I was thinking about fest small apparels and what makes them popular, and how halos and banners have been hitting huge niches while the sashes and crowns fell a bit flat.
Then I thought of something that I instantly fell in love with - equippable elemental attacks, or expressions of that flight's magic. Think Will-o-the-Ember, but a little more dynamic. (And of course, you could layer all eleven on a dragon for sheer memery.)
Light: Dragon is forming a glowing ball of light - could be clutched in some poses, similar to the companion comet, or over the body/in front of the muzzle in others.
Lightning: Dragon is holding or spitting a bolt of lightning.
Fire: Dragon is exhaling a stream/wisp of fire. (For some poses, it'd have to be trickling as a cloud, because there isn't enough space in front of the head for a forceful jet.)
Arcane: Bands of runes float in front of the dragon, possibly with a spell-ball forming or glowing paws.
Plague: Dragon is exhaling a stream of foul air, maybe green with red/brown flecks.
Earth: The trickiest one for me to envision, unless you just want an equippable boulder.
Ice: Dragon is exhaling a stream of snowflakes, or a whirling blizzard is gathering in a corner of the image.
Shadow: Dragon is gathering a ball of darkness, or tendrils of reaching goop are rising up from the ground.
Wind: A tornado is gathering at some part of the image.
Water: Another hard one. A dragon spitting water would probably look like a squirt gun.
Nature: Reaching vines in front of the dragon, or else a ball of greenery that has some clearly identifiable dangerous plants in it (flytraps, thorns, etc.)
Thoughts? Individual suggestions?
Then I thought of something that I instantly fell in love with - equippable elemental attacks, or expressions of that flight's magic. Think Will-o-the-Ember, but a little more dynamic. (And of course, you could layer all eleven on a dragon for sheer memery.)
Light: Dragon is forming a glowing ball of light - could be clutched in some poses, similar to the companion comet, or over the body/in front of the muzzle in others.
Lightning: Dragon is holding or spitting a bolt of lightning.
Fire: Dragon is exhaling a stream/wisp of fire. (For some poses, it'd have to be trickling as a cloud, because there isn't enough space in front of the head for a forceful jet.)
Arcane: Bands of runes float in front of the dragon, possibly with a spell-ball forming or glowing paws.
Plague: Dragon is exhaling a stream of foul air, maybe green with red/brown flecks.
Earth: The trickiest one for me to envision, unless you just want an equippable boulder.
Ice: Dragon is exhaling a stream of snowflakes, or a whirling blizzard is gathering in a corner of the image.
Shadow: Dragon is gathering a ball of darkness, or tendrils of reaching goop are rising up from the ground.
Wind: A tornado is gathering at some part of the image.
Water: Another hard one. A dragon spitting water would probably look like a squirt gun.
Nature: Reaching vines in front of the dragon, or else a ball of greenery that has some clearly identifiable dangerous plants in it (flytraps, thorns, etc.)
Thoughts? Individual suggestions?