Warlords of Draenor Alpha Models

Here's to hoping talbuk mounts get overhauled into THOSE models!

The high level of detail and creativity on these mobs tells us how hard blizzard has been working despite what all the complainers like to say. I love the level of fantasy that seems to come with the mobs like the Pale Orcs the Draenor Ancients, Gorem, and the Hippos. It's just that their models look so new and alien to this game (which is what they were going for i guess given that Draenor is completely different from outlands or Azeroth). It's something new, and feels liek it's from a whole different game, which i think we definitely needed in WoW.

Alot of these mobs look like they belong in Gorgrond such as those Hippos, some of those Clefthoof, the Goren, and even some of those Ancients. I think their shoud be a more Gorgrond-themed Ancient though. Basically, he'd have steam shooting out of those things on his back. I also can't wait to see other mobs that would inhabit places like Tanaan Jungle or Spires of Arakk! Perhaps we might also see the giant sea creatures that would be in the Zangar Seas.

Originally Posted by kutija123

Those models are needed in-game, even there's a little problem with Talbuks, check their tail, I guess that we will ride My Little Pony (Talbuk)

the talbuks look like utter crap How did they take one of the most elegant mounts in the entire game into some kyrin wannabe crossed with a dog with a horse tail that has been on a super dose of steroids its entire life.

I don't see what the problem is. They look majestic, but with a savage draenor twist to them which is what Blizzard was going for with everything this expansion.

That Yellow Talbuk reminds me of Jolteon though, and it hink that it looks cool, lol.

Originally Posted by Dracbane

No because these are the more primal and savage versions of them before the planet was destroyed.

You would think that a planet being destroyed would cause them to become primal, not the other way around

Originally Posted by Voodoou

the talbuks look like utter crap How did they take one of the most elegant mounts in the entire game into some kyrin wannabe crossed with a dog with a horse tail that has been on a super dose of steroids its entire life.

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nope.. I am right there with you and livid!

You two are not alone. The talbuk was always my favourite land mount. Not anymore.

Originally Posted by Voodoou

the talbuks look like utter crap How did they take one of the most elegant mounts in the entire game into some kyrin wannabe crossed with a dog with a horse tail that has been on a super dose of steroids its entire life.

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nope.. I am right there with you and livid!

talbuk rainbow feeds on your anger.

talbuk rainbow gonna be stompin all over yo pinions all over draenor.

talbuk rainbow got spikes in dey butt.

talbuk rainbow gone conquer da world.

Originally Posted by Dracbane

No because these are the more primal and savage versions of them before the planet was destroyed.

So, destroying a planet and sending pieces of it to a chaotic magical dimension turn animals into more delicate versions of their ancestors from only around 25 years before?

Anyone else notice that Thrall has a female Orc face?

Pale Orc? Guess they'll have a rare spawn named Azog the Defiler, only with slight variation in the name so they dont get copyright strike.

Please someone answer me, wtf is wrong with Blizzard and skeleton/model recycling?

All I see are reused skeletons from ages ago in every single expansion. I don't think there is one unique skeleton in these images, well perhaps one modified but still, what the flying **** is wrong with them not making new ones???

I've never seen any game recycle models like Blizzard, and it's funny because they should have the money/resources to make more models than anyone else.

So yeah, wtf?

Originally Posted by Buu

So, destroying a planet and sending pieces of it to a chaotic magical dimension turn animals into more delicate versions of their ancestors from only around 25 years before?

Is it confirmed btw if this AU draenor is 100% same as MU draenor before rise of the horde?

Ie. did those MU orcs (eitrigg, saurfang and other old geezers) strangle those kind of ugly talbuks as adulthood rite? Or was MU draenor talbuk really less "savage" but still different than MU outland talbuk?

Edit: i mean that i'm ok if that hideous savage pony talbuk is in fact just some stupid alternate universe version of our majestic talbuk and in lore we could forget they ever existed after WoD is over?

Originally Posted by Snakez

I've never seen any game recycle models like Blizzard, and it's funny because they should have the money/resources to make more models than anyone else.

They save the new models for the store.

Anybody else noticed those Tree Draenor Ancients have a slight Starcraft Marine look to them,that round bit around the neck makes them look slightly like a space marine with his helmet off or on i dunno...

Originally Posted by Skeletroll

Is it confirmed btw if this AU draenor is 100% same as MU draenor before rise of the horde?

Ie. did those MU orcs (eitrigg, saurfang and other old geezers) strangle those kind of ugly talbuks as adulthood rite? Or was MU draenor talbuk really less "savage" but still different than MU outland talbuk?

Edit: i mean that i'm ok if that hideous savage pony talbuk is in fact just some stupid alternate universe version of our majestic talbuk and in lore we could forget they ever existed after WoD is over?

If its a separated dimension, with no origins at a timeline started by the portal Garrosh takes, it would be even more lame to not forget the revenge in the MU Azeroth, and concentrate in the AU.
Garrosh actually should just jaywilson, and say "f*ck that losers", and go conquer AU Azeroth, forgetting anything about MU Azeroth.

Wow, those talbuks look magnificent. Pale Orcs & Goren are kinda creepy, wonder what they'll be up to.

I think Velen Needs more Updates on his model,His facial hair seems too Unreal with his face

Made this shitty edit lol:

Those models are amazing.

So they cost us another tier.

the goren....wtf? they just look like....wtf?

Originally Posted by Snakez

Please someone answer me, wtf is wrong with Blizzard and skeleton/model recycling?

All I see are reused skeletons from ages ago in every single expansion. I don't think there is one unique skeleton in these images, well perhaps one modified but still, what the flying **** is wrong with them not making new ones???

I've never seen any game recycle models like Blizzard, and it's funny because they should have the money/resources to make more models than anyone else.

So yeah, wtf?

Originally Posted by Collected

They save the new models for the store.

Both of you are so wondrously ignorant about what you're talking about here. These are ALL new models. The only thing that's been recycled are the skeletons in some cases, and frankly, until you see them move you can't even definitively say that for all of them.

Just because you seem to lack even the limited brain functioning to distinguish between the two, here's a quick preschool-level tutorial.

Models are how the object looks. Skeletons define how the object is animated (the rigging of the limbs, mouth, anything that moves in the model basically).

None of these models shown here have been seen before, therefore they are not recycled.

As for why Blizzard recycles skeletons, it's all about time. It takes a significant amount of time to come up with entirely new animations for every single new model type - if they did, then there would be considerably less new models in the expansion, which would cause even more QQ from you lot on the forums. There's no sense in creating entirely different animations for similarly shaped creatures when you already have some available and are on a major time constraint.