Glowy Slash Trail?

[dEFaC]

Hey everyone,
I've been trying to modify with the sword trail from the UDK GDC level. I'm trying to have the trail be a bright JRPG-like slash. An example I guess would be this image:



However, I'm not sure I'm approaching this correctly because my trail doesnt look smooth at all. Not only that, the color doesn't even get close to the glow. I can see the rough edges of the emitter spawns as the sword moves in air.

Any idea how to make a glowy slash like the one in the image?

[AlbinoWarrior]

Is it an anim trail
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/AnimTrails.html
or just an emitter attached to a socket?

[dEFaC]

Honestly, it looks like an anim trail from the sword and then the actual white circle around the player is an emission or mesh spawn of some sort.

[AlbinoWarrior]

I meant what you tried, whichever one you tried, try using a combination.

[raycornea]

For the glowing part wouldn't it be easier to adjust it with post effects(there's the glow,blur...and stuff)

Well i've only started to learn UDK so i wont be able to aid you on any of my crazy ideas
Good Luck