Denathrius | World of Warcraft | By Oshley

I started work on Denathrius all the way back in December 2020 when I just became obsessed with a zone in World of Warcraft, Revendreth, which is one of the infinite realms of the Shadowlands founded by Sire Denathrius and inhabited by the Venthyr Covenant. I was drawn to the artistic challenge that Denathrius's costume would provide me, from the intricacy of the armour, digitigrade leggies, "floating" shoulders over his robe to even the crown/horns/body paint trio aesthetic. His rendered cinematic model from WoW's Beyond the Veil trailer for Shadowlands struck me as some of the most gorgeous armour I've ever seen, so of course I had to start building!

This cosplay is entirely handmade with Worbla thermoplastic and various soft and hard foam products. I used techniques for silicone mold making and resin casting to get a perfect custom shape for his gems, carved his horns from pink foam board and detailed them with wood filler to make them look organic, made the base of the legs with pool noodles before building the armour and hinged the front hoof/toe armour piece so I can move fluidly and walk around "normally". I patterned, cut and hand laid every individual detail you see throughout the armour making process. The sword, Remornia, was carved and sanded to shape out of pink insulation foam board. The foam board was covered with a layer of white Worbla for stability, detailed with more layers of Worbla. Remornia's hilt has a PVC pipe spine for stability, and I emulated her beautiful flowy shape on the hilt by sanding foam and building up seamlessness with wood filler.