after seeing Bruce Lee's excellent liquid metal demo on youtube; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-XV3UCdB-s
i thought i'd try something similar for a job i'm doing...
not nearly as good a result, but for the sake of anyone trying to find their way, here's a scene file
super basic setup, and i'm sure there's much more that could be done with it... but thought it was worth sharing for fellow newbies