Melting wax like dripping along the side of the candles? I'd recommend this tutorial here on gimpusers:

http://www.gimpusers.com/tutorials/smel ... loody-text

The blood drips and the wax drips are exactly the same effect. So if you do that tutorial you will know how to do this. Happy gimping.

I was going to say using noise or difference clouds with a layer mode will work also.

There's one another:
http://www.gimpusers.com/tutorials/crea ... aved-eagle

You could probably even get away with using the IWARP tool.

conbagui: wow, those candles look beautiful!! i love the colours and the atmosphere in the picture too, you're doing a great job on it. good luck with the dripping wax, i'm sure you'll make a good job of that too .

Like to see a tutorial once you get it.

Great job so far.

Utilizing the Iwarp tool i got this effect.
You have to copy and paste the tops (about 1 inch) of the candles then select new layer button to anchor them directly in the same position.
Otherwise the image in Iwarp is too small to really see what you are doing.
What i did was copy the left bottom three to their own layer and the right bottom three tops too their own layer and the middle candle top by itself in its own layer.
Now just open each one in Iwarp and drag with the below settings to create drips.An even better setting would be to use a smaller amount value and create small drips along the very top and then drag a few down. Be sure and bulge the top out where the candle wax collects before it drips over the edge.


I hope that helps you. At least you get the idea of one way it can be done in Gimp.

This is what the image looks like with the whole image under the copied pieces.


A little too much bulge but you get the picture.