Art Blast: Alliance and Horde Soldiers by Senior Surfacing Artist Wey Wong

Live Posted 2021/03/14 at 11:19 AM by DiscordianKitty

Wey WongArtstationAnduin Wrynn"Zappy Boi" ZekhanTroll Warrior Surfacing Works

I was the surfacing lead on this project and my works on this character was texture painting and look development on this character with realistic skin and armor textures, materials and shaders.
All the textures was done in Mari and Photoshop, the materials and render was in Renderman.

Alliance Soldiers and Draenei Surfacing Works

Comment by agrapurWOW! Great job!Comment by WepstarOne question still bothers me about that cinematic, about those elves mages. Are they Night Elves or Void Elves?Comment by PhlynchLeast realistic cinematic ever. Too many dudes in full armor and not enough ladies mogging BC gear with a resolution that would make a GBA feel superior just because it shows more skin.Comment by RagnarokCzDThis is outrageous it's unfair ...
How could they made new races in cinematic, when there was never even single gnome?

WE DEMAND TO BE NOTICED! :(Comment by DayonRolavOne question still bothers me about that cinematic, about those elves mages. Are they Night Elves or Void Elves?Comment by MaverickWerewolfHoly CRAP that male draenei! Please let male draenei look like this, with the sideburns and the stubble and the super hot face and giant mega-tail.

I'd literally never roll anything else.

More customization for male draenei, please.Comment by SaberScorpionNow imagine if the game looked half this good. I can't make a draenei or a human who looks like that in WoW...

Least realistic cinematic ever. Too many dudes in full armor and not enough ladies mogging BC gear with a resolution that would make a GBA feel superior just because it shows more skin.Comment by radicarlIn one of the last shots of the cinematic, there’s a figure that kind of looks like both an orc and a pandaren from behind.
I assume it’s really an orc, but part of me wants to believe it was a pandaren.

I remember being so hyped for BfA. I was so ready to return to a story where the factions actually mattered. And we got a trailer about faction pride. Then the actual expansion was about shaming the Horde and telling Alliance players to hate Horde players.Comment by frenchbassguyJust world-class skills from this dude!Comment by JosielI was hoping to see the elves, too. Don't get me wrong, these look amazing, but I wanted to see the details on how elves are portrayed in realistic pics/cinematics. The last time we've seen a realistic close up on an elf was on Warcraft 3's Tyrande's depiction, in the box.Comment by KenjiT28This guy's art is utter perfection. Hopefully he can do more with other members from both factions.Comment by LichlingNow imagine if the game looked half this good. I can't make a draenei or a human who looks like that in WoW...

Least realistic cinematic ever. Too many dudes in full armor and not enough ladies mogging BC gear with a resolution that would make a GBA feel superior just because it shows more skin.Comment by EragenaNow imagine if the game looked half this good. I can't make a draenei or a human who looks like that in WoW...

Least realistic cinematic ever. Too many dudes in full armor and not enough ladies mogging BC gear with a resolution that would make a GBA feel superior just because it shows more skin.Comment by TrumpcatI loved the Human footman in the cinematic. Taller and leaner than the bulky sausage humans in game.Comment by AnnaellaThat troll with a shield reminded me of the Sen'jin Shieldmasta Hearthstone card. Shieldmasta has 5 hp, and it took exactly 5 hits for Anduin to bring the troll down in the cinematic. Maybe it's just my imagination, but it seems a fun little detail to me.Comment by Bulba5aurSo, zappy boi was featured heavily on the last art blast. Could we not see the Tauren in the ‘horde soldiers’ counterpart instead of zappy.... again?Comment by AghaHuseynI appreciate the work that was put into this cinematic, but IMHO the drenai is not looking like drenai, except his ears and forehead. Like face is typically human face and it hurts my eyes so much as I like the way drenai looks in-game so much. And also having white hair on him would make him looked more voluminous or, if I may say so, noble. Really he was itching my eyes since I first saw him.Comment by DahurgTheDragonthat draenei is incredibly uncanny lookingComment by ncasiano1022something something uncanny valleyComment by ZelgadissSo, zappy boi was featured heavily on the last art blast. Could we not see the Tauren in the ‘horde soldiers’ counterpart instead of zappy.... again?