Jun 27 2008
Review of the Lord of Change Sneak Preview
A while ago I was rather depressed because what we thought was the Lord of Change looked really bad, simplistic, and didn’t look anything like the concept art for the Lord of Change. Well recently in Paul Barnett’s latest video blog, he had an entry called Animation. Let’s do a comparison between the Lord of Change minuature, concept art, and this video (screenshot to the right).
Miniature
Concept Art
Video “Animation”
Screenshot Blown Up
It seems like they have done a great job with this model keeping true to the concept art and capturing the greater deamon of Tzeentch’s style. I believe the head still needs work and he isn’t wearing the headdress that’s in the concept art. The scale of the model I think is appropriate and to about the same scale of the Bloodthirster. The robes still are lacking detail, but then again they could encorporate the details like the golden cord-like belt into the skin of the robe. The wings aren’t modeled, but that could be that they replaced them with dummy wings for performance while doing animation testing. With how well Tchar’zanek looks (also from this month’s newsletter), I’m sure they will get the texture detail on TLoC down well.
Overall I give Steve and whoever else is working on this model two thumbs up. I can’t wait to see him in game.
Details from the concept art we can see in the blown up screenshot:
- Leg / foot structure
- Clawlike, slender hands
- Feather details on his elbows
- Two bracelets on each arm
- Staff in his left hand
*Note: Opposite of the concept art, but true to the miniature - Uses non-staff hand for casting as seen in video
- Long slender neck with bird like head
- Flowing robes that hang down like in concept/miniature
- “Crest” like structure on the base of neck/shoulders
- Large wings (although not detailed)
- Scale of Lord of Change to a human
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