Thanks for the post Rick!

Yeah, 10 months ago, when I posted the test shot, it was merely, a simple tut test render/comp, and not a full-on project that I was displaying for crits.

Like Mike said, it was not a perfect explosion, as it was never meant to be.

Having said that, I welcome any and all ideas for others to add to thier explosions using any part of this tutorial

Thanks again all!