So, I want to make a zombie’s head blow off/up. I got that part fixed.
Now I’m just wondering about the best way to get some really cool gore as the head blows up? I guess one way is to create some particles, shatter the head and just create force to spread it all about. I’m not sure if there is any other way…
I got some particles for gore when shooting at the zombies, but right now I want something spectacular. Any suggestions? 
In my current project I am using a combination between instantiating a “wreck”/dead version of the enemy that is already chopped up (putting a rigidbody on it makes it fall apart), and combining that with an explosion prefab that is simultaneously instantiated. Of course, as you say, you could add additional force to the dead instance for that extra visual “oomph”.
I like to go old school. Get out some paper and paint. Throw some paint splats on the paper. Scan it into your computer. Alter them in whatever image editing program you like. Make some custom particle alpha channels out of them. UV animated look really nice with some finessing.
Sounds like it would make a nice effect. Going to try it out, thanks!
@Kyuss
I don’t have a scanner here, but I imagine making some digitally would work too. Do you have a screenshot of the particles in use?
I will have a try at creating “wreck”-model of the head and blasting it apart with some force, covering it all with some blood particles!
Hey search for the thread titled: “Tis the season for eggnog and giving”.
Around the 5th page I submitted a gore type particle with a pretty good texture… I would try playing around with that and see if you can get a result…
If it does not look good it will at least give you a idea about what to make in the texture…
Hope this helps!
Wow, that really helped. Excellent!
Very educational, many thanks.
Your quite welcome
I imagine you’ve already seen this old thread?
There’s another one worth looking into: Soft Body Physics.
(Warning: Gore)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8933990/Notes/SplosionTest/WebPlayer.html