light flare
Hi Stephen,
In addition to Stephen Elliot's suggestions I usually apply
a graduated opacity map to the self illuminated cone.
Use Ani Pro to create a 256 colour vgrad ramping from white
down to black, save it as a gif and choose it in your opacity
map slot.
When applying the material, ensure the white end of the
graduated map is at the thin end of the cone.
This will give you a gentle tapering off so that you don't
see the base of the cylinder.
It may require a little experimenting, but can produce some
nice results.
I hope these pointers are useful.
Regards,
Andy Roberts
BITS Corp.