Photos: Orc on wolf mount spotted at Blizzard’s headquarters!
February 26th, 2009, 10:25 am · 10 Comments · posted by Tamara Chuang, a.k.a. The Gadgetress
Remember the Orc Warrior on Wolf Mount, the foot-tall sculpture Blizzard Entertainment gave as a gift to every single employee last year? That creature was a pint-size model of the real thing, which arrived on the company’s Irvine campus this week.
Blizzard commissioned the 12-foot statue for its courtyard from the Weta Workshop, the same New Zealand film-effects company that worked on “The Lord of the Rings” movies. The giant bronzed orc riding a wolf is, obviously, inspired from Blizzard’s own Warcraft games.
And we’ve got a slide show of all the cool installation photos. Click the image on the right to get started.
I first heard about this when I stopped by Chief Operating Officer Paul Sams’ office last fall to write about his crazy, humongous collection of Blizzard toys, treasures and other artifacts (see “Man who collects all things Blizzard.” He, in turn, mentioned that Blizzard is one of those cool companies to work for not just because you get to play games, but it piles heaps of love on its employees, including handing out a full-sized sword on an employee’s fifth anniversary.
The smaller sculpture was a thank you to its crew, Sams said.
Anyway, take a look yourself in the photos below: Sams holding up the model and the real thing. See more cool shots, courtesy of Blizzard…
More installation photos (images courtesy of Blizzard). Click to enlarge:
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That Orc better be able to defend itself from the bronze thieves that have been stealing plaques and statuary all over the nation.
I say: Animate that battle-axe!
In the early morning, a beheaded body is found next to the statue….
I can just see all the WOW players getting up off of their mom’s couches and running to this place as fast as their dough-boy bodies can carry them. “Dude, take my picture so my all of my online friends can see me actually outside for once. Hurry, the sun is burning me!”
NERDS ! ! !
where is the blizzard building? google maps has 4 locations and none of them look like the one in the pictures. i’d like to go take a picture with the orc!
can you spell total waste of money
As a Draenei priest , ive long suspected blizzard of catering to the horde and now its confirmed . Same sex Blood Elves , Tauren cows , and now Orc statues .. Blizzard ftw !!!
All you nerd hating people out there take this is as proof that we do awesome stuff like make giant orc statues. I’d like to see something you do made into a statue!
lol ok then give it a week or so and in that week they will have to add in a human warrior standing next to the statue with the orc’s head in his hands you’ll see
Is this Irvine in England?
Nevemind. Guess its in Los Angeles?