That's one heck of a commit you've got there...

I may have got a bit behind with version control. A lot behind, in fact. Maybe I'll go back and split this sometime - then again, I probably won't. But hey, at least it's here!

src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/item/ItemBlockMultiTexturedElemental.java

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+package electroblob.wizardry.item;
+
+import electroblob.wizardry.constants.Element;
+import net.minecraft.block.Block;
+import net.minecraft.item.ItemBlock;
+import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;
+
+public class ItemBlockMultiTexturedElemental extends ItemBlock implements IMultiTexturedItem {
+	
+	private final boolean separateNames;
+
+	public ItemBlockMultiTexturedElemental(Block block, boolean separateNames){
+		super(block);
+		this.setHasSubtypes(true);
+        this.setMaxDamage(0);
+        this.separateNames = separateNames;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public ResourceLocation getModelName(ItemStack stack){
+		int metadata = stack.getMetadata();
+		if(metadata >= Element.values().length) metadata = 0;
+		return getModelName(metadata);
+	}
+
+	public ResourceLocation getModelName(int metadata){
+		return new ResourceLocation(this.block.getRegistryName().getNamespace(),
+				Element.values()[metadata].getName() + "_" + this.block.getRegistryName().getPath());
+	}
+
+	@Override
+    public String getTranslationKey(ItemStack stack){
+		return this.separateNames ? "tile." + this.getModelName(stack).toString() : super.getTranslationKey(stack);
+    }
+	
+	@Override
+	public int getMetadata(int metadata){
+        return metadata;
+    }
+
+}