HQ Release (No Sound) - Maliketh

maliketh model made by: https://twitter.com/da__nilkaz
rigged by: https://twitter.com/RoroBoros

EDIT (6/18/25): NOW FEATURING 50% LESS POPPING-IN ROCKS (it still disappears around the halfway point - but due to edits for the POV version accidentally overwriting the original, it'd be a nightmare to go back and fix. so for the time being just try to pretend the rock isn't there (i'm sure it'll understand))

i was gonna title this one "destined dicking-down" but i'd rather not push my luck with TOS guidelines (since i reckon the title is considered "publically viewable" and the term "dicking-down" is pretty far from SFW). that being said, here's the HQ release

putting together the scene was a little difficult, since i basically had to grab a bunch of "ruin" assets and try my best to recreate farum azula (though the background itself is just a 4k screencap of the area, which turned out to fit in a lot better than i expected it to). despite that, i'm actually very happy with how it looks! the embers were a last-minute addition, though i think they help with making the background blend in with the actual scene (since there are similar embers visible in it).

also as a sidenote, i do wanna apologize for the lack of sound in a lot of these more recent animations. much as i'd like to just have them released with sound and everything else - it's a bit difficult to time it all correctly without delaying the release or putting unneeded pressure on the VAs. that being said, i do still plan to add sound for this in the somewhat near future (along with the last few animations - should be getting the VA recordings for the tasque one very soon, so i can get started on that when i get em)

i'm gonna try to take a day or two to rest up a bit since i've been foolishly putting off my sleep more than usual - but next on my to-do list is gonna be (finally) getting the miyaoka animation sound done, writing up the script for the skit to this one (the highwire and cerberus skit is written, im just waiting on the VA to be done), and starting on a concept or two for the next animation (possibly a poll if i have a few ideas that i can't decide between).
i'll also be attempting to see if i can render a POV version of this when i have some time to spare (likely next time i sleep since, despite not being too performance heavy to render, still takes a long time due to the 900+ frames), so keep your eyes open for that :]

till then, hope you like the animation and i look forward to sharing whatever i come up with next! take care and thanks for the support!