My custom spliced Zoid sprites

[Taima Dyami]

I know alot of people don't really think it's considered as artwork, but I believe differently, and I've had the fans to prove it. For a few years I've been working with sprites from different shows that I used to watch when I was younger, like Digimon, and Pokemon...but when I began editing the sprites from zoids I found it more difficult, and an even greater challenge. That being said, it took me a while to get a hang of the styles and ways to make the shading work, and I spent countless hours during my first recolors. Now after working with it, and getting back into Zoids again, I've decided to let those who enjoy this stuff take a look at my work, and judge for youself if it is indeed art or not...and who knows, I may end up taking requests if I get good enough reviews on what I have. So now, without further ado I give you the vast works of Zoids sprites that I have been doing.

I give credit to the creators and producers of Zoids, for without them this would not be possible.

I'm splitting them up into four categories starting from oldest to newest, so there will be 3 posts by me in a row due to the fact that I don't want to take up too much space in a single post.

Dragonforce Era (Between Chaotic Century and New Century Zero) (Most will feature an evolution/next stage directly below them in a similar way the shield liger did)

Organoid Stinger:


Organoid Viper:


Berserk Sniper:

Gunblaze Berserker:


Blood Moon Saix:

Death Dealer:


Dark Horn Heavy Storm Unit:

Storm Horn:


Rev Raptor Jet Booster:

Raiden Raptor:


Sonic Scout Molga:

Sabershark:


Storm Sworder Thunder Assault:
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Ptera Breaker:


Caliber Kong:


Elephander Earth Shaker Unit:


Ice Breaker Wolf:


Killer Viper:


Lightning Sword Zaber Fang:
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Raynos Sky Terror:


Fuzor Era (Showing just the fuzors themselves and not the zoids that made them)

Double Sinker Lizard:


Hammer Fox:


Interceptor Liger:


Cannon Arachnid:

Modified Custom Cannon Spider: (Due to the fact that there are no sprites of cannon spider, I decided to create my own modified version, because I though the perfect fuzor for a guysak would be a spider)


Guardstav:


Storm Liger:


To Be Continued...

[Taima Dyami]

To continue on....

Aftermath Era (After Fuzor but before the great disaster in Genesis)

Sonic Fox Battle Mode:

Sonic Fox Speed Mode:


Ligersaurer Battle Mode:

Ligersaurer Speed Mode:


Spino Horn Battle Mode:

Spino Horn Speed Mode:


Dive Hawk Aero Mode:

Dive Hawk Aqua Mode:


Death Chimera:


Genesis Era (Takes place around the same time frame as the anime, but starts about midway through, and continues on after the ending, aka the defeat of Jiin)

Sabersaurer:

Saber Tyrann:

Zilla Tyrann:

(These were the only evolts that I came up with, as a reaction to the liger's system, however follows more along the berserk fury/geno saurer line from earlier)

Trident Claw:


Thunder Fang:


Vampire King:


Chimera Stinger:


Drako Liger:


Bio Siesma:


Bio Gustav:


Bio Molga:


Bio Rebel Team: (I kinda got this idea to make a nuetral/merc/rebellious character that steals three prototype biozoids and uses them for his own personal reasons. The Molga and Gustav are piloted by an auto-control remote system built into the Siesma, so that the pilot can control all three at once if need be)


Berserk Tortoise: (I had the idea to make a giant zoid that uses leeo/metal zi weapons and is piloted/controlled by some evil character bent on taking over)


Well, that's all I have so far...if I come up with anything new I'll post it, or if you have an idea that you think would be cool just let me know and I'll try my best.

[Charlie]

They look great, especially the ones with different modes.

[Taima Dyami]

Thanks, the idea for that was a small spark after I saw a video about the gravity wolf, and it started by trying to make an inter-changeable motorcycle version of the shadow fox. I thought of these long before I ever saw the mode changing ones from the fuzor era.

[Maethius]

I would love to see some of these built with real kits! Gunblaze Berserker would be a really daunting kit, and I love the look of Organoid Stinger. Nice job!

[Taima Dyami]

Thanks, I was kinda thinking the same thing, maybe we can find someone to take that challenge.

[raykong]

Wow, these are incredible and extremely well done! Wouldn't look out of place in one of the Zoids Saga games either. My favorite's probably the green Elephander (that's just my military enthusiast side talking), but just in terms of aesthetic design the Bio Seismo is great.

Someone should really take a shot at making a Bio Seismo custom - blue-green paint and all.

[Taima Dyami]

Thanks, and yeah, the military style was what I was going for when I did it, that and I kinda got the idea for green from the Panzer CAS Unit, just a darker shade.

As for Siesma, I was watching Genesis for the second time around, and I noticed something, they had a few types of the well known dinos, but left out a crucial one to the cycle that has been used in other zoids anime, the long-necked type. I wanted to make it fierce, but not extremely large to the point where it would be too slow, so I kept the horn gold from the Bio Liger in the smae fasion the way the two horns were on the Tricera, and the claws on Megaraptor. It also has a different feature than any other bio, where the spikes on it's neck, and the horn on its head can conduct electricity, and when fully charged it can spray lightning from it's mouth, instead of fire. As you can see, it has 3 bio-particle cannons, 2 in the front, 1 on the tail, which the tail one can be used as a melee weapon, and act in a similar way to the tail of the Death Stinger, being flexible enough to fire at a 360* angle, so there's no way to hide from it. Most of the outer armor came from the bio zoids, and the inside was the Ultrasaurus, but the armor on the lower legs I had to get from Geno Hydra, which is kinda the reason I chose that color blue.

I felt like the molga and gustav weren't getting enough love, so I decided to make them bio versions too, and make them to where they are controlled by a remote system built into the Siesma.

[Taima Dyami]

I'm a big apocalypse fanatic, and the four horsemen have always caught my attention, especially War, so, I thought I'd make zoids based off the horsemen...Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death...and I decided to go with the Liger, only because of it's usual connection to the supernatural, and because it's easier to mold than others would, along with the closest thing to a horse is the Lanstag, and that just wont work. So far I've completed Pestilence and War, and will begin working on the other two soon, so tell me what you think.

Pestilence Liger - The White Rider:


War Liger - The Red Rider:


EDIT

I've finished the last two of the horsemen zoids.

Famine Liger - The Black Rider:


Death Liger - The Pale Rider:


Next I'll be working on Berserk Fury rivals for each of them...Nightmare, Guerrilla, Phantom, and Devil.

[Taima Dyami]

Here are the rivals to the horsemen ligers...

Nightmare Fury - The Black Demon:


Guerrilla Fury - The Blue Demon:


Phantom Fury - The White Demon:


Devil Fury - The Red Demon:


And this is the rivals sheet/poster that I put together:

[Hellbound Crow]

i love the guerrilla fury! would love a model of that. and by chance do you do requests? lol

[Taima Dyami]

Thanks, yeah, took me a bit of work to get it all fitting right, but once I had it all in place the colors wear easy to work with. And yes, I do:
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[Zoidstar]

There's nothing I can say that hasn't really already been said! Wonderful job on all of them! I'm having a hard time picking a favorite! ;D

[Taima Dyami]

Thanks, I try my best, and I basically just try out whatever comes to mind.

[Taima Dyami]

Alright, something new that just came to my mind, finished it in about 15 minutes, color and all...I know it's kind of simple, but I thought it would be cool, since I don't make a whole lot of ape style zoids and such.

Golem Gatekeeper: