Akaikosh

In most of the Heroes of Might & Magic games, gryphons have multiple or unlimited Retaliation Attacks, where other troops generally only get one.

Of course, if the gryphon's means of attack is devouring the offending troop then........

They're small, but you're smaller. Into their beak you go!

"Quick" thing that I'm pleased actually was timed mostly alright, especially for a mere 120 frames. Still took four hours to render at 1280px. Perhaps later I'll extend this!

Moorland Dragon "Upon the moors and heathlands this large winged beast is supreme. Taking its fill of sheep and goats and the occasional unlucky cow that has wandered too far into the hills, it is no friend of the fa...

If it was inspired by I wouldn't know, since I bought the model five years ago

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A simple but effective 'Struggle' look is as easy as putting the Vibration Tag onto the colliding object and letting it shift around randomly, then applying some Jiggle!

A quick animation I did for an overview of how I make my bulges and lumps when doing 3D. I assembled this together because I've been asked this a lot.

While some things may differ between 3D applications, the concept probably should be applicable through any program.

Long necks = Prime ground for bulges and lumps!

Its such a fun way of providing a Damage Resist trait too. Its not like their scales are hyperdense and infused with magic, its not a blessing from some deity, its just that they're too proud to care about the damage from such lesser creatures!

Their audacity is so powerful they gain resistance!!

Not related to vore but I looove how this dragon has such a haughty attitude they outright take less damage from all sources because of it xD

Indeed - though from a gameplay perspective it was such a pain to fight Sea Monsters in IV because of Swallow Whole, if they reached your expensive troops (Like Black Dragons) hoh boy xD

Then upcoming Olden Era brings back the Swallow Whole attack from Heroes IV :O

Never played Heroes of Might and Magic VI or VII, but VII has this giant Worm boss that eats your troops - digesting them over time! - and has a relevant achievment for it

Simple little maybe even cute wallpaper-ready image I did earlier whilst me and some others were talking about wormy preds!

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Its such a concept huh ~ <3

Thank you muchly; the original design is a fun one <3

thank you ~

Already have been!

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So, of course I had to draw something after seeing that. Thusly, a group of sandworms swallowing up a pack of red dragons that had fallen in battle.

Normally this would prevent the opposing Hero from reviving them but... What if it still works, and they revive while still in the worm bellies??

Caaaww!!

This crow has a fondness for round things, and is fonder still of sending them down its gullet!

"Quick" thing I did the other evening/night, its very rough around the edges still but its acceptable looking I think even as it is.
Very simple audio added for the fun of it too.

So was playing Heroes of Might and Magic 3 - Horn of the Abyss the other night and the Sandworm upgrade says it can 'devour corpses to gain an extra attack'

I was not expecting it to have a unique animation, let alone one with a bulge going down its body....!

Caaaw

Are you thinking what I'm thinking??
Yes, but also not really!

Sadly yeah; to think that I worked on this scene from 5pm to like 4am too haha

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The dismay when seeing the render and it was too fast, an eternal struggle in animation huh

I'll probably come back to this eventually but for now ~

Gave the new Heroes of Might and Magic demo a try, and this... This was the result of reading the description for the Guardian Gryphon while having gryph-preds on the mind :>

Its "Like 3, but better" in terms of gameplay to me at least. A lot of the same philosophies and design so if you liked how 3 played, chances are you'll likely enjoy 5 as well. 6 and 7 weren't nearly as good though, in fact 7 almost killed HoMM

<Press any Key to continue (into his gullet)>

5 was a reboot. Gameplay-wise I think its amazing, and I love when the dragons do a victory cheer! Lots and lots of dragons around! Magma Dragons my beloved

The background lore is fantastic, but V's actual campaign writing is uh... Not good xD

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Since KH is on my mind right now so heavy

"If you could be any Heartless, which would you be?"

Wyvern my beloved

Commission I got from TheUmbraArtist