Hey everyone!
I’m trying to recreate an effect similar to the one in the scene below (from The Phantom Menace) — where the lightsaber melts through the blast door and the metal glows and deforms around the blade.
I’ve tried a bunch of things like:
- Emissive planes with animated masks and WPO
- Decals with translucent or additive blend
- Material parameter animations using timelines
- Spawned meshes
But nothing really gives the right feeling yet.
How would you go about achieving something like this? The screenshot is just the best visual reference I could find.
It’s not for a lightsaber effect.
Thank you guys!
Appreciate any ideas or suggestions!
