I'm working right now on a picture for the blizzcon art contest which will include a ton of characters,
and for that reason I've been pondering what the most iconic units/characters per game are.
In some cases there are obvious choices, but in others it can end up being tricky.

So, I've wondered, what would you choose?
Might be interesting to get a different perspective on this.

It's rather simple: Choose up to 4 characters, units or creeps per game which you find are the most iconic, without repetitions!

Anyway, here is the list of games I'm working with:

• The Lost Vikings
• Rock n' Roll Racing
• Blackthorne
• Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
• Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
• Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal
• Diablo
• The Lost Vikings 2
• StarCraft
• StarCraft: Brood War
• Diablo II
• Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
• Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
• Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
• World of Warcraft
• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
• World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
• StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
• World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
• Diablo III
• World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
• StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
• Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
• Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
• World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
• Heroes of the Storm
• StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
• Overwatch
• World of Warcraft: Legion

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Lost Vikings, Fang, Scorch, Freya, Tomator

Warcraft:
Orc Shaman, Grunt, Blademaster
Nelf Warden, Huntress, Druid
Human Footman, Mountain King, Paladin

Starcraft:
Terran Marine, Siege tank, firebat, battlecruiser
Hydralisk, zergling, ultralisk
Zealot, Reaver, Carrier, Colossus

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Overwatch: Tracer, Widowmaker, Reaper, McCree

Starcraft: Marine, Hydralisk, Zealot
Brood War: Kerrigan, Zeratul, Stukov
WoL: Raynor
LotV: Artanis

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Thrall, Arthas, Illidan and Sylvanas

The friendly murloc is pretty notorious.

Alright, thanks for the replies so far, but now, to go even further:
what characters/units are most iconic per game?

So, not by franchise, but for each individual game. So, who/what is the most iconic thing in Warcraft 1, what is it for Warcraft 2, and so.

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Same answer for Starcraft. I imagine that a footmen and grunt for the Warcraft series.

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Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos

Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

Diablo III

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

This might help you for Rock N' Roll Racing Handclaw

http://vimm.net/manual/?p=details&id=2076

The manual has character bits on all the pages.

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For SC1 id say the marine/hydralisk/zealot trio

For SC2 reaper/queen/stalker

W3 Arthas, Thrall, Demonhunter and Blademaster

TFT Rexxar, Chen, Kael and Spellbreaker

Based on the stuff that comes to my mind.

Thank you for the additions

So, here is my list after my own initial thoughts:

• The Lost Vikings
  Eric, Olaf & Baelog, obviously
  
  
• Rock n' Roll Racing
  Dirt Devil or Airblade, undecided on driver... Snake Sanders perhaps
  
  
• Blackthorne
  Kyle Vlaros
  
  
• Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
  Footman & Grunt
  
  
• Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
  Troll Axethrower & Elven Archer
  
  
• Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal
  Kurdran Wildhammer & Teron Gorefiend
  BtDP was more hero centric than ToD imo... also, allows the use of two iconic units
  
  
• Diablo
  Diablo, Warrior Hero, Cain
  (initial thought was all three hero classes...)
  
  
• The Lost Vikings 2
  Fang & Scorch
  
  
• StarCraft
  Marine, Hydralisk, Zealot
  
  
• StarCraft: Brood War
  Medic, Lurker(?), Dark Templar
  While I pondered about using characters from the story, the BW esports scenes feels a bit more iconic to me... also, I want to avoid a kerrigan repetition
  
  
• Diablo II
  Barbarian, Necromancer, Mephisto, Tyrael(?)
  Still considering using all heroes... right now including those who stood out to me the most
  
  
• Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
  Assassin, Druid, Baal
  
  
• Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
  Muradin, Cairne, Kel'thuzad, Tyrande
  Intended to include thrall, but wanted to include some other races as well. Same with Arthas, who will appear later anyway
  
  
• Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
  Maiev, Kael'thas, Anub'arak/Sylvanas, Rexxar
  
  
• World of Warcraft
  Murloc, Kobold, Gnoll
  I did consider the raid bosses, but due to their size they would be more problematic concerning the composition... so I thought of the next iconic things: Murlocs, "You no take candle" and Hogger
  
  
• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
  Draenei Shaman/Blood Elf Paladin; Maraad; Valeera; Akama(?)
  Due to Kael'thas being used earlier, I had to pass up on him...
  
  
• World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
  The Lich King
  
  
• StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
  Raynor, Tychus
  
  
• World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
  Deathwing (human form); Garrosh, Varian
  Due to the composition, I think I'll go with human form Deathwing...
  
  
• Diablo III
  Demon Hunter, Witch Doctor
  again considered all heroes for this... still undecided
  
  
• World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
  Chen Stormstout
  
  
• StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
  Kerrigan, Abathur(?)
  
  
• Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
  Innkeeper
  
  
• Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
  Crusader, Malthael
  
  
• World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
  Grom, Gul'dan, Other Warlords(?), Yrel
  
  
• Heroes of the Storm
  Undecided heroes using funny skins, e.g. Beach Stitches
  undecided due to wanting to avoid hero repetitions and for composition reasons
  
  
• StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
  Artanis, Alarak
  
  
• Overwatch
  Tracer, Winston, Widowmaker, Hanzo
  
  
• World of Warcraft: Legion
  Illidan

As mentioned, just my initial thoughts. You might notice, that's a lot of characters I'm planning to draw...
So I will also have to consider how to reduce my workload a bit. Anyway, my list will very likely change a lot.

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Deathwing (human form) is one of the best models anyway. It's a shame it was only used in a quest

Skytotem had it right. Reavers are a national treasure.

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Nice, looking good.

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Alright, finally got to the Legion era.

Added some bigger characters after all although I didn't plan to at first...

I'm at freakin' 87 characters, give or take, at the moment...

http://imgur.com/YafW9Na

If I didn't miss anyone while making this list:

1. Silicon & Synapse Mascot
2. Eric
3. Olaf
4. Baelog
5. Rock'n Roll Racing Airblade
6. Kyle Vlaros
7. Grunt
8. Footman
9. WC2 Axethrower
10. WC2 Mage
11. Polymorph Sheep
12. Teron Gorefiend
13. Kurdran Wildhammer
14. Aidan
15. Diablo
16. Cain
17. Fang
18. Scorch
19. Marine
20. Zealot
21. Hydralisk
22. Medic
23. Lurker
24. Dark Templar
25. Mephisto
26. Barbarian
27. Necromancer
28. Sorceress
29. Amazon
30. Paladin
31. Tyrael
32. Baal
33. Assassin
34. Druid
35. Wolf (Druid Summon)
36. Raven (counts as both, druid summon, and medivh)
37. Mountain King/ Muradin
38. Tauren Chieftain/ Cairne Bloodhoof
39. Lich/ Kel'thuzad
40. Priestess of the Moon/ Tyrande
41. Maiev
42. Kael'thas
43. Anub'arak
44. Rexxar
45. Misha
46. Ragnaros
47. Murloc
48. Kobold
49. Gnoll
50. Lady Vashj
51. Kil'jaeden
52. Nobundo
53. Lady Liadrin
54. Tirion Fordring
55. Arthas, the Lich King
56. Jim Raynor
57. Tychus
58. Garrosh
59. Varian
60. Cho'gall
61. Deathwing (dragon form after all?)
62. D3 Female Barbarian
63. D3 Demonhunter
64. D3 Monk
65. D3 Witchdoctor
66. D3 Wizard
67. Leah(?)
68. Chen Stormstout
69. Lei-Shen
70. Hozen (will likely add a jinyu, too)
71. Kerrigan
72. Zagara
73. Hearthstone Innkeeper
74. Malthael
75. Crusader
76. Khadgar
77. Grom Hellscream
78. Gul'dan
79. Abathur (Pajama Skin)
80. Stitches (Beach Skin)
81. Leoric (Starlord Skin)
82. Artanis
83. Alarak
84. Winston
85. Tracer
86. Reinhardt
87. Illidan

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I think you could afford to swap out the wolf summon for someone more notable, and I'm not a fan of skins if the point is to be iconic, but you do you buddy.

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Hmmm, well, the wolf can stay imo as it is a little bonus to complete the druid. So I can easily add more characters if I want to.

As for skins, they help a lot the game to stand out of the crowd. Seeing the skins makes it clear that this is for HotS.

Also, I noticed that despite all the characters I've included, there is no Thrall.

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That actually makes a lot of sense, I stand corrected

Also, much as I hate his modern incarnation, can't do without Thrall

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So, for those curious about my progress...

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That's pretty cool claw man.

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Gorgeous

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Awesome work Handclaw!
It's been nice seeing your progress during these last years. You paint like a pro now and I really like your style.
Keep it up!

Thanks!

So, done with the basic buildup/"placeholders"...

http://i.imgur.com/JVwlWWD.jpg

Next up, I will add some characters that are still missing (Thrall, Sylvanas, Wrathion, to name a few), set the lightning and then start detailing it out.

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