Thank you to everyone on tumblr who said nice things in the tags and comments!! <3 I didn't expect so many people to be as excited for robot dragons as I am!
I don't have any specific lore in mind but I'd love to see a robotic ancient! It would work best for Lightning but Fire could work too! If the robot breed was for Fire it would probably need to have a more mechanical and less high tech design though.
If you have any ideas please let me know! I want to at least finish the art for the 2nd pose and the hatchling since this has been really fun. Maybe I'll draw some more gene concepts too!
Also, I came up with some ideas for unique robot themes genes! Some of them might be too close to existing ones but I tried to make them distinct.
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Primary/Secondary
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Oxide/Rust (rust patterns, somewhat like speckle/freckle but more organized and using accent colors)
Chrome/Polish (Similar to Metallic/Alloy but with a more extreme reflection and without the darkening effect)
Weld/Solder (Prismatic weld markings determined by the gene's accent colors)
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Tertiary
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Decals (stickers!)
Upgrade (adds fancy lights, works similar to firefly but the gene only determines the color of the glow.)
Hologram (linebreaking, adds holographic projections above wings and some other parts)
Overclock (linebreaking, adds vents spewing thick trails of smoke)
Mechanism (linebreaking, adds more mechanical details to the underbelly and joints, this could also have a steampunk vibe!)
Sketches for 2nd Pose and Hatchling art:
Pose 1 Base:
Examples
Copper Basic/Copper Basic
Gloom Fade/Gloom Blend
Gene Concept WIPs
Primary Oxide (missing horns and belly):
Tarnish
Rose
Tertiary Upgrade:
Metals
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Nico They/Them FR Time: same! 
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would make a perfect Lightning Ancient for sure
