Neltharion Confronts & Attacks Alexstrasza Cinematic

[@SolarThreads]

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[@fnytnqsladcgqlefzcqxlzlcgj9220]

how did you animate the characters?traditional motion capture? ai pose extrapolation? just IK and lots and lots of keyframes?

[@SolarThreads]

@@fnytnqsladcgqlefzcqxlzlcgj9220 Mocap I cleaned up and then retargeted onto IK rigs of Alex and Nelth

[@YagdelTorres-pn5tr]

Enjoyed😳? I fraking loved it mate. That's amazing

[@fnytnqsladcgqlefzcqxlzlcgj9220]

@@SolarThreads how did you do the mocap? there are so many ways to do it these days

[@bonefetcherbrimley7740]

I like Deathwing's enormously chonky shoes. Those things are massive and goofy and I love it.

[@popfloydplays788]

Never thought we'd get a good version of that cutscene lmao, amazing job

[@designerwookiee]

The purple glow seeping through the armor as Deathwing draws upon the power of shadowflame, before proceeding to absolutely roast Alexstrasza with said Shadowflame, was an excellent touch.

[@kinjala5188]

Bro the body language and animations you used to portray their emotions are absolutely fucking epic! Every single frame is masterful!

[@TheOneWhoReportsForDuty]

Oh my god, this is awesome! Well done with the purple effects for Deathwing. This was a great fan cinematic.

[@SirThompshire]

Looks fantastic! Neltharion's animations in specific are chef's kiss!

[@EnderGoku9001]

You mean Death incarnate

[@Skollshorties]

Always loved this specific scene from Twilight Highlands. Always wished we got more interactions between Deathwing and his fellow Aspects, especially after Dragonflight.

[@Shalltear773]

is it possible for them to, what's the word... revamp the Cataclysm expansion and give us more than we got originally? I know it might require some sort of temporary server shutdown, but it could be worth the effort if they were to do it right

[@Clarketh]

​@@Shalltear773noooo its enough with one dragon expansion.. 😢

[@janmajer4662]

@@Shalltear773 Maybe they will do something like this with Cataclysm Classic

[@Iqnacio.]

@@Shalltear773 Well with the new Wow Remix I feel like those kind of options have become extremely more realistic.

[@Terrabreak133]

The way he catches his breath after laughing; its beautiful.

[@tylerblue9691]

Randomly recommended this- I’m very pleased. Make more!!! This is incredible

[@Orelusz]

Holy... that was amazing, very impressive animation. The flower was really a nice touch

[@HeskethMatt]

This is good depiction of neltharian - down to the voice sounding like his proto Drake speech before transforming

[@joeypurp8179]

Incredible work for such an underrated scene!! Can't wait to see what you put out next!

[@sorarockss93]

This proves that even edgy dialogue like that can make things interesting if everything surrounding the dialogue is good. Now I'm imagining Wrath with cinematics like these.

[@Kenji-117]

I wanna see tirion call for his final blessing to shatter frostmourne. Still one of my absolute favourites next to illidan rejecting the gift of light.

[@EnderGoku9001]

and then illidan emotes afterwards

[@camimi7782]

​@@Kenji-117"MY DESTINY IS MY OWN!!" I went through Antorus and Argus recently and homy fuck was the atmosphere insane for that raid no matter how hard and balls to the walls it was. My favorite Raid to ever be in fact. It actually felt like if we didn't win it was the end of the world and shit was about to go wrong.

[@LarryMerice]

@@Kenji-117 The light has no gifts, only deception. They blind those to see only their path as the only way.

[@ShibbyDude223]

Significantly better than official wow in game cinametics, please continue, im subbed!

[@adenodeorain9771]

Dude I haven't played WoW since early Shadowlands and this gave me shivers! I know Cata wasn't great but Neltharion/Deathwing makes an awesome villain. His voice and that soundtrack just feels WoW to me

[@Golemoid]

Part of the reason why Cata was so underwhelming is because of how underused Deathwing was. I don't think they even used his human form at all, maybe once.

[@camimi7782]

​@@GolemoidThree times. Without counting the times he was just a hologram.

[@paleface171]

It's why the boss "Echo of Neltharion" is my favourite boss in the Aberrus raid. It is good to hear him again, but without the echo.

[@irishkorn7947]

wow... I’m so glad we have this version! I love this so much. voice acting and animation is incredible ❤

[@BombowyKurczak]

Looks amazing! Love the animation work.

[@Frozen_Death_Knight]

Love it! Though, I would have loved it if at the start Deathwing flied into the scene with his dragon form and transformed before beginning his speech. A few of close-up shots of Alexstrasza's facial expressions and some movements between poses could have used a tiny bit more polish. Besides that, the animation is really good. I absolutely love the way you animated Deathwing, especially the laughter and final scream. The wilting flower and purple fire were excellent additions along with the camera shots like the dead dragon. Really good stuff! :)

[@jako997]

bro this was amazing. keep it up i wanna see more of these.

[@Mastory_lent]

Amazing, almost got goosebumps! Shared on social.

[@bdubb50412]

Badass fan made cutscene, blizzard should really open up to people that do such a fine job with these edits

[@Fafancina]

This deserves more views this is just so insanely done.

[@careyfinding3310]

Truly epic. The body language sold this. Great work!

[@Scrittlescrattle]

My jaw is absolutely on the floor, you have single handedly done better work on this than blizzard themselves! The voice actors deliveries here are given so much power behind FANTASTIC visuals and I feel like I’ve just put glasses on for the first time again!! And the SOUND eugh those crackling noises as Deathwing moves is SUCH a great detail. Bones? Fire? Probably both and it’s horrid to listen to 👏 and rip to your RAM rendering that last blast because holy shit that was such an awesome shot Bravo my good friend bravo 👏 ❤❤❤❤

[@LockpickGamer]

That was absolutely incredible! This is almost on par with the real stuff. I love the shot of the red flower wilting away revealing Deathwing, great cinematography and symbolism there. It also helps that the original voice acting, especially for Deathwing is really good, too.

[@DiabloSnowblind]

“Almost” on par? This is so much better than the ingame Cataclysm scene, there’s no comparison at all.

[@LockpickGamer]

@@DiabloSnowblind Oh yeah its for sure better than ingame scene, but I was comparing it to ingame cinematics of Dragonflight/modern WoW.

[@PlatinumWoW]

So dope

[@xShifty38x]

please make more of these because this was amazing!!!

[@Eaglebrace]

Holy cow now thats really good! for a moment i tough it was official Warcraft cinema. Well done!

[@Morariu94]

Great work! Really enjoyed this. As I've dabbled in animations myself a little, I know how time-consuming and difficult this stuff is, so really well done.

[@Leo1991]

holy mother of all fanmades, this was better than what i've seen in a long time from blizz! goddamn i need more!!!

[@jerryshadley8977]

now to redo the garrosh cinematic in the shadowlands raid before the jailer, give it some justice.

[@LeystTV]

Oh Damn this is awesome! Good work

[@mogshot]

Wow! Really great take on the scene!

[@grimheops7873]

That was pretty good, it made the scene more alive.

[@VonWeavey]

Bro this was Epic!!!! So much better than the original. Amazing work my guy

[@aishaboy]

Holy shit, everything rom :50 onwards is glorious, so much emotion and life given to the characters and the scene its self. WoW cinematics haven't got that ''Fuck yeah!'' arm punch these days. Theyre all slow talking, slow turns. ''What... have you.... DONE?'' - ''Nozdormo...is... no more... ONly...Murozond exists!'' Edit: I just noticed that the purple attack is Shadowflame, good scene/world building right there.

[@dikmak3459]

Thank you. This work is great!

[@FancyTophatDude]

Very fun! Though Alextraza's close up facial animations do start to veer into Sonic Adventure territory at some points there

[@TheLollercaster]

Holy goddamn FUCK! This is freaking AMAZING!! GREAT JOB!

[@Alexflol]

-I ended, Malygos. Players: 🤡🤡

[@niftykillswitch99]

Wow genuinely thought this was an actual world of Warcraft cinematic at first, extremely well done!

[@sagrikabali3193]

Same.

[@SaIemShorts]

insane talent. well done!

[@CampfireGoth]

Hell yeah! That was awesome, I wouldn't mind seeing this in game as a flashback!

[@sinister8924]

this was VERY well done great job!

[@Gwyned]

Very well made hope blizzard see this and learn

[@ElKabong3345]

Alexstrasza's new look in flashbacks reminds me of Korvo's new voice from Solar Opposites "That voice change ray had CHRONOTRON particles in it, so I sound different _even_ in flashbacks due to *science* "

[@Navhkrin]

Holy shit I didnt realize this was fanmade and was like damn blizzard seems to have gotten hang of story back and realized this was FAN FUCKING MADE and facepalmed at current state of blizz harder

[@MorganRhysGibbons]

This is dope! Nice work!

[@ragnarok2678]

Goosebumps. Every time.

[@blehbleh6162]

Way better than what we’ve been getting in the real game

[@lorddavalprestor7850]

Estoy tan sorprendido que no tengo palabras que decir, muy bien trabajo

[@MrCoolAttitude]

Nice shit bro. Keep them coming.

[@loganmcclellin7967]

THIS IS SO FUCKING COOL OH MY HOD

[@JamesStreetStation]

Wait, this isn't Blizzard animation/cut scene? Dayum! Good stuff!

[@goofygoofy627]

Subscribed really cool dude!

[@fight4pavlova563]

my jaw literally dropped... this was amazingly done!

[@OMGtheykilledKenny42]

Like Deathwing's prosthetic jaw?

[@fight4pavlova563]

@@OMGtheykilledKenny42 exactly like that :D

[@Demorthus]

Awesome work! The VFX for the initial transition into void could've been tweaked slightly; like making a spline/path to trace the "energy" and make it seem as if its' coming from his *veins* . But all in all, the camera work is especially good! Love it :) *This* , is more of what I wish more artists would do rather than jumping straight to photorealistic-animations. In the time you churn out 1x 2min CGI scene, you would've produced perhaps +5x 2min in-game ones, as most of what you'll worry about is your rigging and not - render times ;D **(and ALL the baked in sims for fluid/smoke/etc to the same degree) Easiest follow I've seen on YT in a while. Keep at it!

[@merox2266]

deam that is some amazing animation right there

[@scuffedspartan5144]

This deserves more views!

[@deployed246]

I would LOVE to see you try your hand at turning the end sequence from the Lich King fight in to a cutscene as well. I'm referring to his monologue after kills the raid and tries to turn us followed by Tirion destroying Frostmourne. Make it transition in to the existing end cinematic for bonus points.

[@fajken7342]

Brooo amazing, Well FUKING DONE bro!

[@darthignosi3157]

I really like the random jerks that Deathwing has. It really helps to sell the whole insane monster theme that he has.

[@bmhabbs]

Woah. This was amazing 🙌🏼

[@pusillirex]

Forgot this interaction ever happenned. That's a cool animation

[@heyeveryonebecool]

Deathwing: “Death is my realm” Jailer: 🤨

[@aelfynnalochoir8249]

Infinitely better lord of Death than the Jailer

[@senareios]

you are tallented my friend keep going

[@preds43]

Literally this is what Cata Cutscenes would've looked like had they been done in 2023... It's beautiful.

[@samtemdo8]

And if Catacylsm wasn't rushed and all its cut content restored.

[@nue_perspectives]

Wow I’m thinking this a official remake very nice work 💪🏼👏🏼

[@exolll1162]

Wow! That’s so cool! Thank you!

[@TheFevion]

Great animation!

[@shalashaska7237]

Pretty cool stuff, my only issue would be the body language, it's quite over the top imo, I feel like sometime less is more . Aside from that, kuddos on giving a much deserved cinematic to this scene.

[@Buffaloguy01]

Deathwing walkin like he's got swamp ass.

[@Zevelyon]

The whole thing is utterly fantastic. But the best part? Jiggle physics.

[@themad4249]

Deathwing :Death is my realm Zhooval : oh taht's just cute

[@hassamlatif1169]

For some reason, Alexstraza's face at 0:29 had me burst out laughing lmao.

[@BPrimeProject]

She angy! 😡

[@samtemdo8]

"Look of disapproval"

[@bluechipBBN]

blizzard should hire this person

[@Tosheto666]

Liked and subbed , Gj dude

[@AtilonWoW]

Holy shit this is amazing.

[@RAPTOR948]

For a sec I forgot I was watching this on youtube and was worried shit would turn into a hardcore porno. The animation for Alexstrasza made me forget this was KZbin. Still, awesome job with the animation.

[@Graran]

wow that was amazing!!!

[@dreamermagister8561]

This is pretty decent!! I would love to see a dragon form version of it though.

[@MrToastmaster2009]

Loved the Dance Moves.

[@wownelfwarrior247]

0:03 he walks like hes hiding something up his butt 😂

[@KevinAquevequeMedel]

I love the physics

[@DracthyrGaming]

I hope you will make the Dragon fight Action too, because youre work here is AWSOME!

[@kambi2717]

After the boring cinematics Dragonflight, this cinematic feels so great. Would like to see something similar for Cataclysm or other expansions. Amazing work!

[@idianictus6688]

Can you make a honorable cinematic of Tirion Fordring's death please. I think he deserved more. EDIT: Amazing cinematic by the way. ;)

[@ArchdukeBehlol]

Epic....it also reminded me Thralls encounter with the archbishop ( due to the music background i think) for the soulstone. Cant remember his name 🤔. Hopefully we see that encounter cinematic as well ❤.

[@Anidem9]

We must summon the bald one to this video so he can react to it.

[@NotAValveGame]

amazing work.

[@MrSly0u]

Way better than Blizzard's

[@defenderofthenorth52]

This looks fantastic! Are you going to be making more of these in the future?!

[@viktormalmgren203]

Increadible, just increadible. Only the first shot at Alex talking is too long in the same shot, should have been more zoomed in at one point. The wow are more close-up centered I think

[@derrickhead]

I don't know how I stumbled upon this shit but I love it more please

[@carlosjohn5546]

Blizz should hire you for their new classic ingame cutscenes

[@sergeantspyke]

Incredible work!

[@tyrannosaurxx]

"Death is enteral" About that. *talks to the Spirit Healer*

[@aSkymne]

wow it doesnt look like a kid bashing two dragon toys together what a concept!

[@Killerstorm5280]

So much better than what we got in game. Granted, was in cata lol.