Making a Candle flame

[daniel_nieto]

in fact im trying to do a lighter flame, but it's the same, i have no idea on how to do that!!! anyone has ideas? i've tried SSS, and looks kind of a flame, but not like a real one, i mean, a real one, is blue in the sides, yellow in the top, and transparent in the middle! besides it has to emit light! help please!

this is what i have so far:

[OnoSendai]

Something like an emitted specular, or diffuse transmitter material, with a colour texture map to control the colour of emission would work, I think.

[CTZn]

Gas is visible only when it ignites, it has no (or negligeable) ior nor absorbtion, you can make the base flame with a distorted sphere since ignition occurs when the pressure allows incoming oxygen from ambient air. A few hints here

[Kram1032]

if the IoR was negligible, the weren't such phenomenas as the far weaker heat-(or actually density)difference-effects of mirages or heat haze...
Best thing would be 3D-textures, I guess...
Ono, any work on that?

[Borgleader]

I may be saying the most stupid thing here but...volumetrics maybe?