This was a very fun and short lived project during development.
This version was originally pitched as a war club like weapon by our lead
animator Alan Rogers, these concepts were based on a block out test animations he did.
Ultimately we went in a different direction which was sticking with the Crucible which
was later concepted by Emerson Tung; it turned out ultra badass (and is super fun to use).
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