Orc and Wolf Statue
Date created: 2007
Orc and Wolf Statue
Designed by: Nick Carpenter, Sam Didier, and Glenn Rane; Sculpted by: Eden Small, Richard Taylor, and Daniel Cockersell; Manufactured by: WETA limited , 2007
Orc and Wolf Statue was designed by Nick Carpenter, Sam Didier, and Glenn Rane. It was sculpted by Eden Small, Richard Taylor, and Daniel Cockersell. The sculpture was manufactured by WETA limited. When visitors pass through the gates of Blizzard's office campus in Irvine, they see the Orc statue.
Blizzard presented the challenge of creating a "larger-than-life" sculpture of a fearsome wolf-mounted orc warrior from Warcraft to New Zealand-based Weta Workshop and artisans from China. The team in New Zealand scanned the original 12-inch tall statuette and created a virtual 3D model.The model was sent to the manufacturing center in China, where it was sculpted, molded, casr, waxed, bronzed, welded, and buffed to turn the virtual model into a 12 foot tall statue. It was then transported by shipping container to the site.
At the site, when it was installed, it was placed on a compass with Blizzard's eight core values at its points.