Artcraft - Son of Exodar - New Male Draenei Character Model
This model showed up in Build 18471, along with the Undead Male, Night Elf Female, and in progress Human Female model.







Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Welcome once again to Artcraft! I’m Chris Robinson, art director of World of Warcraft. This Artcraft is another quick one, but still packed with goodies. Today we’re showing you our work on the male Draenei. The original was one of the better character models in the game, so it didn’t require a ton of translation—but with higher-resolution textures and more polygons to work with, we were able to bump up his fidelity quite a bit, as well as improve how we convey emotion through a new animation rig.

That’s all for now—thanks again for continuing to follow along as we develop these updated character models. See you next time!

Heart of the Valorous Buff This Weekend
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Beginning Friday, July 11 at 9:00 a.m. PDT, through Monday, July 14 at 9:00 a.m. PDT, we’ll be applying the Heart of the Valorous buff which will increase the rate of Valor Point gains an additional 100%. Don’t wait to get in on the action!

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  1. mmocb8ddf2b91b's Avatar
    i like the model.
    but it annoys me that they managed to make his underpants look like warscared plate, just like all the new armor sets, no matter if its cloth, leather, mail or plate
  1. mmoc26966749d9's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Barnabas View Post
    The velen model is awesome compared to what we have now. Notice how he isn't blocky and doesn't look like a fridge? So step in the right direction.
    Velen's model is slimmer to emphasize on his age, works for him but that's not how an ordinary male draenei should look like.
  1. PomPomPop's Avatar
    Glued on tendrils. Yay...

    Now if the tendrils were the same color as the face, it wouldn't look like some make-up addition.

    And a personal taste nitpick: Ew, icky yucky huge bulging veins.
  1. SteveZombie's Avatar
    Should be 'Son of Argus' 0/10 Blizz do the whole thing over again thx.
  1. Mormolyce's Avatar
    I still think something is up with the face tendrils and facial hair. Hopefully they'll fix it. Particularly the colour of the tendrils - too light vs. the skin tone.
  1. mykro9's Avatar
    I can't believe this has never been posted in a male draenei thread, LMAO!!

  1. Brewhan's Avatar
    subs dropping? QUICK put the weekend buff in!
  1. mmocf80cf43b2a's Avatar
    The tentacles are not finished yet, just sticked from the old model.
  1. Stacie's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Invictus9001 View Post
    Better yet, why the fark can't Blizzard just up the Valor cap to 1500 or even 2k, instead of the paltry 1000? (Of course, I could say remove the cap, but we all know that's as likely to happen as another totally honest politician being elected President.)

    To the issue of the Draenei models: Meh. So far as Alliance races goes, I'm happy with the Dwarves; eventually want to see the update to the Worgen. Otherwise, bring on the Blood Elf, Undead (properly fleshed out) and Troll models. My cornea are still trying to recover from the Human Male unveiling. #RenounceHumanity #EveryWorgenForHimself #EmbraceUndeath
    Because people would 4/4 main and offspec kit to fast or complete legendary and end up with nothing to do and unsub. The cap at this point is serving as a way to keep customers subbing as its leaving them something to go for the next week.
  1. Frozenbeef's Avatar
    Wish they added more hair styles to space goat, can't stand any of them..want a head shape like archimonde/ kiljaeden
  1. mmoc12ebfdbb38's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Selindrile View Post
    OH SHIT, SON! GIZ NAOW (srsly would play spacegoat if was poss)

    PS Broken voices are like 10 times more awesome aswell.
  1. mmocf80cf43b2a's Avatar
    That is my Paladin with gear. Shoulders look more realistic now but the new model is standing a bit weird when you look at the front of him. (In the model viewer it even looks more strange.)

  1. Dawon's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Xtrm View Post
    Also, it's hilarious that the pictures are named space_goat...
    This! Freaking funny! (and that comes from one that main'd as a goat before quitting)
  1. mmoc12ebfdbb38's Avatar
    Also, INB4 every male spacegoat player character rolls with no tentacles
  1. F-Minus's Avatar
    Poor females of that race, the only partner choice they have is gorillas 3 times the size of them.
  1. Mekh's Avatar
    I like how they buffed his legs. Makes him less carrot-shaped. And in the Beta, the animations look pretty sleek already too. Seriously considering making my Draenei Paladin my main for now.
  1. Nraktja's Avatar
    Squidy things on the face need more work. It looks way off.
  1. Stinky244's Avatar
    The tentacles yeah do look like a much lower texture work than the face. They kinda look off. They should be more melded into the face somehow. Maybe the yellow rings give that feeling.
  1. Draculla's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Kryos View Post
    Where is his neck? Blizzard?
    Space Goats dont have a neck
  1. tss's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Dawon View Post
    This! Freaking funny! (and that comes from one that main'd as a goat before quitting)
    I think it looks a million times better! Wider leg stance plus more evenly bulked upper body makes an ideal draenei male body.

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