Gumroad – Cinematic Liquid Gold Melting & Erosion FX for Houdini

This project features a gold head being slowly consumed by liquid gold, with a medieval fantasy look inspired by high-end film VFX. The setup is designed for Houdini artists who want to study liquid motion, surface decay, pyro, material breakup, erosion masks, and cinematic look development.

The scene was rendered in V-Ray, but V-Ray is not required. You can rebuild the materials in Redshift, Arnold, Karma, Mantra, or any render engine you prefer.

Included

• Houdini project file
• Liquid gold FX setup
• Pyro setup – smoke trails the burning metal like acid
• Melting and erosion setup
• Gold material lookdev
• Textures and maps
• Camera and lighting setup
• V-Ray render setup for reference
• Cached sims