Rahi Zaku Mini Kit
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The Rahi Zaku Mini Kit, or RZMIK, is a sprite kit made by Rahi Zaku, a former member of BZPower. In spite of the kit's age (the original having been made in 2002), it remains one of the most popular kits on the site, used in the likes of Project Klinkerpoop, Heroes, The Newsroom, and others. A certain group of popular comic makers who support this kit have been unofficially termed The Group.
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History
RZMIK started as a small kit by Rahi Zaku, it started out as only a Matoran sprite, all red with a black outline. Over time it expanded, as of today becoming a huge collaboration of fan kits, becoming three shaded, and even six shaded. Eventually, all this ensured Rahi Zaku's fame as a spriting legend. It is currently one of the most widely used kits on BZP, and is even becomming cliched to some. This hasn't stopped comic makers from using it, however.
Fan additions
Several fan-made additions have been made for the RZ Kit. Too many small contributions have been made to list, but some of the most prominent additions are:
RZ Revolutions
RZ Revolutions is a tricolor-shaded version of the kit created by Metrukuta and Tahuri. It has now all but replaced the original RZMIK kit in BZPower comics, and is noted for its addition of 360 degree rotation views of the sprites that the original kit lacked.
The kit can be viewed here.
Expanded RZ
The Expanded RZ Kit was created by Arthaka/ML in August 2008. It was created in order to reduce the pixelated look of the enlarged RZ sprites often used in comics. The kit was never used much in comics, despite recieving good reviews.
The kit can be viewed here
R Z M I K: Bara Magna
R Z M I K: Bara Magna is a project to sprite all the 2009 BIONICLE characters in RZMIK by Turaga Dlakii. It is doing very well, having a series made by Omega Deception called Bara Magna: Redone (current status unknown). The latest version is Version X which has most characters finished.
The kit can be viewed here.
Six-Shade RZ
Six-Shade RZ was created by Arc1110 to have a more detailed version of the kit. He created it because Chimoru Omega had a 6-shade version (created by Gerlicky, who does not endorse this kit in any shape or form), and therefore RZ needed one. It is still a work in progress, though the topic has now died. It is unlikely that work on the kit will continue.
The kit can be viewed here
Trivia
- RZMIK is not to be confused with RZMK, which stands for Rahi Zaku Mega Kit. The latter was a high-resolution kit, similar to the more recent Danska's Bionicle Builder.
- RZMIK is often abbreviated as RZ and is not to be confused with Razor.
- Despite Rahi Zaku not being part of BZPower, the kit has managed to stay up-to-date.
