not that i'm saying its not straight painted, but big john, that doesn' make any sense. What does the planar character of the lowpoly say about some highpoly beeing baked in?
even the AO looks hand painted in, not generated. They probably just paint it. It isn't crazy hard. Could it be done through baking? Sure, but personally I think it would look too artificial Building a highpoly just to endup with a small lowpoly texture is almost a step backwards (for WoW, anyway) AO baking is just a plus,…