A few days ago we released the graphics update of one of the most visited areas in Runescape, the Godwars dungeon.
The area is one of my favourites because of the lore related to it, and because of the massive scale of the battles taking place.

The God Wars were a bloody time marred by battles. Because the land was ever-changing from the constant battles which plagued its surface, there were only a few long-standing cities. Occasionally large camps would be created, but rarely did any significant settlement survive for long.
Because of this, the battles of the God Wars were more violent and bloody than any other. Everyone was pushed to fighting; there were very few “civilians”. The majority of battles were battles held on open land with make-shift defensive structures placed to protect soldiers. While some armies made use of strategy and cunning tactics to overcome their foes, others chose brute force. Followers of Bandos in particular were known for their strength and brutality. Making use of overwhelming numbers, Bandos’s armies took no prisoners.

[source: here]

This is the Behind the scenes, mostly focused on the animations. Too bad there was nothing on the concepts, we did loads of drawings for environments and characters.

Anyway.
As it happens, I would have liked to spend some more time on this project, unfortunately I had to focus on something else and I managed to concept just a few characters while the rest of the team had fun with the rest.
This is General Graardor, one of the big bosses players have to face.

General Graardor is the leader of the army of Bandos within the God Wars Dungeon. He is the last known surviving ourg, a species of powerful ogre-like creatures who were bred by Bandos himself for his armies, and which almost completely died out over the course of numerous wars. With a combat level of 624, General Graardor is the ninth strongest monster in the game.

To make things worse (Graardor is not exactly of the friendly type), the boss comes with three annoying sergeants who try their best to make your life as short and miserable as possible.

I will post some other characters in a couple of days, I could squeeze them all here but the Internet doesn’t like big walls of text:)

One Response

1. Jason says:

   September 10, 2012 at 22:36

   Amazing work!

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