hey Pappenheimer thank you for the links but like you already guessed I know those links and they don't really help me achieving what i wanna do. but thanks anyways. I already worked with models that had alphachannel skins and with particles and stuff, but somehow I'm not able to make a good effect. I played Turn-based RPGs for quite a while and yesterday i tried to analyze some of them to see how the effect was made, but its hard to get it right.

If someone has another idea or a tutorial or something i really would be grateful.

cheers
Roxas