#but i wanna post art so take the transparent versions of what ive already finished lol

[chiimeramanticore]

I've been working on an "official" ref for six but it's been taking me a billion years because I'm insistent on drawing them in like 6 different outfits

[mad-queen-thorn]

ITS HERE, ITS HERE, ITS HERE And boy. I am incredibly happy, I got more than what I bargained for and I am absolutely beside myself freaking out here. 

Unboxing and thoughts under the cut.  Warning, post is very image heavy!!

So first things first, Rytlock.  Oh my god he looks absolutely fantastic. And I did NOT expect him to be this big. At all. 

He has such great detail on him and he’s pretty heavy!.

He’s absolutely immaculate. And I plan to keep him that way. The paint job is amazing, I’ve never owned something like this before, I love the scuffs of his armour and the way they’ve did the dirt on his claws and such, it really brings him to life . The cogs on the bottom along with the skulls are an awesome touch to the stand, previous and smaller figures I’ve owned have always had boring and clear stands. Not this time!

Sohothin.looks.outstanding. And easily slots into his hand, I adore the transparent fire so you can see the blade within.

This came with more than just a figure, and more than what the seller listed to my surprise!!!

A map stand! Although I’ve already done map completion on my main. But this was super interesting to look though, especially with the following: 

Good o’l Queensdale.  And this is what some of the symbols used to look like? And I take it some of these maps might be outdated since new hearts and things have been added and such. But its super cool to see how it used to look! I only started playing back in 2017. I might sit and compare the maps sometime, just to see what’s changed.

Novels! And even better than that, Mini novels! I thought this was adorable, mini versions of the books I already have. (Poor Zojja)  I’m yet to finish both books I have. I’m terrible at remembering or finding time to sit and read. ^^’ And the following almost made me squeal:

Sound track!!! Signed sound track!!! Oh my gosh I got so excited when I saw it was signed by Jeremy Soule. I don’t have anything to play this on as of yet, but each disc is immaculate. 

And then: 

This absolute monster of a book I’m probably gonna have my head stuck in the next week or so. 

YESSSSS, YESSSSS SWEET SWEET LORE. 

It also has about each race, class and how to use them, how to play the game and guides to every heart in the game at that current time. (I bet there’s more now. And the class stuff is probably outdated due to balance patches.) I don’t know much about the original Guild Wars, but this has plenty of pages of what happened in the original and the likes of Nightfall ect. I’m SUPER excited to sit and read all about it. I did have a bit of a skim though. 

Lesser evil my backside.

So this was tucked in the bottom of the box, and honestly it was a gift that kept on giving. Its embossed, so you can feel every little bump and mountain of the map.

!!!!! 

Prints!!! Each comes with some protective paper. They’re so pretty!!! Especially the Sylvari one. If its ok for them, I might scan these. Gimmie a heads up if you want scans of them. 

Okay, this is super super cool. A framed print! Its beautiful. I’d love to hang this, but I’m gonna keep it in the tin for the sake of protecting it. 

And under the print was: 

Another book! A copy of the game. And: 

Another soundtrack! It has a small collection of songs, like Fear Not This Night. Anyway, onto that book: 

The concept art and such in it is so so good. And it has how they built the world and came up with the classes and such. I’ll go through these books more thoroughly one day.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Overall, best 80 smackers I’ve ever spent. There’s SO SO MUCH to unpack here. The nerd in me is having a field day. If you wanna ask questions about this, go ahead and ask. I’m more than happy to sit and dissect this stuff with someone.