Around Azeroth: Barbie's revenge
by Elizabeth Wachowski 
Jul 15th 2008 at 10:00AM
It looks like this Shadowsworn Enforcer is having some difficulty holding up her claymore. I guess that's what happens when your in-game model is based off a blow-up doll. Anyway, Raelivh of Bleeding Hollow was hanging around the Altar of Storms in Blasted Lands (the one near Lady Sevine), when he noticed that the high elf models there had not been updated to the new blood elf ones. From the looks of things, I think we can figure out why they changed the models to blood elves. They may be skinny and annoying, but at least they don't look like they came out of a PS1 game.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
SpaceDog Jul 15th 2008 10:06AM
"I guess that's what happens when your in-game model is based off a blow-up doll."
Excellent. :)
I think the Highborne ghosts in Ghostlands use the old model too. Possibly the ones in Hinterlands too? Too lazy to check.
Kind of creepy.
Badger Jul 15th 2008 10:13AM
"It looks like this Shadowsworn Enforcer is having some difficulty holding up her claymore. I guess that's what happens when your in-game model is based off a blow-up doll."
*WIN*
vlad Jul 15th 2008 10:45AM
isnt barbie human?
this should be baarbi
Thrush Jul 15th 2008 10:34AM
That's also how NE females hold two-handed swords. It just looks awful.
zappo Jul 15th 2008 11:09AM
That elf is a highborne not a high elf. Highborne are night elves that chose to infuse themselves with magical energy or something like that. Essentially they use the night elf models and have pale skin... and that causes them to look creepy as hell.
If you drop by the ghostlands, there's a bunch of highborne ghosts over there in a batch of ruins.
zappo Jul 15th 2008 11:12AM
Oops, just saw that this is indeed supposed to be a high elf. My bad :p
Iggy Jul 15th 2008 10:43AM
That's a greatsword fighting stance called "High Guard". Also known as Falcon Guard or Hawks Bill stance.
Groth Jul 15th 2008 12:23PM
Looks more like the hanging guard to me, instead of high guard which rather looks like you're about to get a sword to the noggin!
jbodar Jul 15th 2008 11:39PM
Groth is teh correct.
http://arma-sfl.com/longsword_guards.html
jbodar Jul 15th 2008 11:44PM
Actually, looking at her hands it looks more like Key Guard, with the blade resting on the support arm.
Urthona Jul 15th 2008 10:45AM
Nah, the Ghostlands Highborne model kind of makes sense since they're ancestral ghosts of the night elf expatriates that landed on the Thalassian Peninsula or somehting. I think.
However, the Highborne model used for High Elves in Blasted Lands and Scholomance is annoying, and I'm surprised Blizzard never changed them.
Ah well, same company never designed female Broken or lady Ogres. Boring.
Braundo Jul 15th 2008 12:14PM
There may be lady ogres, but to borrow a line, "you can't tell the difference." :)
Raaliya Jul 15th 2008 11:43AM
This exact picture is on the screenshots section on wowhead.com ....hope it was the same person posting it.
Jason Jul 15th 2008 9:48PM
Yeah, it was ;)
Rob Gomes Jul 15th 2008 12:24PM
For those who have never heard it, the female high elf scream is incredibly labored and melodramatic.
I still feel it's one of the best sounds in the game.
Go kill her. It's a riot. Used to be the favorite part of that horde Hinterlands quest... just killing dozens of these to hear the sound.
jbodar Jul 15th 2008 11:34PM
So you like to kill women, just to hear the sound they make when they die? Am I getting this right? Nooooo, nothing creepy about that at ALL, Mr. Bateman.
"I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane?"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144084/quotes
;)
my2cents Jul 15th 2008 1:26PM
Actually, that shot's a still from the latest Madonna video.
SBKT Jul 15th 2008 8:47PM
What bothers me here is that the socalled Barbie has more of Sylvester Stallone's facial features.