The Craft of War: BLIND

Earlier this year I got pretty bored and decided to do something creative in my spare time. I've been wanting to do a fight scene for a while and decided to develop a story using World of Warcraft. Animation is what I do and I decided to use my skills in making something.

This is only the second personal creative work I've ever posted so I'm a bit nervous about it. The first being an image I painted years ago which...um... we don't talk about. :) It's a bit nerve-wracking to post creative work for others to judge.

I've thought about making this a series but I'm faced with an impending layoff so my future is unclear. If I get a positive reaction I'm sure I'll be working on something else in the future.
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update December 29, 2008

First off I'd like to thank all of you for all of the compliments and even the criticisms. I set out to try and make something I think would be cool and hoped others would think so too. Although I can't possibly reply to all the emails and comments posted I do read it all,trying to anyway, hehe. I definitely appreciate the kind words.

About the music, it wasn't something I choose at random but an element that I consider to be just as important as the models, lighting, animations,...etc. It was the driving force for the pace and the inspiration for the story. With the feedback I've gotten consider your voices heard and it'll be something I take into account in the future. I still think I made the right decision and it's not something I'm going to go back and change so lets agree that we disagree. :)

Song "Hide & Seek" by Namie Amuro
World of Warcraft models,music,sounds by Blizzard Entertainment
Story,direction,animations,editing by Percula

programs used: WoW, WoW model viewer, MilkShape 3D, 3DS Max, Sony Vegas, Adobe Aftereffects
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update November 1, 2009

Hey everyone, I thought I'd give an update since I still get plenty of people asking about future videos. Currently I don't have any plans to continue with The Craft of War. I've been delaying letting people know this because I didn't want to disappoint. I had thought people would forget about BLIND after a while but there seems to be a steady stream of new WoW players that see the video and ask about a continuation. Why won't I continue? It has to do with me being laid off from work earlier this year. I had to focus on finding a job so I quit WoW because, I'm sure you would agree, playing WoW takes up a lot of time, lol. Since my forced break from WoW I've lost my interest in playing although I still visit the WoW blogs and am still part of the officers mailing list for my guild. Maybe I'll find something that'll motivate me to play again. :) I think I'd have to start playing again in order to be motivated to make more The Craft of War videos.

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update - August 1, 2010

Hey everyone. I've replied to a few emails about this but I figured others might want to know that I've been working on another animated short. Like before I'm working on it in my spare time so it's still a long way from being done. I'm attempting to create my own characters along with the animations so this is a more ambitious project than BLIND. This new animation may not be as popular as BLIND because it doesn't involve WoW but it will still be awesome. There will be action and there will be robots.

Thanks,
Percula
percula.craft@live.com

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• WoW
• World of Warcraft
• Blind
• Percula
• Namie Amuro
• Amuro Namie
• rogue
• blood elf
• machinima
• Hide and Seek

[Florisvdkaas]

thumbs up if u still watching this in 2012!

[OMGitzDEKED]

409 SW guards watched this vid :)

[Turk343]

most badass rogue ever wish that was in real game and not just in animation

[LimitedResistance]

glimz

[metalk1tt3n]

IMO best animation ever made that ive seen ^^ still hoping for more ^^

[amadaria]

Thumbs up if your watching this in 1457!

[0wningvidstudio]

@OMGitzDEKED Hey, i'm a SW guard!, me likiez this video. >:3 (Roleplay FTW.)

[Starius2]

@Florisvdkaas Crap, its 2012?? I though it was 98 still....

[R3ar3ntry]

@Florisvdkaas i had to come back to see it, belf rogue looks just like mine!

[MidlandPredator]

i stopped playing wow, but this makes me to play it again....

[Mik3R0b]

@Nudles201 

[TheRavenclawgal]

how did you make it? did you animate or something? ....i wish we could make toons do everything you did in the video