-Angel

vaderios, I really like your idea for the 'armless' Wampa shot! And because I like this shot and concept so much, I'd love to see another version with the following amendments, if you find the time....and if you can be bothered!

You see, although I also like the brief new SE Wampa 'left arm/and side' that we see in the foreground now (when Luke cuts himself free), the shot above is the ONLY other new one that I cared for in the sequence (although I would rather lose the first half where he 'holds his wound', and would rather only see the second half of the shot where he outstretches his left paw, for an even briefer final 'reveal'). I thought the others lingered far too long, and didn't match the look of either(!) of the original designs anyway.

As Adywan previously noted, the arm 'prop' is too short to have been cut off at the shoulder, so there should have been more of a hairy 'stump' left at that area!

Although these mock-up versions looks too 'fiery' for my own taste, I reckon if the brighter 'glows' of your 'cauterization' effect was toned down slightly on the 'arm on ground' shot (which comes before the 'reveal'), and you removed the 'flying embers' coming of it, that it might look better.

And then with the 'final reveal' shot (but on an added 'stump'!), I reckon that if you again toned down the brighter 'glows' here also (with perhaps a little more orange in places now, instead of yellow?), and cut the effect down by about half the amount against the black, and again remove the 'flying embers' coming of it....that this might look better too.

This may all be a moot point of course vaderios, as I seem to remember Adywan confirming that he won't be using ANY of the new SE shots for his edit. It's certainly good to see your ideas though.