4 million particles of the breaking ice sim were set up using Vellum grains in Houdini 19.5.
Matthieu Pujol, a Technical Artist and FX Supervisor, who celebrated Halloween 2023 with a cool ocean shore simulation inspired by Terminator: Dark Fate's infamous opening scene, continues experimenting with Houdini's FX capabilities, presenting a new stunning sim.
This time, the creator used Houdini 19.5's Vellum grains to simulate a gigantic icebreaker ship, created by kitbashing multiple models together, sailing through a gigantic ice shelf consisting of 4 million particles, which took around 8-10 hours to simulate on 700 frames.
Created in collaboration with Valentine Baillon, who was responsible for UVs and texturing, the sim was rendered in Arnold over 1500 frames 30sec/frame. As a cherry on top, Matthieu utilized a generator to imitate the voice of Sir David Attenborough, a renowned broadcaster whose voice you might recognize instantly if you are a fan of BBC's documentaries.
If you would like to learn more about Houdini's Vellum Grains, here are some great tutorials that will help you comprehend both the basics and advanced techniques:
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