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Even though a tiny rockling Elemental hatching out into the world would be adorable, Elementals do not spawn as hatchlings like Dragons do. Instead, they spawn in from the dormant rock shards buried in the ground. Elementals do not grow like Dragons do and instead spawn in as "adults". Please note,

Unlike the dragons and other biological creatures in Day of Dragons, the Elementals will not have a ragdoll when they die. Instead, they break apart and crumble to the ground.

Don't mind me, just dropping in. Here is the fall and landing animation for the elementals. A similar version will be used for the Magma Elemental as well.

Lost footage from the Winter Winds! ... Just kidding. Dragons don't have cameras. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Elementals are no friends to dragons. That's why this "friendly" emote might seem more like a taunt to the dragons while used to show comradeship to other elementals. Magma Elemental Friendly Call Emote (YouTube)

The elementals do not know fear. Therefore, instead of a surrender call, the elementals have "Signal" to other elementals to request back up. Magma Elemental Signal Emote (YouTube)

It's time for another Behind the Scenes! This time it's the Magma Elemental! We started strong with this one. We knew we wanted a rock like creature with a core in his chest. We wanted him to feel alien and unnatural, so we made him unsymmetrical. We tweaked one foot to have toes and gave him two ey

You might want to turn the other way if you hear this noise. The threat emote animation of the Magma Elemental is now complete. Up next are the Roar and the Friendly calls. Magma Elemental Threat Emote (YouTube)

Burt has begun working on the Elemental's emote calls. First up his the "Rally" call. Unlike dragons, Elementals never show weakness and therefore do not have a submissive call. Instead, they have a distinct call used to rally other Elementals to their sides. Magma Elemental Rally Emote (YouTube)

With this latest animation, the Elemental now has all of his turning animations completed! Next we will move on to more of his action animations, like his call emotes.

We decided to have Burt redo the Magma's walk animation to make it more monster-like.

Dragon's aren't the only ones who can get hurt. The Magma Elemental has also gotten a damage skin. However, instead of blood and flesh, his wounds show up as cracks leaking lava.

The final attack animation for the Magma Elemental is finished! The "stab" attack is a finishing move style attack that will instantly kill a dragon of low health or tier.

The Elemental will have multiple eating animations for different carcass types. This one shows an elemental eating from a large carcass and take a big chunk off of it.

The Elemental is looking quite intimating with his improved walk cycle. You can really feel the power in his steps and the weight of his body as he moves forward. There are a few minor tweaks to be made before the animation is finalized.

Russ has finished the idle for the Fire Elemental! Unlike the dragons, Elementals do not breath. This created a challenge for Russ as breathing is usually a big part of idle animations. However, we feel he did a great job bringing this beast to life.

Here is a WIP of Russ's second walk cycle for the Fire Elemental. This one is more monster-like and we are liking the direction it is going! It's still a work-in-progress and some changes will be made.

Here is the first look at Magma, the Fire Elemental, wearing his textures, both with and without emissive. The Elementals are the ancient enemies of the Dragons. Which side will you choose?

Here we check out Magma's game-ready model, prior to texturing. He's a beast and will keep the Dragons on their toes (or wings) as they avoid his constant need for Dragon scales and dragon bile. Magma will be animated by AAA industry veteran Russell Chou.

Today we are showing the Magma high poly sculpt. You'll notice he now has a large claw sword on his left arm. This claw will be retractable and give him a very deadly and dangerous stabbing and swiping weapon. The claw is able to pierce through all but the strongest of Dragon scale armor.

Just a quick update today to show the sculpt of Magma. He is being worked on parallel with the dragons and will soon be ready for animation and will be terrorizing the landscape in Genesis 1.0! Thank you so much for your support!