Portraits

I'm a habitual picture-snapper in game - mostly the back of my head and strange blurry spell-effects, buit its the thought that counts ... and occassionally there are some nice results. A week or so back a gang of us were in Utgarde Pinnacle and I snapped a couple of character shots. I thing they show how far the WOW graphics engine has come with Wrath (and since I upgraded my graphics card a year ago), particularly with refernce to the enhanced model detail I mentioned a while back.

First up is young Grado, one the of guild Tanks and part of Altmeister's cabal of characters. I'm quite pleased by this shot (which was snapped as we ran up to the gauntlet room I believe) as its very dynamic.

Next up is Riv, an "aquisition specialist", assassin and engineer (who also goes by the names Riv-ninja and Ninjalino. He was actually captured in the same shot as Gradjo above but was already at the rendezvous point plotting how to get his tiny mitts on the next lot of loot.

Psia (of Chain-trap fame) is our resident hunting expert, highly proficient in trapping targets and shooring holes in them. It was this picture, particularly her facial detail, that got me thinking about these portraits (of which I'll have to try and do more).

Last but by no-means least is Kazarn, our space-shaman healer. I'm struck by the similarity between Kaz and Bear, the guy who plays him (which I'm sure he'll hit me for commenting on :p) 

And a self-portrait to close with. A horrible pose and not a good angle really ...