Here is another custom made by fellow Halo Mega Bloks fan, Dielectric. It’s a massive UNSC Base! Take the time to look at all the detail, the kinds of figures (and how many of them there are), and so on.
Here’s Dielectric’s words on his project (His words in light blue text):
I haven’t had a base take took up a whole table since I had a massive castle as a child. Since Halo Mega Bloks came out, I’ve amassed a lot of sets. The UNSC lucked out, and go a base first, although the Covenant will end up having their own soon enough.
The base I have built is based partly around the concept art for the Highground map of Halo 3, Halo Wars base design, and Halo: Reach concept art.
The base fills a table that is three feet by five feet. It is covered by laminate that looks like granite that I got from work after they no longer needed it. I think it worked well as asphalt.
At a rough guess, the base ate 6 sets of Highgrounds, 2 Pelicans, 2 ‘Hawks, 2 Flood Sieges, 6 Banshee Blitz and 4 Countdowns. It is still a work in progress.
HFFL: That’s a ton of sets used for this. ANd it’s a GREAT repurposing of them, IMO!
The pad that the Pelican is being serviced on is not actually a landing pad, but a heavy freight elevator. The elevator will lead to the underground portion of the base, which still requires a structure, which I hope to have in place by the end of the year.
The roof of the command centre lifts off to expose the inside containing a large holo table, and nerve centre.
HFFL: This is TOO COOL! I love that Dielectric took the time to make a removable roof AND used blue translucent figures as holo table images. PURE Awesomeness!
Finally, a ground of technicians scramble around a Pelican Gunship to make sure it is ready for its next mission. Weapon drop pods are attached to the tail for rapid re-armourment.
HFFL: I have to admit, I’m jealous of the amount of UNSC Technicians (the guys in light grey in the above pic) he has… I hope Mega Bloks uses that figure more often. I’d love to build up a couple of squads of them.
You can view these in even HIGHER detail/resolution by dropping by Dielectric’s Photobucket page here.
While I do have many of the sets he has, I wasn’t fortunately enough to get more than one High Ground set or Countdown. Mega Bloks had toyed (pun intended) with the idea of making a UNSC Firebase a couple of years back. I hope the pics of this inspire them to bring their idea back to the drawing board and hopefully release a set like this. Maybe not so big (too keep it affordable).
-Sal
Ok if this guy doesn’t already work for Mega, he should really consider it!
Oh, I’m sure he’s considered it. It’s just has Mega considered him? There are several talented Mega Bloks fans who build some amazing stuff. GoodWillHunter is another one I think they should hire.
True, I’ve seen some of his customs too and there pretty outstanding, I just wonder where on Earth you would start when doing a project like that.
You’ve seen my customs haven’t you? I do a little research on the net. I find images of the in-game vehicles/ships/etc. From there I start to generate a rough idea of how I want to build the custom. The first step after that when I ready to build, is to start with the midline of the ship. In the case of the Covenant Cruiser I did, that’s nearly right in the middle from top to bottom. Then it’s a matter of fitting pieces on the top to look right, then the bottom. Of course, my customs require a lot more ingenuity at times as I deliberately limit myself to using only one set to make them. I do that so anyone who has the same exact set can make the same exact custom, or something close. If I had the funds, you bet I’d be making MASSIVE custom sets. I’ve really wanted to make a UNSC base for the longest time. The long unemployment has put those plans on hold…