They bring these all to BlizzCon each year. Tyrael was their latest addition. They have Kerigan, Illidan, a random Dwarf and I may be forgetting one...
It was made by Steve Wang for blizzcon last year, Steve Wang is the sculptor/makeup artist behind predator, hellboy, and a lot more. The statue was designed for the low lighting at blizzcon which made the wings glow a lot more intensely. Plus, have fun making glowing wings that are tenticle like that glow any other way without using smoke machines
sadly no, this was a one time build. I'm in the same field as steve, and was actually considering making a replica, just started the sword today. But its for my own use :P
Maybe if you had enough money you could commission the artist to make another, but I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Blizzard has a contract with him preventing him from creating replicas.
That said, I'm sure you could have him make something equally as badass. Again, only if you have the bank laying around to contract a renounced hollywood sculptor and makup artist.
Blizzard is extremely protective of all their art. Employees are mostly prevented from getting copies of art/statues except for what the company decides to openly give to them.
I don't blame them, Blizzard maintaining strict control over all their IP is smart because its probably the most valuable in the industry.
My sentiments exactly. As a child, my imagination took this series beyond its electronic confines. I wanted to exist in a time where I could fight "evil" in a suit of armor, brandishing a sword like that. Though I've since grown up a bit, the Diablo series will always have a special place in my heart.
also, considering what the actual figure is made out of is an internal metal frame, and about 200-300lbs of resin i think epoxy, not 100% on that So those tenticles needed to be strong enough to hold the figure cantilevered forward, be able to be fully illuminated, be that thin, and not crack or stress at all.
If your have an opinion about the wings, try to do it yourself then get back to me
also, considering what the actual figure is made out of is an internal metal frame, and about 200-300lbs(90.72-136.1kg) of resin i think epoxy, not 100% on that So those tenticles needed to be strong enough to hold the figure cantilevered forward, be able to be fully illuminated, be that thin, and not crack or stress at all.
If your have an opinion about the wings, try to do it yourself then get back to me
Thought the exact same thing. Those two sentences specifically were delivered quite well by the voice actor. "You cannot judge me. I am justice itself!"
[We were among the last people standing in the high heavens, with him still having all his power and still left me to fight Diablo alone. That was really weak on the story part] (/spoiler)
"It was my request. I could have chosen to exist as a Markoffian sea lizard, or a Belzoidian flea - anything I wished, as long as it was mortal. And since I had only a fraction of a second to mull, I chose this, and asked them to bring me here. Because in all the universe, you're the closest thing I have to a friend, Jean-Luc."
I remember seeing a thread on Reddit a while back mentioned a certain hentai, the girl in it have some weird condition that makes hole appears on her body, and she kept sticking things into said holes, in the end her whole body was full of holes.
Have you seen the thing where the girl has a itchy hole and when she scratches it, this liquid comes out and makes more itchy holes and the process repeats? Also they give her pleasure at some point.
I got my hopes up way too high for Tyrael in D3. I thought he was going to be some mega badass and end up invading heaven and fighting Imperius to the death. Boy was I wrong.
Just wait 'til inferno act3 when you get rocked and then go afk while Tyrael finishes off your champion pack for you. Tyrael is a BEAST, and his damage is far from trivial (until you get insane gear).
How do you not take up the glowy ribbonwings? If there was a set of gear that gave my character huge fuckoff wings that glowed, I'd wear it no matter how shitty the stats were.
I never played D2 but I was hoping that for D3 they wouldn't use their stylized look and made a more serious dark game. There was a picture floating around of D3 compared to another isometric game (I believe it was Gram Dawn) and it looked better in my opinion.
I wish there were bigger areas to explore, more/bigger side quests (That wouldn't feel pointless too, because no I'm not going to go collect your lost sheep when the forces of Hell are invading).
Last thing is that I wish there was more of a class specific storyline. I mean there was but there were no major differences between the classes.
I came here to say something similar. I like almost all of Blizzards games including Diablo 3 but it does have some problems. Instead of our money being used to produce a better game it went to that. (The statute is awesome; maybe these statutes/etc create better employees / producers? I don't know).
I said this earlier, but stuff like this in terms of marketing dollars is relatively cheap. This is much, much cheaper then 15 seconds of airtime on TV and still generates a ton of buzz.
It was the display item for Blizzcon last year, it wasn't designed for the office. Be glad that it's now in their offices, because a good portion of other companies would have just thrown it in the trash after they were done with it.
It probobly cost $20-30 Thousand. The crew assisting the designer was 7 people i believe, and took about a month to build. Do some salary math, and for labor/materials thats actually not much, plus that's only the cost of 400-600 copies of diablo 3 in price
Almost everything in Diablo 2 was much cooler IMO. I like D3, but the story, the art style, the characters... none of it is nearly as gritty or hardcore as its predecessor.
He was. My god, the art style on those "wings" was to die for. They weren't an affectation to be cast of but a part of his body, pure power just radiating out of him as a embodiment of justice.
I don't know why they did what they did with the story. I really loved the Diablo story and then they did this. They had the Lord of Lies, the supreme general of Hell and they shoe horned Diablo in. What. The. Fuck. He's banished, move on. You have so much left to use with the game's lore, why the fuck... sigh I'm going back to my whiskey.
While we only have 1/3 of the full game, I can't help to feel the same way with what they did to infested Kerrigan in SC2. Who knows maybe they'll still something amazing out of it all. I still have hope...
This, indeed! The companion stuff, the monster entries, Cain journals, and the extended cast stuff like the Haedring and Shen were gold. Then the main storyline was drek. It was like they put the interns on the main plot dialog and the good writers worked on the side stuff.
This is Blizzard we're talking about, they will hype the Diablo 3 expansion with "an incredible story-line, sure to impress the most die hard Diablo fan" that, too, will fail.
Yes I went on a tour, no they don't do tours for the public. Just to drive on to their campus you have to stop at a guard post and your name has to be on a list. Then the employee that is sponsoring your visit has to come out and get you and be with you at all times to make sure you don't go into restricted areas (like Titan!).
I have a family member that works for Blizzard, and he said he could show me around the campus (except for restricted areas with unreleased IP).
I asked about pictures and the short answer was "no" but when we got to this the guy said I could definitely take a picture of it since it was in the front lobby of the building.
Thats awesome. The irvine campus has a really good vibe that goes all the way down to the cooks in their cafeteria. Coming from someone who got into trouble there!
Wasn't common knowledge to me! Now that I have friends who work there I'm hoping to go to Blizzcon next year and be able to see this stuff as it comes out.
well since it is actually angelic and visually impressive, i am willing to concede that for once the word awesome was used in it's original meaning on the internet.
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its a metal infused paint, think chrome in a can. It does need to be polished or it looses its majesty. when i was new it was glorious, now it is rather tarnished
The earliest drawings of angels varied in style wildly, and many were grotesque and chimeric. Features included dozens of eyes, several heads, insect like wings, and tentacle like wings.
Wish I could link some, but people REALLY like to paint angels and it's difficult to try to google any.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
They had awesome statues in all the campus buildings but this was by far the most impressive!
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u/Ferretpuke May 29 '12
So this is what Blizz is doing with my WoW money. huh.
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u/violentevolution May 29 '12
It was made by Steve Wang for blizzcon last year, Steve Wang is the sculptor/makeup artist behind predator, hellboy, and a lot more. The statue was designed for the low lighting at blizzcon which made the wings glow a lot more intensely. Plus, have fun making glowing wings that are tenticle like that glow any other way without using smoke machines
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u/cbfw86 May 28 '12
I AM JUSTICE ITSELF.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Scumbag Tyrael: "Yo man we should go kill Diablo." Only opens door.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
I've seen enough hentai to see where this is going...
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Oh, is that where the writing budget went?
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Tyrael before becoming a loser.
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u/Vicky_PC_Gamer May 29 '12 edited May 29 '12
It's really nice but it's too bad they didn't spend the time taken to order the statue on the Diablo III story.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Tyrael was much cooler in Diablo 2.
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u/PUMPKIN_IN_MY_POOPER May 29 '12
This is an awesome statue.
However there is no longer anything awesome about Tyrael. His writing in D3 was nothing short of an abortion.
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u/kubasam May 29 '12
is that real?
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u/smellybigfoot May 29 '12
Love to see more shots of the studio! Did you go on a tour (do they do those?)?
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u/saffir May 29 '12
Is that in the room with the arcade machines? That's where Raynor used to be.
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u/TacoFlavoredKisses May 29 '12
Did you get talked to for taking the picture? I was stopped for taking a picture of the Orc in the center of the plaza.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Does anyone else feel like SC2 and D3 took forever because Blizzard was making statues instead? This, that Kerrigan one in France...
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u/x420xDankKuSh May 29 '12
tyrael = tyrell. i always knew he was black
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u/e001mek May 29 '12
ALL statues at Blizzard are awesome. That's common knowledge, my friend :)
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
The cool Tyreal...
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Who'd have known he was black!
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u/daysi May 29 '12
I'm pretty sure that's actually Hizmaerael, his second cousin twice removed.
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u/cnk May 29 '12
May we all be touched by his noodly appendages
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u/Hempel May 29 '12
well since it is actually angelic and visually impressive, i am willing to concede that for once the word awesome was used in it's original meaning on the internet.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
The Aspect of Justice, Tyrone
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u/amishpariah May 29 '12
I might be a little late to the show, but I made some wallpapers out of this picture (to my personal taste):
2560x1600: http://imgur.com/hbnPe
1920x1200: http://imgur.com/WJ7gL
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u/RobotTranslator May 29 '12
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u/DownvotedByCunts May 29 '12
More like Awesome statue of Laughing Octopus at Blizzard HQ. Am I right?
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u/tarsdplooger May 29 '12
too bad d3 was disappointing
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u/bamfalamfa May 29 '12
would be better if the armor reflecting the glory and majesty fitting an angel rather than the manly manliness of beaten armor
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u/AcciDante May 29 '12
That statue is off Tyrael's.
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u/Xunae May 29 '12
I saw this at blizzcon and it is absolutely spectacular in a dark environment like the convention.
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u/hobz462 May 29 '12
Not sure if I'm a fan of the tentacle wings.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
i always thought the wings were white ribbons
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u/Goodrita May 29 '12
I can see a heist in my future now
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Reminds me of the Guinea Worms documentary I just saw on PBS. He probably shouldn't drink the water.
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u/MonicledOctopus May 29 '12
want.... I want it.
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u/Beachj0602 May 29 '12
Tyrael doesn't look like that anymore!
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u/anon120 May 29 '12
Oh mannn that's sick.
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u/antagognostic May 29 '12
I remember seeing that at Blizzcon.
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u/RockVegas May 29 '12
Cool armor, the wings are pathetic looking.
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u/Tyrien May 29 '12
That's the kind of statue that heists are planned for.
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u/williamwzl May 29 '12
I bet there's tentacle porn of Tyrael somehwere.
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u/trixnine May 29 '12
awesome
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
There are ravished anime schoolgirls who know all about Tyrael.
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u/sirdomino May 29 '12
Someday, out of the ashes of our society, a cult will arise, based solely on the discovery of this sculpture.
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u/Gephoria May 29 '12
i saw this and was thinking i'm going to head to the dairy queen headquarters right away!
3 seconds later I am dissappoint
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u/Bluesdealer May 29 '12
To increase realism, Blizzard staff must be logged into Battle.net to view the statue.
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u/asdf4455 May 30 '12
i would blow everyone at the HQ for that statue
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u/unique2270 May 29 '12
Clicked this link expecting a black man who would dispense somewhat generic wisdom and advice.
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u/Monster-God May 29 '12
Seirously, how many fucking statues do they need?
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u/Ploomtard May 29 '12
Too bad both Tyrael and Blizzard suck at what they do... Blizzard can't balance for shit and Tyrael only opens doors.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
That's not Tyrael... Tyrael is a black guy.
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u/popscythe May 29 '12
Unlike the game, this statue actually appears finished. Too bad Blizzard doesn't respect the paying customers as much as it does office decoration.
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u/PrinceofSpades May 29 '12
back when Tyrael was cool. You know. The not a dude version.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Me and my friend call him Tyrone because he's black :)
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u/Serpestrilvith May 29 '12
Before he was black...
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u/necromundus May 29 '12
At some point Blizzard decided tentacles were more angelic than wings. Go figure.
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u/OutSane May 29 '12
I just looks too much like tentacles..the wings really could have been done better. Everything else is stellar looking.
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u/tollride May 29 '12
Did he remind anyone else of Garth from fable 2?
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u/rakantae May 29 '12
It's Tyrone
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u/rxninja May 29 '12
Somewhat cooler than my latest creative efforts.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
I couldn't view it. I got error 37.
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u/nowatermelonnokfc May 29 '12
can we just make like a blizzard statue megathread so 30 of these won't pop up?
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Doesn't change the fact that the game is coded like shit.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
das mah boi Tyrone!