Classic WoW's Most Absurd Weapon - Artist Remakes Dark Edge of Insanity in 2024

[@Graven-Ash]

Would you consider adding a portion to one of your future videos where you explain how you change the colors for the alternate colors of each weapon. Also looking forward to you eventually working through all the AQ gear! 😊

[@michaelnavarro309]

probably a hue /saturation node inside Blender or Marmoset with a couple of hand paint tweaks

[@SilverwindWorkshop]

I really wish Blizzard either hired you, or paid you for your judgement because yours looks tremendously better. I don't want to discount the work of the artist who did make their remake, and there might be performance reasons at play as to why it looks so much lower fidelity, but man . . . Blizzard's over here missing such a great employee for making new trading post or time-walking gear!

[@SexySkeletons69]

Nah, you hit the nail on the head: his models look better because he doesn't have to worry AS much about optimization. That said, it's not just optimization. Blizzard's artists also have other stuff to work on, tighter deadlines, AND they have to worry about the sets at least WORKING on every race that can use them for BOTH body types. No doubt there's a lot I'm forgetting about in the moment too. These videos are phenomenal examples of artwork, and he always knocks it outta the park. But that's exactly what this is: artwork. Even though his stuff is genuinely incredible, in a world where Blizzard DID hire him, he'd end up having to make the same concessions as their other artists already do. It isn't arbitrary, it's for the sake of the game being playable for as large an audience as possible; an audience ranging from troll hunters on shitty 2018 laptops to draenei paladins with a rig that cost more than a used car. Hope this doesn't come off like I'm coming at you or anything. Really I just see this as an opportunity to maybe prompt people to think about how many moving parts there are in game design/development.

[@Finn3h]

All of Tom's models are rendered to blizzard specs shouldntve been an issue to use his work

[@Ayuima69]

​@@Finn3h I mean he tries to now, but I'm pretty sure his were allot more complicated than what the game is designed for since the judgment set video was a while back. I mean his stuff just looks way more complicated than anything in wow even now. I don't think they could put it in without changing it.

[@douglaswester9304]

@@Finn3hi feel like people fail to realize that the gear needs to be adjusted for 20 races, with Female and male characters. Pieces that fit tauren need to be made to be able to fit a gnome.

[@darkmatterpancake]

If you watch the video, he explains what the difference between the two is

[@justinblanco8067]

You moving around little dots and squares is VERY interesting if I do say so myself!

[@_rmb]

Dark Edge is recall to Soul Edge from the game series SoulCalibur.

[@Will_Salcedo]

4:27 Jesus Tomkek's version is, 1000x better!

[@TheRakanow]

Suggestion do a remake of Fieldmarschal Battlegear (Paladin), Lawbringer armor (warrior T1), Bounty of Stormrage (Druid, T2), Dragonstalker pursuit (Hunter, T2), Netherwind Insight (Mage, T2) and Dawn of Transcendence (Priest, T2). That would be absolutely awesome. You can make a series

[@LinsenLucas]

I'd love literally any kind of livestream from you

[@dawfydd]

Your pally T2 Skirt looks better imo. not to mention the overall lightning/colouring? realistic look.. just looks cooler but wow is abit more cartoony.. sometimes? i dunno.. i would've liked a more muted colour set on this.. other armors do have more muted colours.

[@thomasungoreit]

04:29 The Origin | The Endboss | The Set after you loot it from the Endboss I just love your vids. Your improvment on the items is awesome, but your own style to talk about your work, the ups and downs and your unique charme is what had make me subscribed after your work on the paladin mounts. Keep it up! Here are some of my personal wishes: - Invincible (although it's till this day a fine mount) - (Titanic) Onslaught Armor (Warrior) - Corruptor Raiment (Warlock) - House Wrynn Halberd - Hulking Shield

[@DarkEdgeTV]

Listening to this one hit different This is also probably my favourite of your handpainted textures so far. Amazing job making the textures look really 3D! They have so much depth and layers

[@dinkledork4421]

Your Dark Edge of Insanity is so sharp, it sliced through my raid group faster than a wipe at Twin Emperors.

[@Eli-dl2tw]

6:55 that transition felt like a blizz cinematic there, gave me goosebumps. I love this shit.

[@popfloydplays788]

Blending the old Warcraft theme with the different expansions versions at the end was very clean, I approve

[@Goldtiger142003]

One of the earliest weird weapons, and it was given the love it deserves. That green recolor was spectacular, and reminded me of one of the Throne of Thunder items from Megeara. I think it was an offhand? Either way, awesome model, awesome texturing, and awesome recolors! Speaking of early WoW weapons, there was Larvae of the Great Worm; a gun that was literally a worm. Would be cool to see that thing fleshed out.

[@broncobossross]

LOVE your stuff. huge fan! you should totally do tarecgosas staff. I think that would be really challenging and fun to paint

[@ajigoalo2323]

Great job as always, I would love to see a HD remake of the darkspear troll raptor mounts made by you.

[@thebearded4427]

I would absolutely love to see a revamped OG white raptor mount. Think you could spice it up with some troll items for that new but still original vibe

[@Chaydex]

I second this 100% Trolls need their raptors updated asap

[@tnecniw]

Have you ever considered doing remakes of "concepts"? Like... taking a tier set or armor set you think was done poorly for whatever reason and designing a version that you personally think is better? (Like for example, making a huge video of doing a full tier set redesign for Ahn'qiraj, a bit extreme I know but you get the general gist) Could be an entire tier, could be a single set, or a single weapon. Something you think just was done poorly from the outset?

[@aaricgrendrake]

I loved this remake. I was never a huge fan of the original but you killed it. I think the part I'm most impressed about is the slimey web bits that stretch from the eye to the axe blades. Your mix of texture work and actual 3D modeling makes it have such depth its crazy to watch as it turns and from different angles.

[@GlantClassic]

Really love Dark Edge of Insanity. Really cool remake. It would be awesome to have a list of all the programs you use to create it! Cheers as always

[@clawhammr666]

Love your work, this was always one of my favourite looking axe, specially in vanilla, I'd probably use it for transmog if it wasn't so outdated. Gotta say you absolutely nailed the remake, pretty much exactly how I wished it looked like! One question, do you get more cut on membership on youtube or patreon? (if they're for similar high amount per month)

[@Tomkektv]

Patreon is def the better cut, but I have youtube memberships on as well so people can choose what they prefer. Has cool benefits as well like loyalty badges on comments :)

[@zzmr_stretchzz8772]

dude if your looking for a challenge try the sindorei war blade from tbc every belf 2 handers main for the 20s, that thing you cant even tell what its meant to look like so itll be dope to see your take on the weapon. IMO i image the orcrist sword from the hobbit if you need any sort of reference

[@dawfydd]

Whenever a Tomkek Video comes out, much like Flying Buttress its a must watch, I don't even play wow anymore! but both have such good personalities and do great work. I'd love to see a Colab perhaps you can be a Guest voice in one of his Videos- i'd low Key not even mention it but let people discover and talk about it on their own :D

[@Lishaaaaaaa]

Blizz need to hire you. I'm so glad I found your channel; I love these remakes.

[@Byhythloh]

As excited for the T2 remakes as I am, your Judgement set is 500x better. Really wish we got your version honestly.

[@boiboi2674]

amazing work! You improve more per video and these deserve way more notice! Keep it up

[@SimonRobeyns]

That was sick man you need to do more classic remakes everyone still remembers these weapons through and through, even with the low poly count any later iteration of wow just fails to make such epic and memorable and inspiring weapons

[@Lanafer]

Your T2 is much better than the blizz one come on you can be god damn proud of and same goes with this one!

[@TastyScotch]

Ok, that little closed-eye “wiggle” thing is legit.

[@tobias32123]

New Tomkek video! I would love to see these items ported into Baldur's gate 3! Or if you run out of wow items, then re-doing some of the Baldur's Gate 3 items :P

[@toastythebarbarian798]

the last one is just a Nurgle Weapon lol

[@CloneWarsrulz]

The paint job, the modeling, the animation, if the void lords were capable of smiling they would (if any of the old gods were still alive, they would too) Every video is so well made and your attention to detail is immaculate, always feel weird commenting (anxiety-hey-o!) but really wanted to say your work really is amazing and deserves so much more attention. I'm obsessed with the boils and veins on the blade with the rows of teeth on each side. Nailed the look of the forbidden power of the weapon, like the moment you even go near that thing you're bound to be corrupted by it. Would also like to hear more of your thoughts on the new remastered sets, how the developers did and if there's anything you'd do differently!

[@Tomkektv]

No need to feel weird commenting :) (I can relate though, anxiety sucks) Thanks for taking the time to tell me this. Seriously, comments like these are a huge motivator to keep making these Also, reviewing the sets seems to be a pretty popular idea so I will probably do it :D Would just have to find a good approach cause idk how hard they will all be to collect and maybe just doing it in the wowhead viewer might feel a bit lame.

[@ASIRA89]

if Blizzard put this item on the WoW Tradingpost everyone would buy it. This may be the coolest axe in the game.

[@Sarnahanfi]

it looks so freaking good!!!! you sir, are an artist! Chapeau !

[@cshadekillerproductions]

Jesus, the bots are out in full force disliking this video. Top notch update, Tom. Hope you're doing well, take it easy.

[@catmaried0688]

Said it before and I'll say it again, your work is glorious but your commentary is :chefkiss: MUAH! Always excited to see a notification from your channel.

[@Voltron1232]

I really would love to see your reworks put into the traders post.

[@leslieshope7762]

forever baffled blizz didn't update this for Ny'alotha, yours looks AMAZING and those color options are perfect ( i NEED that extra insane purple one lol)

[@flavienthiebault1021]

Great work, thanks again :)

[@FlinnGaidin]

Superb job, as always!

[@Ashilean]

I would love to see you do a little review of the anniversary tier 2 remakes

[@Kaasbaas1234]

Didn't expect this to be my favorite weapon you've done, but it is!

[@grubi05]

Man I don't even care about all of this editing, but I still watch it cuz it's fun and just love seeing the finishing product. Hope you blow up one day!

[@circhoronos]

Damn tomkek continues to impress with how good the remakes look

[@KingCosades]

Something I would love to see is models off of weapons of note that haven't appeared in-game, maybe original models based off of themes like race or class, or maybe even hybrids of two ideas. Like if the gnome mechanical replacements for injured Dwarven rams.

[@Finn3h]

I can't help but feel we have Tom to thank for our new T2 sets

[@Smashtacular01]

I have this weapon tattooed on me. I found it while farming with my best friend years ago.

[@DanielAlbrechtsen]

awesome work !

[@sirflimflam]

So good Dark Edge was one of my favorite weapons from the Vanilla era

[@ndk2k4]

Would love to see some of your character models like the t2 paly wielding these weapons, or riding that charger.

[@angerfell]

i love this!!! nice job as always. can u do the "golden staff of the sin'dorei"? i´ts a nice simmple model but it feels too simple to nowadays.

[@gegixogegixo674]

You are the chosen one... you must carry on the legend... >

[@bamdadzoalghadrpour1189]

straight up MAGNIFICENT , btw , you did a waaaay better job on the remake of judgement armor than blizzard :D , keep up the great job

[@KikiAelita]

Could you do a video explaining/pointing out with where your remakes wouldn't work/match official WoW content? I think that would be interesting for those of us who can't see the difference/don't know the game limitations.

[@Tomkektv]

There aren't really any! I purposely make my art so it could hypothetically go right into the game. There are actually people who mod them into private servers which is always awesome to see :)

[@KikiAelita]

@@Tomkektv Ahh! So you're just being modest that they couldn't use yours then bahaha. Thanks for the reply!

[@Neal_YouTube]

Amazing work

[@MTweedC4]

OhhhH! You made it look so goood!

[@zzmr_stretchzz8772]

i really wish theyd reach out to use your models man

[@nwyk153]

They're way to arrogant to do that.

[@albertplayayays6019]

Now we need an entire Tomkek patch where every new weapon and armor piece they add is just all of the remakes you've done

[@GrizzlyAmish]

The detail on the sinew/this shit is fucking amazing! Great remake overall!

[@kozlowskinator6056]

Crazy idea - remakes are really cool and all but I would like to see you make something original that doesn't exist in game but exists in the lore. I don't really have anything in mind, but thought it might be a cool idea to share. Regardless, amazing work as always

[@Rooachie]

Sweet remake. Still patiently waiting for warrior T3 from naxx though.

[@Chaydex]

As an OG druid main I'd love to see the T1 druid set remade, there's just that certain something about those bushy shoulders. Oh and throw in the Corruptor set for good measure as well

[@dracobellator1164]

one of the best vanilla two handed axes in my opinion. basically the best transmog to get from C'thun.

[@wyveres]

i would have loved a version of your judgement set

[@st0r157]

Requesting Thori'dal, the stars' fury. You haven't dont a bow before, why not start with the bowiest bow to ever bow

[@UberMegustador]

Looks amazing!

[@guerco116]

Is really cool. If so, I would consider using it. Could you do a remaster of the orc wolves? Very nice video, by the way.

[@NetherCrafterSMC]

Man every weapon remake, makes me want Blizz to do the same for their old weapons, so many deserve HD

[@Wintertoes]

Would we ever be able to download these models for our private servers? Your stuff is masterfully done dude!

[@PhungNalle]

I believe some are shared already, ik he has shared some of the mounts to people in the discord and those ppl have made it possible for them to function, or something like that

[@SilverwindWorkshop]

If you can and do, I hope you can include a credit to Tomkek in the item/mount description

[@Tomkektv]

Everything I have ever made on this channel can be downloaded for free on my patreon. They're set to public so non members can get them too :)

[@Wintertoes]

@@Tomkektv You're a legend!

[@JanxBlank]

As a paladin main, you rock.

[@GodKingOrca]

would love to see you remake all the Tier 4 Kara Sets.

[@zedakh]

Would love to see a hd maul of the redeemed crusader.

[@logblog6423]

Intro hits 😂

[@marcosomma88]

Finally! An axe I'd love to tmog!

[@borisfrlic]

This should be on the trading post

[@arty249]

New version gives Soul Edge vibes

[@bryphost]

since halloween is coming up would be really neat if you could make the Headless Horseman mount remake, as you're undead warhorse video was sick

[@Jorvalt]

Something I didn't really like about the Judgement remake tho is the fact that a lot of the wax seals were replaced with... weird shiny orbs? I don't know why, the seals looked better.

[@gasparleblanc]

your remake of the judgement set is so much better

[@Bayonette]

Insanity looking incredible Stinger/10

[@MrLocurito]

i know what i ask is extremelly simple, but i would love to see your atempt at one of the most wanted low levels items. Like thrash blade, ravager or the whirlwind axe

[@medveja8]

I like your version of the paladin set much more ❤

[@aboomer420]

Void version was so good. Would mog this 10/10

Looks awesome.

[@TheZinistra]

I cast a vote for a bow of some kind next! There's a challenge(?) for you! Maybe.

[@loonesworld]

I mean we get new T2s + some AQ Gear which was remade was datamined.. so i hope we will get this one, loved this weapon since i was a kid

[@clayford2211]

This looks awesome! Ever consider doing a bow? Like Rhok'delar, the hunter quest line bow from MC?

[@bonkyouded]

i leave this comment to support you. Good job!

[@greeses5482]

sir but we specifically enjoy moving them little squares

[@ShadowwingMD]

Seeing all 3 Paladin T2 versions next to each other, I have to say yours Tomkek ist still the best. What irretates me on the Blizz remake are the plates at the bottom the the legpart. Why are they so tiny? What I like about the Blizz remake is the eyeglow. However the beltchains in the Blizz remake are kind of whierd. I perfer how the Tomkek version handels it. I also perfer the colore pallet of the Tomkek version. But the scale pan on the sholder pads are better in original compared to both remakes. What was also reused on the Tomkek versions belt. I guess that is what you ment Tomkek when you were refering to your paintjob. Other than that I do not see anything to complain about in your version ;)

[@Will_Salcedo]

I was going to type the same thing, I guess you saved me the trouble lol

[@davefisher8421]

it's probably my favorite weapon from the classic era

[@benjaminrasmussen3795]

Remake Wawrglaive of Azzinoth from illidan, could be nice to see!!!! | nice work BTW

[@nonanedebil7096]

Bat shit amazing, bro!

[@st0r157]

commenting for engagment boost

[@texasdad2372]

I wish it was your T2 armor they were putting in the game. It looks SOOOOO MUCH BETTER than theirs brother lol.

[@SpaceElvisInc]

would love you to review all the sets,

[@SummerH99]

another banger 🔥

[@kitchentroll5868]

AQ40 gear is unconscionably ugly. I will die on that hill. That you made Dark Edge of Insanity look better -- I hesitate to use a word like "good" here -- only underscores how terrible AQ40 gear looks. I mean, FFS, the priest set looks like something made from toilet paper salvaged from a water treatment plant.

[@mikefromrivia604]

Blizz should hire you

[@rj5687]

Your judgement is still better. I’m really happy they are doing it, but yours is definitely better 😂.