I was just playing around with Blender, and I came up with a really cool effect.  I thought to myself, “Hey, that looks pretty cool!  Now what can I turn it into?  Well, what does it look like?  I know - it looks like the head to a sparkler!”  And so, I played around a little more, and came up with a pretty neat sparkler.

Since it was such a cool effect, I thought I’d share it with you guys, and tell you how I made it.  So without further ado…How to Create a Sparkler in Blender.

Note: I am using Blender 2.47, which is the newest version of Blender at the time of this tutorial’s writing.  If you don’t have the newest version of Blender yet, go over to their website and get it now!

Final Result

The finished Sparkler:

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Just the other day, I came across a website that has loads and loads of free Blender materials.  I couldn’t believe it!  Here, all this time, I had been breaking my back (or should I say, my fingers) over creating just the right materials when you could have just downloaded them for free off of this website!

The website that I’m talking about is blender-materials.org, where you can find materials for everything from metals, dirt, and wood to fire, water, and sky.  They also have materials for fibre/fur, electric bolts, barbed wire, alien skin, and much, much, much more.

Don’t believe me?  just head over to blender-materials.org and start saving time on materials!