“The Commander models went through several iterative sessions to make sure we got all the details correct. Just like the tanks, these animated 3D Commanders required exceptional care to be brought to life Available to players during the event are two new 3D Hero Commanders, battling in the name of the Emperor: Volusad Thassius of the Ultramarines and Patricia Laserian of the Sisters of Battle. You can drive the Leman Russ in our game.” The CommandersĮvery ground-shattering vehicle needs a formidable warrior. Our dedicated tank artists rigged it with our special track system, designers added special World of Tanks collision and balancing parameters, and bam. “Of course, we added a ton of wear and detail to make the tank look… battle hardened. Once we had the model for the Leman Russ battle tank, we then painted the tank to match its most iconic colors from the universe, a lot like fans of their models do every day.”īut Dorizas and team didn’t stop there. “Then we had artists translate our concepts into usable geometry for our game. “We painstakingly studied the physical tank so it would be spot-on accurate,” Dorizas explains. As a tank exclusive to World of Tanks Modern Armor and unavailable in other games in the World of Tanks family, it required a certain amount of creativity. “The Warhammer 40,000 tanks were very much an exercise in accuracy.”Ī special part of the challenge was recreating the Leman Russ, the Astra Militrum’s primary battle tank. “The Commanders and tanks were a massive group project that spanned four continents and took several months,” he says. Dorizas is quick to acknowledge, though, that this wasn’t a one-person task. Leading the effort to faithfully reproduce these tanks for a 20th-century battlefield was Andy Dorizas, Art Director for World of Tanks Modern Armor. “Warhammer 40,000 tanks and Commanders are very detailed, and getting those details right required a lot of work and a lot of communication with our partners at Games Workshop.” “The single most challenging aspect was fidelity,” says Burr. The console-exclusive Leman Russ heavy tank.

“Whether you are in a Sherman or a Leman Russ, tanks are powerful!”įive new tanks will be available as part of the Warhammer 40,000 event: “Both Warhammer 40,000 and World of Tanks Modern Armor have a rich history of vehicular combat,” says Daniel Burr, live game director for World of Tanks Modern Armor.

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