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Project File: Volumetric Spaceship Thrusters

Added 2023-09-01 19:27:51 +0000 UTC

Hey guys!

In my latest video, the 100-hour spaceship, I ended up making these volumetric spaceship thrusters!

I'm so excited about this effect! From certain angles I think it looks like some sort of frozen-in-time ionic jet engine, which I really like. It also renders super fast in Cycles!

The effect is all about layering different volumetric emission shaders on top of each other. I used a simple color ramp to create this pulsating 3D texture pattern. Some of the volumetric mesh has a hole in it, so when viewed off-axis they look like circles!

The volumetric shader elements are controlled using a Child Of constraint.

If you want to learn how this was set up, I have also made a mini tutorial about this in the "Exclusive mini tutorials" tier, link here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/88486353/

Also, I'm sorry it's been a while since the previous project file! I'm planning to get the 10 hour spaceship posted here soon as well, just need to clean up the project file a bit first. (The 100 hour spaceship will be available for everyone for free at a later stage!)

Thanks for the support!

- Asbjørn