Okay, this one is a little lean. However, the point is to find concept art that has either never or rarely been seen before. So these articles are not meant to be exhaustive in coverage, but rather either snippets or a little more. With that in mind…

The above pic is obviously the revamped Forward Unto Dawn. While I do not agree with 343’s changing the design of the ship, I will say that this concept is quite good. I like the girder protrusions. They add some color as well as defining more the devastation from being torn in half at the end of Halo 3.

Next up are a few pieces of art for the Excavator. The Covie vehicle in Spartan Ops.This looks otherworldly for sure. More like a sea creature though that a mobile mining platform.

This simplistic concept has enough details and “callouts” to understand the orientation of and various elements of the vehicle.

Various other forms the Excavator could have had.

Now this is something strange. It appears that we could have had either an arm attachment to blast the hole or that we would have had to put our arms into this claw like piece to activate the Excavator. I would have liked to have seen this.

The next two pieces show many possibilities for Forerunner ships.
Certainly a lot to choose from. Almost too much.

The immediate above and below graphics show concepts of UNSC frigate designs.
I like the bottom pic’s designs. I wish we would have see the in-game version more and not at a distance.

Finally, one that I’m sure you’re all very familiar with, the UNSC Infinity.
When I first saw this, I was pretty happy with it. It’s obvious from the pic that it was HUGE. It reeks of power.

Tomorrow I’ll explore characters of Reach, starting with the UNSC Marines. Over the course of the next several days, the character articles will continue with Noble team; Covenant; Halo 4 Marines, Master Chief, Cortana; H4 Covenant, Forerunner and Flood.

I hope you have been enjoying these concept articles and keep coming back daily for each subsequent ones.

-Sal