Flashes

I often get asked where I ordered my cinematic effects for the muzzle flashes and lasers.

While there are cinematic effects to be purchased at Armorcast (http://armorcast.com/store/index.php?cPath=100&osCsid=951972b92dc6297d9b101170498f7f0e), 

I prefer to create my own.

The very first Muzzle flash I did was for "Kill Shot", featuring a Deathwatch Marine jumping over a wall and firing his Bolter

 

 I really liked the result, so I use it more and more frequent.

How it is done?

Actually rather simple.

I use a still piece of wire as base, put some Greenstuff (here ProCreate) and pull it into shape with a pincer.

I have currently no images of the actual creation, but some I did for a similar affect - bullet impacts.

For this I placed a small blob of GS on a soda cap and used my pincer to pull little pieces.

 

 

and the result looks like this.

 

This procedure can be used for other effects just alike:

Bolter fire:

or Flamethrowers

 

 I usually paint the flame effects then in a wet-in-wet technique starting with Blazing Orange, via Golden Yellow to Sunburst Yellow

 

And here are some images of the finished effects "in action" so to speak:

 

 

I hope you like it :)

Cheers

Klaus