It's time for me to put my money where my mouth is. A while back,
I tweeted that if they released official prints of the Gnomeregan propaganda poster, I'd buy one. I'd like to thank Blizzard, because
they are now offering a large selection of original posters through Printwarcraft.com. Selections include the
Gnomeregan and
Echo Isles propaganda posters, as well as artwork from many past major patches and in-game events, even as far back as
the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj and the
Shadow of the Necropolis.
Most of the art is actually familiar, having appeared on various websites and art books long ago, but it's still pretty awesome stuff, and more than worth hanging on a wall. If your home or office has some bare walls, this might be a good excuse to fill them. You can check at the selection at
PrintWarcraft.com. Tags: echo-isles, gnomeregan-revenge, merchandise, poster, posters, prints, printwarcraft, propaganda-posters, wow-merchandise, wow-poster, wow-posters, wow-prints
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Jul 12th 2010 at 9:20PM 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
J Jul 12th 2010 9:40PM
Really unimpressed with the US prices at $19.95, and the UK ones at £17.95 (that's almost $27, for anyone without a converter). Not a happy Brit. :(
Hivetyrant Jul 12th 2010 10:04PM
I'm not even going to bother looking at what it would cost to get them to Aus.
I'll just use the plotter here to print my own :)
Samutz Jul 12th 2010 10:09PM
I had both printed and framed already.
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9527/2010061820145106.jpg
My apartment walls have been pretty bare for a few years, so I decided to start hanging up video game art work.
Hivetyrant Jul 12th 2010 10:28PM
Very nice, did you buy the frame yourself?
What size is that print, and how much did it cost you?
Pat Jul 13th 2010 5:01AM
I really like the Gnome poster but just seeing your Troll one framed there.. I'd much rather have that on my wall. Very nice.
John Jul 12th 2010 10:56PM
Of course being a major company the costs suuuuuuck but the artwork is cool. I wish I had $20 to throw on the Gnomer or Zalazane (or better yet $40 for both!)
RetPallyJil Jul 12th 2010 11:01PM
I was one of the first people to get a PrintWarcraft poster of my character, and I'm very pleased with it.
Despite J's comment, the prices are quite low, compared with your run of the mill print at Ye Olde Poster Store. I even dragged mine over to the frame shop where I used to work and did it up properly.
... and I've always liked the Call of the Crusade art; I'll probably get that one, too.
J Jul 13th 2010 12:07AM
I wasn't criticising the price itself, only the considerable difference in the UK vs US prices. It's something I've come to resent when buying stuff online as a Brit.
RetPallyJil Jul 12th 2010 11:03PM
Looks like a 24 x 36 print in a standard 24 x 36 poster frame :) An elegant and simple solution to bare-wall-itis.
RetPallyJil Jul 12th 2010 11:04PM
That was to Hivetyrant, damn the comment system to the farthest, twistyest nethers of the Twisting Nether!
RetPallyJil Jul 13th 2010 12:48AM
You need an American friend who doesn't mind re-mailing stuff for you :)
RetPallyJil Jul 12th 2010 11:12PM
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s44/agentxxii/CrusaderRp-J.jpg
There we go.
Samutz Jul 12th 2010 11:33PM
They're both 14x21 inches. I ordered them from arttoframes.com. It was $40 for each, plus $30 shipping. The print quality and the frame quality are excellent. And it looks much better than having paper posters taped or push-pinned to the wall.
I live in a remote area, so its hard to find good framing locally.
Here's the Gnomeregan poster: http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8469/2010071220222850.jpg
I know the photo is blurry, but the print itself is very sharp.
Unless I find someplace that's just as good, but cheaper, I'm going to order more from them.
Samutz Jul 12th 2010 11:34PM
God@#$%it. /replyfail
Reply to: http://www.wow.com/2010/07/12/printwarcraft-com-offers-original-wow-posters/comments/29239208/
Matthew Jul 13th 2010 12:55AM
When did Shadow of the Necropolis come out? I don't recall that phraseology - at all!!
They did a good job with these. Good show.
RetPallyJil Jul 13th 2010 1:04AM
That was the original Naxxramas patch.
Wulfkin Jul 13th 2010 3:05AM
Given how much awesome Blizzard artwork there is out there, I'm disappointed with what made it to this selection. A lot of them are just a bit rubbish.
RavenJet Jul 13th 2010 4:46AM
When the gnomeregan poster first came out they offered a high-res downloadable version. I grabbed it, stuck it on a memory stick and had it a professional print done on A3 which I then had framed.
The print cost me all of 17ZAR but the framing was almost 350 ZAR. I am very happy with the result and it hangs in a spot of pride in my home, and was very grateful to blizzard for offering the print-quality version.
This looks like a solid expansion on that - and I would be very tempted to buy from them in future except that with shipping and exchange rate costs it would be a major fortune for me to get the posters this way, and I still would have the large cost of framing them.
So if I ever feel the two framed posters that grace my living room walls (one is the gnomeregan, the other is an official ACDC/Ironman2 poster which was handed out to those of us attending the first night showing here) then I may simply have to look for things already available locally.
Still kudo's on this one, as somebody with one of their best poster-ideas already gracing my walls, I think it's a clear case of offering a service many users would want.
PS. As it happens when I went to pick up the print, the girl behind me in line said: Hey that's a WoW poster - what server you on ? We had a very fun chat about our characters while her boyfriend stood with that patient accepting boredom usually reserved for the faces of golf-widdows :P
RetPallyJil Jul 13th 2010 5:09AM
Because breaking copyright law is awesome, right?
RavenJet Jul 13th 2010 5:56AM
>Because breaking copyright law is awesome, right?
It isn't breaking copyright law to make a single copy for personal, non-commercial use. Fair use explicitly allows me to do that.