A practice model exploring materials and displacement techniques unfamiliar to me.
I like this! It is how I think the Thing should look from the Fantastic four! :) How did you do the broken rocks?
Sorry for late reply Explained the process in full here: https://www.reddit.com/r/blender/comments/4esicc/containment/d24837m
Thanks, the force-field was based on the simple setup in this explanation: http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/15737/how-to-create-an-sci-fi-plasma-energetic-force-field-material-in-cycles
I like this! This cracky fire from with-in look would look good on the Thing from the Fantastic Four but on a subtler level! :)