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New Male Human Model Unveiled, In-Progress Models to Hit Alpha “Soon”

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The new male Human model was revealed today by art director Chris Robinson via a new post in Blizzard’s Artcraft blog. Titled “Champion of Stormwind,” the post touches on the most popular champion created by players over the years (roughly 16.5% currently, including females), with some new screenshots and poses.

Additionally, Robinson mentioned that the other in-progress models which have been revealed but not yet added to the alpha will soon be playable for testers.

For more on the other character model and art asset updates, see our Artcraft feed.

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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!

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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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Seth Harkins

PC gamer and lover of (most) things Blizzard. In his off time, he writes bad fan fiction, tends to his growing number of house plants, and enjoys a love-hate relationship with two cats.


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