How do you guys create those Amazing Magic Effects?

[old]

If there is something that is very hard in game development process is creating VFXs, also called Particles. Here, in WC3, we have lucky because if we want to create spells, we have a lot of good effects (Fire balls, ice trails etc etc etc). But you guys that create FXs for the Hiveworkshop, you guys can create some stunning visual effects without a particle editor, you use a model tool (Wc3 model editor). How do you guys make this? How do you, for example, create Lightning bolts and make it animated? Thx.

 

[Hermit]

I suggest reading a few tutorials first and then if you have some specific questions you can ask them here.