Progress / Mouth fix

29 September 2026 · all 11 dragons

Mouth fix

When a dragon roars you should be able to see into its open mouth from the side. On the first builds a wide wall of cheek skin hid most of it. The fix shrinks that wall so the tongue, the teeth and the inside of the mouth show, on every dragon.

Every picture is taken at the widest point of the Roar. The first picture in each row is the published model before the fix; the others are the second test round of the fix. The small inset marked "production" in the last two pictures is the same view before the fix. Eight dragons went live with the mouth shown here: seven passed that round's review, and Terra went live with it too, with two small points accepted as they are. Heatfang, Toxibloom and Glarebyte needed one more round. All eleven went live with the fix on 29 September.

All eleven dragons

Kairo

Hero Open Kairo in 3D

Kairo, test build: side view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: side view

Kairo, test build: three-quarter view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: three-quarter view

Kairo, test build: from behind at three-quarter, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: from behind at three-quarter

Passed its review as shown and went live on 29 September.

Terra

Hero Open Terra in 3D

Terra, test build: side view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: side view

Terra, test build: three-quarter view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: three-quarter view

Terra, test build: from behind at three-quarter, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: from behind at three-quarter

Went live as shown on 29 September. Two small points from its review were accepted as they are: seen from behind at three-quarter, the back of the open mouth still looks like a flat panel (the last picture), and the back edge of the raised tongue looks a little lumpy in low close-ups.

Lumen

Hero Open Lumen in 3D

Lumen, test build: side view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: side view

Lumen, test build: three-quarter view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: three-quarter view

Lumen, test build: from behind at three-quarter, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: from behind at three-quarter

Passed its review as shown and went live on 29 September.

Zephyra

Hero Open Zephyra in 3D

Zephyra, test build: side view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: side view

Zephyra, test build: three-quarter view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: three-quarter view

Zephyra, test build: from behind at three-quarter, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: from behind at three-quarter

Passed its review as shown and went live on 29 September.

Marina

Hero Open Marina in 3D

Marina, test build: side view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: side view

Marina, test build: three-quarter view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: three-quarter view

Marina, test build: from behind at three-quarter, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: from behind at three-quarter

Passed its review as shown and went live on 29 September.

Sludgeburn

Villain Open Sludgeburn in 3D

Sludgeburn, test build: side view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: side view

Sludgeburn, test build: three-quarter view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: three-quarter view

Sludgeburn, test build: from behind at three-quarter, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: from behind at three-quarter

Passed its review as shown and went live on 29 September.

Heatfang

Villain Open Heatfang in 3D

Heatfang, test build: side view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: side view

Heatfang, test build: three-quarter view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: three-quarter view

Heatfang, test build: from behind at three-quarter, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: from behind at three-quarter

Needed one more fix: A thin skin-coloured crack showed inside the mouth from the front three-quarter view. That was fixed before Heatfang went live on 29 September; the 3D page shows the final mouth.

Plastitide

Villain Open Plastitide in 3D

Plastitide, test build: side view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: side view

Plastitide, test build: three-quarter view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: three-quarter view

Plastitide, test build: from behind at three-quarter, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: from behind at three-quarter

Passed its review as shown and went live on 29 September.

Toxibloom

Villain Open Toxibloom in 3D

Toxibloom, test build: side view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: side view

Toxibloom, test build: three-quarter view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: three-quarter view

Toxibloom, test build: from behind at three-quarter, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: from behind at three-quarter

Needed one more fix: A fold at the far corner of the mouth let light through. That was fixed before Toxibloom went live on 29 September; the 3D page shows the final mouth.

Glarebyte

Villain Open Glarebyte in 3D

Glarebyte, test build: side view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: side view

Glarebyte, test build: three-quarter view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: three-quarter view

Glarebyte, test build: from behind at three-quarter, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: from behind at three-quarter

Needed one more fix: The back of the mouth read as a flat plank from the side and from above. That was fixed before Glarebyte went live on 29 September; the 3D page shows the final mouth.

Nullwyrm

Villain Open Nullwyrm in 3D

Nullwyrm, test build: side view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: side view

Nullwyrm, test build: three-quarter view, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: three-quarter view

Nullwyrm, test build: from behind at three-quarter, mouth open at the peak of the Roar — Test build: from behind at three-quarter

Passed its review as shown and went live on 29 September.