I think this is a perfect idea.

Yes, try tampering with the settings for terranim8or.  It also appears that you're perhaps using an older version of terranim8or?  The newest version has much more realistic fire effects.  Try dabbling with the shape of the fire in terranim8or and see what different things you can get.  Also, you can make your own transparency maps for the small fire objects to make them look better.

well the terrainim8or looks better i think. but i dont think you should make the fire in a straight line. i think it would look 10x more realistic if you gave it a mushroom cloud kinda feel to it. i do like your model though. you did a great job. keep at it i think ull get it.

Hello everyone,

I downloaded the v0.97d preview of Anim8or and could not get it to launch. I tried running it as the administrator, then in XP compatibility mode, all to no avail.

I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (perhaps that's the issue right there?) with 4GBs of RAM, a 2.1GHz dual-core processor, and an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator chip with up to 1695MB VRAM. Is anyone experiencing similar issues with Anim8or and Windows 7?

BTW, unrelated, but these forums have changed a lot since I was last here (sometime in '07). I like it Steve, it really works well.

Thanks to all who respond!

Wow! Those are excellent! I especially like the gold horn, it's just awesome.

Excelent Job Neodelito!! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-P4hGUtLXE
so which do you guys think looks better?

HaHa!!... I can imagine that ... Carrara render would be almost instanteous, perhaps just under a minute in full raytrace

I`ll post a rundown of what Carrara can do and what you are all missing! but I still use anim8or for the modelling as its far easier than Carrara`s modelling room which is awful.

I provided Aric & EricAug with Carrara FOC  you too,can get it at animanon.com if you just follow some simple rules....participate

just some of its assets Caustics,AO, animated Textures, Displacement mapping, gels, lightcones, aura, fast rendering, multi threading, render node(render farm) import 3ds,obj etc (not anim8or) use bvh data the pros for it on and on.

 The program really is just another tool , that you should have in your essentials!

take a look here  http://www.animanon.com/Forum/index.php?topic=1257.0 a couple of issues of the Carrara Magazine

our own headwax is featured in one of them

Follow all the above instructions in anim8or and then wait for 110 years for the render to complete.  You will get the desired result.

Time to kill..?? nopes.... time kill me...