# How to create Annihilation shimmer wall

**URL:** <https://blenderartists.org/t/how-to-create-annihilation-shimmer-wall/1558349>\
**Category:** Materials and Textures\
**Created:** [November 16, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/how-to-create-annihilation-shimmer-wall/1558349 "2024-11-16T21:43:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![arewedreaming](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@arewedreaming](https://blenderartists.org/u/arewedreaming)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/how-to-create-annihilation-shimmer-wall/1558349/1 "2024-11-16T21:43:33Z")

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Hi! I’ve been really inspired by the shimmering wall in the Annihilation movie, and wanted to recreate it in Blender. Not sure how to start - guessing it’s a procedural wave with lighting/material tricks? Hoping for the wall to look dynamic. Would appreciate any tips/ideas. Thank you!

 ![image](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/1/0/4/104c586c762137445147d7a21a882abc83ca352e.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Okidoki](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/okidoki/32/1434104_2.png) [@Okidoki](https://blenderartists.org/u/Okidoki)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/how-to-create-annihilation-shimmer-wall/1558349/2 "2024-11-17T12:43:15Z")

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The color changing is called iridescence for some oily or soapy also thin film effect.

You might have a look here:

> [@Thin Film Interference Shader](https://blenderartists.org/t/thin-film-interference-shader/1384775):
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> For a while now, I’ve needed an accurate and easy to use thin film interference node. I noticed not many exist for blender, and the few that do are incredibly complex or inaccurate. So, using a paper I found from 2013: [https://www.gamedev.net/tutorials/\_/technical/graphics-programming-and-theory/thin-film-interference-for-computer-graphics-r2962/](https://www.gamedev.net/tutorials/_/technical/graphics-programming-and-theory/thin-film-interference-for-computer-graphics-r2962/) I was able to implement it in shader nodes. Here’s a video of me previewing it in the viewport: [YouTube - Experimenting with Thin Film Interference](https://youtu.be/1WxBtohdh5g) …

or with the newer blender versions:

> [@Trying out the 4.2.0 alpha Thin Film Iridescence](https://blenderartists.org/t/trying-out-the-4-2-0-alpha-thin-film-iridescence/1528296):
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> [Lukas Stockner’s gonna put up a test file](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/118477#issuecomment-1180200), in the meantime I wanted to try out the new thin film iridescence: Used [build](https://builder.blender.org/download/daily/) blender-4.2.0-alpha+main.38fcaf9ab93f-windows. That’s a roundcube with verts randomly moved a bit (to give it some distortion) and a Solidify modifier. Thin Film Thickness 0.0 nm in the left image, 800.0 nm in the right image. Please note that I don’t really know what I’m doing o…

…but of course there are other setup, tutorials, paided ones out there 😉