Vaanel and War of the Ancients

[Pharaoh_]

Hi guys,

I don't know how many of you are familiar with a user called Vaanel (he is not active on our site and I am not sure if that user is the same).

It has been 4 years since he started working on a WarCraft cinematic and it is coming out on the 16th of August. He is basically rebuilding World of Warcraft models and creates new concepts out of them (the results are significantly better than the default meshes).

This is the trailer of his cinematic:

and this is his Facebook page and YouTube channel, for those of you who are interested in his updates and work.

You can see some of his conversions below, most of them specifically made for the cinematic War of the Ancients:

Model Concepts

(P.S. He used one of my favorite songs ever, Chloë Agnew - Walking in the Air)

 

[sonofjay]

I doubt many people knows Vaanel, he was active on wcu before it was transferred on freeforum. Great guy and his works are wonderful.

 

[PROXY]

So these models I have seen all over the internet are used for this project. This is amazing. And the most fascinating about it is, it uses the wc3 client.

 

[Heinvers]

He's from WCU as jayjay said He's making WoW models. He's excellent at modifying and making something unique out of WoW meshes.

 

[GunSlinger]

I've been a fan of his work for quite a while now and I've got to ask, are those models he made ripped or he made them from scratch?

 

[sonofjay]

@GunSlinger, Rips then he makes some modification.

 

[Heinvers]

@GunSlinger, Rips then he makes some modification.

..that always turn into something beautiful even for ripps.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Yeah, WCUnderground was when I first saw his models, like 2-3 years ago. I'm really excited about the cinematic.

 

[Forsaken]

Yeah, i know him, he make awesome models! And i just can wait to see this movie, the trailer at least is awesome!

 

[Heinvers]

Lovely trailers Pharaoh_ As always, you know what quality means. Will be checking his cinematic when he'll release it. Thanks for sharing.

 

[PurgeandFire]

It is incredible to see what people can do with machinima as just a single person. It must've taken an amazing amount of work. Thanks for the share, I look forward to seeing it.

P.S. His grom model is better than the one in Warlords of Draenor. And apart from the hair, Thrall is better as well.

 

[GunSlinger]

Hmmm. I wonder how long it will be. I'm hoping it'll be around 2 hours.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Hi guys,

as promised, War of the Ancients - Well of Eternity is finally out.

Here is the link: http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=242541

Duration: 110 minutes

Have fun and don't forget to comment on the video for the team's hard work

 

[Gilles]

Haven't seen it yet, but that duration alone is just incredible.

 

[Heinvers]

I've just watched it all and I must admit I was pleasantly surprised by it. It presents the characters, the storyline, and time quite perfect. Piece of hard work at it's best.

 

[Garodar]

I've been waiting for this like eternity as the well itself. I'm so gonna enjoy this.