How does a bullet fall

[sundialsvc4]

Just try a marble, or a stone. It's a fairly heavy, dense object so it's not going to "bounce." And it really won't have time to change position much: it might tend to start facing point-down as it drops, but I doubt that this would add to the effect. Maybe just a little puff of dust when it hits, and you should have it.

Unless, of course, you want the thing to go off! :scream:

[switchblade327]

Drop a AA or AAA battery and observe. They're similar in size and weight. How(if) it rolls after it lands is going to be harder to nail then the fall itself.

[Nicoone]

Thanks! Ill get on it right away, agian thanks for the info

[Mr. D]

Hello

Take into account if the bullet you are trying to animate is not simply being drop but a spent round that has been ejected (now just a case), that the shell will come out aligned to the ejection port of the weapon. Depending on type that can also include a slight spin due to the ejection mechanism. This pertains to mainly automatic weapons.

Mr. D

[sundialsvc4]

I think I'd allow myself a very limited amount of time on this one. Get it good "enough," and it really will be "good enough." Whatever you can come up with in, say, half an hour. Stick the completed image-file into the archive and move on to the next shot. You could, shall we say, "dick around with" such a thing forever if you allowed yourself to ... without really making the shot any better for all your troubles. Therefore, don't. :)

[switchblade327]

I assumed you meant dropping a bullet when you said dropping a bullet. If you meant brass being ejected from a gun (not a bullet but a shell casing), that's not the same thing but there's plenty of movies that have similar shots you can use for reference. For similar reference, try a pen cap. Not many people are going to recognize the tumble of a 5.56 from an m4 vs a sig552.

But like sundial said, don't waste too much time on this. At least not unless the shot is slow motion. For regular speed shots, you can get pretty good results with particle emitters.

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