Ghost/Shadow Materials for Horror Scene

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Hey guys,

I have a wraith I am making for a scene, and I wanted to add a material to him to make him ghostly… but a slightly blue glow is not what I imagine. I am thinking more along the lines of a shadow person, where they are ghostly, but could also pass as a shadow in a corner and go unnoticed. Here is a picture I found online of what I am going for. This is clearly an illustration or photoedit, I am unsure how to emulate this in Unreal via materials.

Any ideas in the right direction would be awesome.

Thanks in advance.

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here’s one way of modeling ghosts

there are a few different options to go with those wispy tendrils, panning materials, material offsets, bones ect. here’s a couple applicable vids.
Panning: GAT #60: Diablo 3 - Wings of Angels - YouTube
material offset: UE4: the basics of Rotate About Axis - YouTube
cloth simulation: UE4 Tutorial: Cloth Simulation (See description) - YouTube

this is a method of culling inner triangles. I haven’t used it myself so I don’t know if it still works in the latest engine versions.

you’ll probably use the Fresnel node somewhere.

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One method for culling internal polygons is to actually not rendering part of the mesh as opaque with dithered opacity.https://youtube.com/watch?v=ieHpTG_P8Q0
Should be fast and give nice quality especially if blue noise is used.