The FAKE Visualizing Zalanthas Thread

[James de Monet]

It's not that I've been bored lately.  It's that I start weird projects all the time.  I just rarely finish them.  For some reason, lately, the Arm ones have been getting finished.

This didn't seem like it belonged in the REAL Visualizing Zalanthas Thread, so I made a fake one.  Click to go to imgur, then click again to see them full size.  (I moved these to imgur at the update.)








By way of explanation, someone told me you could buy individual Lego pieces on their website.  And then I found that if you go on eBay, you can buy super specific faces.  I may have gone a little overboard.    


Update 9/17/15:

I was going to put these images into a back-of-the-box collage, but they got intricate enough that I thought they deserved their own boxes.  First two!  (Click, then click again to see full size.)








Update 9/26/15:

Second two!  (Click, then click again to see full size.)








(Extra close photos made possible by some cool extension tubes I got from Vox for Secret Santa.  Thanks, Vox!)

[musashi]

That's ... that's amazing.

[Refugee]

Another Nekrete, Another Shit Horror.

I love it!

[LauraMars]

The Zalanthan Math Primer and now this?  This is incredible, and so accurate!  You might even say...it's right on the monet.

[Scarecrow]

Love it. Makes me want to go buy medieval lego! 

[perfecto]

The faces are priceless!  I especialy like the byner who's walking off on his own, about to get eatten by the raptor!  Nice touch...

[James de Monet]

The Zalanthan Math Primer and now this?

Yeah, the sad thing is, that's not the half of it. You should see all the other half-finished Armageddon projects I have. It's actually just coincidence that they're all nearing completion now. Some of them I started months ago. Some years.

This is incredible, and so accurate!  You might even say...it's right on the monet.

Ow. That is so punny it hurts. Still sigging it. 

The faces are priceless!

Yeah, in the end it was the faces that made me want to finish it. Legos got way more expressive!

[Zul]

I wish there was a way to rec posts/threads on the forum.

Good work sir.

[HavokBlue]

This is the best thing ever.

[Ben Arie]

I love this, the mounts and weapons look authentic to Arm, and the faces are genuinely expressive! Job well done! 

[Booya]

Will you put it in Original Submissions? This should never be lost!

[Nyr]

Mother...of...God.

I laughed!

[Barsook]

Awesome!

[Kassindra]

LOL I sat at work laughing my butt off. Man that is so freaking accurate. *laughs some more* Amazing!

[brytta.leofa]

Holy monkeys, that's glorious.

[hyzhenhok]

A trooper riding on a contract on an erdlu!? Unrealistic! Boo, hiss!

It's awesome.

[Marauder Moe]

I am inspired beyond words.

[Barzalene]

So neat!

[greasygemo]

lolololololo

Yes. Yes can we please keep doing this like its a cracked photoplasty?!?

IF ZALANTHAS SPILLED OVER INTO THE REAL WORD
or
TOYS INSPIRED BY ZALANTHAS
or
IF ZALANTHAS HAD MAJOR MERCHANDISING CONTRACTS

*goes to warm up photoshop*

[James de Monet]

I'm glad you guys like it!

(And I'm especially glad it didn't end up being only funny in my head!  )

[X-D]

I like the war beetle.

[Potaje]

I like the fine print too.

And the erlu.

And no byner is complete with out a bottle of booze, an I see they have one.

Brilliant, I applaud you.

[Bushranger]

I thought that was a green glow crystal that the raptor dinner was carrying?

[catchall]

This is just really amazing.

[TheBadSeed]

Dude, Seriously, that's the best waste of cash on Legos I've ever seen. And I've seen a lot of cash wasted on Legos.

[Rhyden]

As an avid lego kid. Omg.

[James de Monet]

I thought that was a green glow crystal that the raptor dinner was carrying?

The runner with the crossbow is supposed to be carrying a glow, yeah.  The runner with the giant club is carrying a bottle.

[Scarecrow]

I think James just won the GBD.

[Vwest]

I would buy that right now.

[BleakOne]

I like how the legal blurb on the box, lists the company residence as "1 Caravan Road" 

[MeTekillot]

Hot magicker escort

Strange militia contract


I enjoy this a lot.

[Maso]

More. More Arm legos. BUY MOAR LEGOS

[Morrolan]

The hidden lesson is that if you want to make Trooper, carry a shield.

[James de Monet]

So, I still haven't taken the photos for the back side of the Lego box, but I was messing around with some rendering, and thought I should make one of what I think Ginka looks like.

(Again, right click and "view image" to see at full size.)

[Wug]

More skulls.


Holy crap how did I miss this thread?!

[Ourla]

Show us Hot Magicker Escort next!

[Sakra]

I like the bloody handprint.

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

This is incredible.

[askaran]

I'll take three.

[Synthesis]

You can probably find the individual pieces cheaper here:  http://www.bricklink.com/  If I recall correctly, you can also find pretty much any Lego item ever made there, whereas the official Lego site is quite a bit more limited.

I think the going rate for mass quantities on E-bay and Craiglist is about $10/lb.  Sometimes you can find them cheaper from people who don't know any better, but since the internet makes it so easy to research how much stuff is worth, prices tend not to deviate much from that rate.

[FantasyWriter]

Wow, I never noticed the lettering around the seal before...
THE ORIGIN OF MANKIND ON ZALANTHAS

[James de Monet]

Wow, I never noticed the lettering around the seal before...
THE ORIGIN OF MANKIND ON ZALANTHAS

Hahaha, I'm glad someone caught that! 

[tiptoe]

I love this thread so much.

I vote we all pool together and buy legos for you, so you can make more.

Kickstarter?

[Majikal]

I lol'd, then when I took a second look at it and saw (ages 8-14).. it made me laugh again.

So good.

[perfecto]

I love this thread so much.

I vote we all pool together and buy legos for you, so you can make more.

Kickstarter?

Wouldn't it be better if we all tried to out-do him with our own Zalanthas lego creations?

(glances around)

Damnit where did I leave me suitcase full of legos from my childhood!

[James de Monet]

I thought I should make a new thread for these, but for the sake of later searchability:

Zalanthas Attitude T-Shirts

[icewindsong]

So, I still haven't taken the photos for the back side of the Lego box, but I was messing around with some rendering, and thought I should make one of what I think Ginka looks like.

(Again, right click and "view image" to see at full size.)

I thought Ginka was a purple fruit?

[Gimfalisette]

I thought Ginka was a purple fruit?

Ginka is the name of the server the game runs on. Ginka's energy source is the sacrificial blood of PCs.

[deathkamon]

The sacrifices will continue, and as do those, so does the power of Ginka, as well. Eventually, Ginka will become it's own entity and rule all of the web. Ginka is the one who starves, and we are feeding that monster. One PC death at a time. You know, we could actually set up some creepy pasta story based off of Ginka. The creepy pasta could be based off of Arm events, and we could actually base RL stuff off of what Ginka can do to the player, as well. Just putting it out there, it could get some likes.  

[icewindsong]

So the ginka fruit in the game is purple and sweet because its watered with the blood of the innocent?  I see...

[Gimfalisette]

So the ginka fruit in the game is purple and sweet because its watered with the blood of the innocent?  I see...

You're definitely gonna want to find out IC on that one.

[FantasyWriter]

So the ginka fruit in the game is purple and sweet because its watered with the blood of the innocent?  I see...

You're definitely gonna want to find out IC on that one.

Finding out the nature of the wild ginka plant....  This is a worthy quest, my friend.

[James de Monet]

It might look like welcome text, but this is how it feels...


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[James de Monet]

OP Update 1!

(^ That's in big letters so you don't miss it in the pageroll)

Alright, in case you needed proof that I love you guys, I have updated the first post with some new Legos.

[Xalle]

Totally awesome.  Especially the Nekrete one. <3

[RogueGunslinger]

You're very creative and awesome JDM. I love the stuff you make.

[James de Monet]

OP Update 2!

I have updated the first post with the other new Legos.

Enjoy!

[James de Monet]

You're very creative and awesome JDM. I love the stuff you make.

Thanks! 

[Barsook]

Awesome dude!