Nescent Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Images linked to Flickr. The Zalif is a fictional creature from the book The Amber Spyglass. It's got four legs in a diamond-layout (front, back, and sides), and it hooks its front and hind claws into wheels to move like a vehicle, propelling itself with its side legs. I always thought they were a really fascinating idea, and although my rendition differs a lot from the book's, it was a lot of fun to build that diamond-shaped torso and make it work. For reference, here is a fan-made drawing of how it appears in the book. I made this for the July BZPower Flickr contest. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millennium Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 That's a really sick idea. You managed to render the beast in Lego quite well, even if...if...uh. The colours work well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Invisible Handman Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Now that I understand what it is I find that this model is pretty decent. It's good to see someone interpret something from a book into lego form.I think the ears can be done better though, or just the head in general. Quote {Brickshelf Page - BZPRPG Profile - HFRPG Profile - Project Protodermis Profile} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa Turing Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 This is really cool. Very unique. The one complaint I have is the color scheme. While I don't have a problem with the colors themselves, the way they're placed makes it a bit visually confusing. Maybe if you got rid of the white it would make it "flow" better. Great job overall. Quote I really need a better signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-N Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 I saw the title of the topic and thought "is this really what I think it is?" I really love Pullman's trilogy and got excited seeing this creation. Now, the body is insignificant. Not bad, but just missing the compactness and flow I would like. The color scheme, at first glance, is a bit confusing, but is rather nicely balanced. Still, fewer colors might be better for a MOC as small as this one, especially since this guy is based on something without so many colors. I think the head is fantastically shaped, though it would appear you could peel back the top of its head, which is strange. I also imagined the trunk would be just a bit longer. The legs are also great, if simple, but it's wonderful that it can actually use wheels. You should try making your own seedpods. Despite the criticism on the individual parts, I rather like this MOC as a whole and think you pulled it off quite well; for all the differences from the source material, It is recognizable. Quote "What we see depends mainly on what we look for" -John Lubbock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nescent Posted August 2, 2015 Author Share Posted August 2, 2015 Thanks for the comments guys! Now that I understand what it is I find that this model is pretty decent. It's good to see someone interpret something from a book into lego form.I think the ears can be done better though, or just the head in general. I wanted to use something larger and more interesting for the ears, I just couldn't find anything that worked and really looked like ears. Figured the Y-joints were playing it safe. This is really cool. Very unique. The one complaint I have is the color scheme. While I don't have a problem with the colors themselves, the way they're placed makes it a bit visually confusing. Maybe if you got rid of the white it would make it "flow" better. Great job overall. I was trying to make this almost entirely with parts from the G2 sets, so my selection of parts was kind of limited. Lots of trial and error with the color placement, unfortunately this jumbled look was the best I could do. I saw the title of the topic and thought "is this really what I think it is?" I really love Pullman's trilogy and got excited seeing this creation. Now, the body is insignificant. Not bad, but just missing the compactness and flow I would like. The color scheme, at first glance, is a bit confusing, but is rather nicely balanced. Still, fewer colors might be better for a MOC as small as this one, especially since this guy is based on something without so many colors. I think the head is fantastically shaped, though it would appear you could peel back the top of its head, which is strange. I also imagined the trunk would be just a bit longer. The legs are also great, if simple, but it's wonderful that it can actually use wheels. You should try making your own seedpods. Despite the criticism on the individual parts, I rather like this MOC as a whole and think you pulled it off quite well; for all the differences from the source material, It is recognizable.Nice to meet another fan I consider this to be more of a re-imagining than a proper rendition, since it varies so much from the book. The wild color choices were just because I didn't have any grey shells to work with. Same goes for the trunk length - I just didn't have enough bones. Some custom seedpods would have been awesome, if I do another, more accurate remake, I'll try making some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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