Star Citizen VFX - Idris Deathmask

This video shows Idris Deathmask effect from Star Citizen, as seen in the game. Timings on this video are a bit off as this is an edited version of the video showing the same explosion from multiple points of view. If you want to see the explosion without any editing applied check out my other video called “Star Citizen - Idris Deathmask Raw Cut“. Sometimes in 2017 I was tasked to make Idris Deathmask effect for 2017 Citizencon. It was the first effect which we were going to show that was utilising the new GPU Particle System created specifically for Star Citizen. Last year (2020) it was the time to release Idris to the PU as an AI ship which can be destroyed. I had an opportunity to go back to the effect and polish it further. This is when I’ve added the final blast of energy in a form of a column/stream of plasma - the staple element of the sequence. I think it was a very successful project - I’ve seen loads of videos recorded by players on twitter, youtube and twitch