Visualizing Zalanthas..

thefirstpriest · November 15, 2005, 07:39:21 AM

Thanks for the pictures and the work it took to bring them to us. You are a great help to thoese who seek a better grasp of what the harsh and savage lands of Zalanthas look like.

Delirium · November 25, 2005, 05:09:01 PM

Arrow styles:

Longbow:

An image of longbow archers:
http://www.fletcher-family.co.uk/IMAGES/Welsh%20Longbow%20Archers.jpg

Recurve:

An illustration of an archer using what looks to be a recurve bow of deer antler:
http://www.santharia.com/pictures/quellion/archer.htm

Composite:

From what I know, "shortbows" are bows that aren't longbows. Composite, Recurve, etc.

Anael · November 25, 2005, 05:35:19 PM

While we're at it

Some basic info on what actually 'recurve', 'reflex' and other bow types mean.

Something about african and australian shield making, materials etc.
Especially this part is fun.

Agent_137 · April 20, 2006, 03:55:38 PM

http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=1498

Anonymous · April 20, 2006, 08:31:32 PM

North:

http://www.africatanzania.com/images/baobab.jpg
http://members.chello.nl/m.vandezande/images/baobab.jpg

Thick forest:
http://www.agwa.co.za/images/heli%20baobab.jpg

Normal forest:
http://www.geneve.ch/epl/campus/travaux-etudiants/Baobab/baobab002.jpg
http://places.mongabay.com/australia/outback_sunset.jpg

Tribal:
http://www.kalahari-desert.com/Images/Destination_galleries/Bushmen/kalahari_san_woman_portrait.jpg

Scrub Plains:
(between the forest and plains):
http://www.visi.com/~howie/australia-1999/Emerald-to-Charters-Towers/images/Outback.jpg
(the rest):
http://www.riversideca.gov/museum/plantcom/ps.jpg
http://www.riversideca.gov/museum/plantcom/eh.jpg
http://www.cameldive.com/pictures/mountains-big.jpg
http://www.africa-tours.biz/Accia%20tree%20in%20the%20desert.jpg

Grassy Plains:
http://www.reptilesofaz.com/tmp2nearRedDrum.JPG
http://notpurfect.com/travel/grand/IMG_3937.JPG
http://www.lanephotography.com/tablelands/tablelands_2005/tablelands_2005_16.jpg

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Not North

Larrath · June 18, 2006, 04:26:26 PM

Night approaches in a very particular area...

A Vivaduan. Or a Whiran. Or a Drovian. Or a Nilazi.
Or just an f-me ranger twink.

Fnord · September 17, 2006, 01:45:54 PM

WTF is a djellabah you ask?

Agent_137 · October 12, 2006, 04:29:51 PM

BBC caption: Satoshi Kuribayashi has garnered this year's Lennart Nilsson award for scientific photography.
The citation referred to the "humour, empathy, beauty and unsurpassed precision" of his pictures.
Satoshi's recent publications include the book In Front of the Ant

Fnord · December 21, 2006, 05:18:05 PM

Zalanthan Sky

Fathi · January 03, 2007, 10:49:08 PM

It's a gwoshi.

It's vicious, I swear.

Delirium · September 28, 2007, 12:34:51 PM

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5989487

The entire archive is pretty awesome. This guy's got talent.

Also,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Grizzlybears_ChrisServheenUSFWS.jpg
+
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lion_waiting_in_Nambia.jpg
=
a gwoshi

Angela Christine · September 28, 2007, 07:54:18 PM

Quote from: "Delirium"http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5989487

Lol, that guy is barefoot, what a noob. Doesn't he know he could easily gain 10-15 points of stamina with the right pair of boots?

Ashes · September 29, 2007, 03:37:01 PM

Couldn't you tell? He's obviously a Drovian.

His boots are so cool, they're invisible.

Fnord · October 22, 2007, 11:43:47 AM

I found all my BROM Dark Sun art and reposted it on imageshack. Enjoy.

Edit: BTW you can click on in to a large version of each pic.

naatok · October 25, 2007, 09:45:26 AM

Very cool DS art.
Thanks man

a strange shadow · October 25, 2007, 06:54:02 PM

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4666783

a strange shadow · December 17, 2007, 04:53:16 PM

I thought this looked oddly Zalanthan, for reasons which I won't get into here.

http://e-s-h-e-r.deviantart.com/art/commission-XII-72311637

Edit: this too

http://kvik84.deviantart.com/art/demon-fusion-total-madness-72290365

psionic fungus · December 18, 2007, 12:47:04 AM

Definitely some nice pictures in here. One thing I noticed:

QuoteWhy you can't see a tent in the marketplace during a sandstorm:
http://www.juliemasterson.com/Gallery/morocco/images/sandstorm.gif

In this picture, I can see a large dune, and other geography, that is obviously more than 100 yards away... What about being able to see a geographic structure 300 yards away demonstrates why tents in the marketplace can't be seen when you're touching them? Surely the walls, buildings, and roads of the city would cut the winds down from those in the open desert, and even there, IRL, I have found visibility to be much more than I had expected. In the same vein, I recommend checking out the Desert segment of the BBC's Plant Earth series to see some good examples of how visible things are in a sandstorm... And a whole lot of other neat shit.

Also, most of these are on the submissions site, but I think there are a few bonus images as well:

Ourla's Compiled Zalanthan Art

X-D · December 18, 2007, 07:52:09 AM

Fathi, thats goudra...newb!

Fnord · February 14, 2008, 11:00:44 AM

Human tribal dancing... so hawt.

a strange shadow · February 14, 2008, 12:20:51 PM

She's pale and blonde.

MUTANT FREAK

Fnord · February 15, 2008, 08:46:21 AM

Another mutant freak.

Winterless · February 17, 2008, 02:09:04 PM

A baobab grows in Brooklyn...

Fnord · February 17, 2008, 02:16:51 PM

Winterless, you naughty little minx, beating me to the punch. But haha, mine has a red sky.

Winterless · February 17, 2008, 02:28:46 PM

Naughty little minx? Me... nah... >:} But I see your photoshopped red sky and raise you a naturally occuring red sky and a baobab.

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