Artcraft - Champion of Stormwind - New Human Male Model
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Welcome to another Artcraft! I’m Chris Robinson, art director on WoW, and today we’re keeping it short and sweet with a reveal of the updated male Human model. As with the previous model redesigns, our goal here was to honor the silhouette and style of the original, while increasing fidelity and fixing some of the big issues we’d identified. The male Human has long been a source of criticism from some of you for his odd proportions and face geometry. We’ve taken great care to ensure we’re not changing so much that he looks completely unlike anything you’d expect, while also correcting some of the more glaring problems. We hope you enjoy the results!






On a slightly separate topic: I wanted to give you a quick heads up that we’re expecting some in-progress models to be hitting the Warlords of Draenor alpha test soon. While these will give you an early look at some of the models, please be aware that they aren’t finished yet. We’ll be presenting final high-quality model captures in future Artcrafts, so stay tuned!
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  1. Ohmygonzo's Avatar
    Just hoping it doesn't move/run/walk like the old one.
  1. Wayne25uk's Avatar
    I too thought "Shrek human lookalike" when i first looked,but the only thing that is bothering me is the ape like posture and those crazy bushy eyebrows,you could hide the entire Tanaan Jungle in them!
  1. mmoc36f28662f1's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by mitrooper View Post
    I think the new Male Human model looks great.

    Using 'normal' human models as a base for body proportions has already be done, this is a exaggeration of a human, Warcraft always had a cartoony look to the games, it's part of the Warcraft style.

    Also, you have to understand that humans from Azeroth are not the same as humans from earth, it's pretty obvious to me that Azeroth humans are larger and much much stronger build than their earth counterparts, a human from our planet would never win from a orc in a melee battle...Azeroth humans can, so their strong build physique, as the new model clearly shows, makes complete sense to me....That's my opinion anyway.
    Great explanations for a human warriors physique.

    Now what about mages, warlocks, priests? There should be even necromances, sorcerer and more humans with rather fragile physique.
    Otherwise why do have mages have not as much strength and health as warriors?
  1. Alrae's Avatar
    I think these new Humans are really awesome. it captures the design and everything of the original while also retaining the concept of the original, just like the Undead Male. These are things that make me look forward to Warlords.

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