polyurethane foam, as used for insulating buildings. He sprayed the explosion cloud roughly, shaped it with a knife and painted it with acrylics. Perhaps this info helps.

Hans-Hermann

Hi Richard,

try out this site: http://www.ediorama.com/xe/spg

On the left side you find a Navigation list with some cool Dios especially with these companys Material but you can use something different. I think you will find very good examples for what you need. The lunching Missle dio, Attacked tank dio or the Explosion dio are something for you. You can take cotton wool and spray some glue all over it so it´s more compact. Then some good painting and you will have a nice explosion.

Hope it helps

Stefan

Cool, thanks stefan and hans (:

Here's an impressive artillery explosion
Link

I have never seen a convincing explosion in a diorama, because the the available materials are all too solid. An explosion is a dynamic event, and consists of hot gasses and bits of flying debris (i.e. mostly nothing at all). Most attempts end up looking like giant mutant mushrooms. An explosion, even one captured on high speed film, looks like a blur, and I how do you model "blur?"
Best advice, in my opinion, is to depict the aftermath, not the explosion itself.

Thanks Joris, that explosion effect looks cool (:

ad I agree with you Gerald, but ive come on forums to see if anyones got any tricks

there is a picture in the gallery here at kitmaker net, but it's down right now. I'll try to remember the picture title