'The Making of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Trailer' by Blur Studio

I have had the chance to attend the making of 'Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning' trailer conducted by Blur Studio at Gnomon in December 2008. Prior to the event, I remember watching the trailer at GameTrailers.com and it was such an amazing cinematic. As game cinematics usually serve the purpose of introducing the game to the audience, most of them try to tell the story over a short few minutes. However, Warhammer Online's trailer was quite the opposite. It was longer than usual and contain not only the introductory narration to the game setting, but a long battle scene that spawns hundred and thousands of troops on both sides of the war fighting against each other. Then there was the memorable scene of the high elf ranger fighting the towering enemy. Last but not least, the appearance of the most charismatic female, dark elf mage. When the cinematic ended, I felt that was one of the most satisfying game cinematic I ever saw.

Going back to the Gnomon event, Blur Studio came and did a 2 hours presentation on how they approached the project. It was great to see how they tackled the technical hurdles, and Sze Jones, the modeler and designer of the female, dark elf mage, did a detailed explanation of how she created the model from the design stage to the final render. I learnt quite a lot that evening.