I guess I don't have much to say about this except that, as usual, the revamp models are looking good. Once again, this is unmistakably the same Orc lady who was kicking ass from Durotar to Dread Wastes and back to Durotar again, but she just looks way better.
Part of the article referred to player feedback about further customizations. It reiterates that the goal for the artists is not to re-conceptualize the models, but merely to update them to look as modern as the Pandaren, given that if they tried to go from the ground up, it would likely mean years before they actually got released. So as much as I'd love to see Tauren with necks, I respect this both as a way to be efficient, and also a way to avoid ruining races that people have grown to love.
So, with the Orc Female revealed, that puts us at 10/16 of the new models for the vanilla races, and 10/20 if you count the Burning Crusade races, which will also be getting revamps (I hope that they step up the Draenei one, both because I love the Draenei and also because they are going to play such a big role in Warlords.)
So, to Recap:
Revealed (some more than others)
Male Orcs, Female Orcs
Male Dwarves, Female Dwarves
Male Gnomes, Female Gnomes,
Male Undead, Female Undead
Male Tauren
Female Humans
Yet to be Revealed:
Male Humans
Male Night Elves, Female Night Elves
Male Trolls, Female Trolls
Female Tauren
Male Blood Elves, Female Blood Elves
Male Draenei, Female Draenei
While I know that this will be both purely cosmetic, and in a lot of cases covered up by armor (though I expect we're going to see a lot of open-face helmets and hoods in Draenor, because of these models,) this is one of the most exciting features coming from Warlords. I'm eager to see more.
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