It was truly enlightening to figure out these legplates they use in terror of darkshore are literally the maghar heritage armor gauntlets

Given I have no idea who that is, who's the real diet version

They really said "What if all the mainline 3D mario games all at once"

Anyways, around 2021-22 is where I tried to push for this Garrosh AU for the first time.

I even made some concept models, and I teamed up with some folks from the Lost Codex to try and figure it out.

Funnily enough Aggra and Rexxar (not pictured here), ended up used in Episode 2 nearly unchanged.

I'll be in my deathbed and still remember that loginscreen, and the music 😩👌

Fastforward a couple years at around spring 2024, I come to @khonochronos.bsky.social and tell him something along the lines of "Hey, come make this ridiculously expansive thing with me", he said yes.

We grabbed some of the old concepts and streamlined them to fit all the pre-siege info in one Ep.

Let's go back a few years, not too long after I started making machinima, I realized I had two dream projects.

- A Scourge of Lordaeron Movie (which I tried to get moving, but didnt stick with it, maybe on day)

- And a large serialized AU project.

One of these did indeed happen lmao

Hopefully later this month, I'm about say uh maybe 80-90% done, just need to do the audio after that.

Damn, you're using reforged models?

Surely...

Is it really a thompshire video if all the eyes aren't glowing

God, where was I before the Varian tangent. Ah yes models. Final two are Jaina and Moira.

Jaina was about the same idea as Anduin, trying to replicate MoP Jaina in a newer model (and rip exposed belly, not on purpose).

And for Moira simply replicating and improving her MoP look.

As a bit of an extra on this. A showcase on how important unique facial features are.

Before and After, one is a guy cosplaying as Varian (Generic player face), the other IS Varian (Edited to look like cinematic Varian)

Then the one and only Goat. Varian has to be the character with most model iterations in my machinima lifetime, and I think this is the highest I can reach for, combo-ing wow and hots pieces.

Scar texture made years ago by @handclaw.bsky.social for an entirely different project I never finished.

Lots of Models to showcase for this scene.

So let's start with these two, young Wrathion and young Anduin. Tried my best to replicate their younger looks with the newer models, and while not perfect, I do think they both fit the part. Some of the charm is lost I do feel.

And of course the twist for the Alliance scene is Wrathion pitching in himself, instead of just sending some dudes with his funny cape.

Throughout the development of Ironroth Wrathion's been everything between a big player in this ep and killed by Kairoz, we decided the former to be better.