Okay, gotta say this is pretty cool. Though, I’d have liked a bad ass song instead of “Happy”. That’s not a bad song, just not really appropriate for Chief.
“Born to be Wild” by Steppenwolf, now THAT would be a great song for this.
Anyway, check out the vid:
My friend “Dijabouti” told me a few weeks ago that he was thinking about getting a tattoo. Not just any old tattoo, but a Halo one. After doing his research and finding a reputable tattoo artist, he selected the Legendary symbol. The classic Elite one, not the Forerunner one from halo 4.
Below is the result of that:
I have to say that is one kick-ass tattoo! The lines are down well and the shading is impeccable.This was Dij’s first tattoo. I wonder if he’ll get any more now based on his experience and the fantastic outcome?
Do YOU have any halo tattoos you’d like to share with me? If so, send me an e-mail with either .jgp or .png attachments of your tattoos to: sal@halofanforlife.com and I’ll feature them here.
I have to say, i’m a bit jealous of Dij right now. I’ve never been one for tattoos on myself, but this one is making me think twice…
-Sal
Fairly frequently I let you folks know when I’ve posted some new PINS on Pinterest. Here is one that I’ll highlight here for you (just added today).
This is an interesting take on both Master Chief and Cortana. Other than the helmet, Master Chief looks like a walking tank, and I’m okay with that.
Cortana though, WOW! Can you imagine her as an all hard light warrior, able to fight along side Master Chief? I have to say, that while a departure from the character, I’d love to see that happen for Cortana!
You can see this and MANY more Halo pics on my Pinterest Page HERE. As always, you can check my page there by following the link in the right menu bar of the main page.
-Sal
You may have wondered why I didn’t post yesterday’s color me this article. Well simply put, it was due to a lack of entries. I had one reader submit a colored in DMR. I had two ready to go as well. However, since it seems this line of articles isn’t so popular, I’m going to shelve it for now and possibly revisit it some time in the future.
Thanks to those who did contribute to these over the past 3 weeks.
I found this via a link off of twitter. I can’t seem to find the artist name though, so if anyone knows and can provide a link to them, please forward it on to me so I can give proper credit to them.
In the meantime, here are the Halo game posters they created in a minimalist style:
This one sums it up nicely. Chief and the Halo ring in perspective.
I really like this one. The city in the background with the immense space tether help to give it scale.
Ah the Ark! Classic pose for Chief too.
This one is pretty dark. But then again, the mood for much of the game WAS dark. Once again we visit New Mombasa, but this time in the poster it’s closer, more “intimate”. That also reflects the tone of this game. Kudos to the artist for capturing the game’s essence in this poster.
Poor Reach. Doesn’t ever seem to stopped being glassed.
The look of this poster is very much like it’s more colorful official poster.
I’m wondering if the artist will also make posters for Halo CE Anniversary and Halo: Spartan Assault? I can only hope!
So do you like these? If so, which is your favorite? Click that reply button and let me hear you! (or rather read… đ )
-Sal
Last week I loaded up a line art rendering of a Battle Rifle and asked you to create a skin for it.
We had three readers send in submissions and here they are (click pics to make bigger):
Newly registered Arturo sent in his “Green and Blue” skin in honor of Master Chief and Cortana:
Looks like Cortana is wrapped all around Chief! Nice work.
Neal Block is a huge fan of the Flash from DC comics, so he made a “Flash” skin:
Very nice. Definitely reminds me of that zippy super hero!
Reader Brandon brings us his “Insurgent” skin:
Excellent work. I love that blood spatter on the front!
And here are my two renderings. The first I wanted to invoke a special ops feel to, so I did not include any bright colors. Instead I went with black, greys, and white. I call it “Midnight”.
This next one I made would likely see use in cold weather climates, VERY cold that is. It’s called “Fridgid”. After inking in the colors, I then decided to add a iced over effect to it. See the difference below:
So as you can see we got a nice mix of colors in all of the artwork submitted. From colorful to hot and cold, realistic and dark.
So do you have a favorite? If so, what made it your favorite?
Now we come to this week’s Color Me This Halo 4 weapon, the DMR.
As always you have one week to submit your designed skin of this. Feel free to download this artwork and color in as you see fit. You can submit your colored in versions to me and I’ll show them next Wednesday here on the blog. Nothing vulgar folks. You have until noon Wednesday March 26. I can’t wait to see what you all come up with!
-Sal
Last week I posted a line art rendering of a Halo Assault Rifle for anyone to color in and send to me. Unfortunately, I didn’t get any responses. So I’ll try this once more with a different weapon. If I get no responses again, I’l drop this line of articles.
So last week was the Assault Rifle:
I did create two inked in versions myself. First to commemorate the Titanfall release just yesterday, here is my Titanfall skin for the AR, I call the skin “Atlas”.
Next, I wanted to something a bit radical. When I was done with the Titanfall one, it made me think Halloween. I didn’t want to completely repeat Orange and Black, so I added in a lot of bright green and purple. I call the one below “Hallowed”.
This week’s subject is the Battle Rifle. Feel free to download the below graphic and color it in. Then send it to me at sal@hallfanforlife.com and I’ll feature it next week.
-Sal
Hello there folks. It’s been quite some time since I posted a “Color Me This” article. With a bit of a lull in Halo info I figured this would be a good time to resurrect the series. This time we’ll look at some of the Halo 4 weapons. This week’s “Color Me This” project is the Assault Rifle.
Your mission is to color in the below artwork of the AR AND add in your own “skin” design to it. Nothing vulgar folks and no text used for the skins. I want to see what you may come up with! And give it a special name that denotes the skin you’ve added to it.
You have until next Wednesday, March 12 at Noon EST. Send your artwork to sal@halofanforlife.com. Please only .jpg or.png formats.
Feel free to color this in as you want, again nothing vulgar. For example, if you want to make a PINK AR, that’s your choice.
I’ll show all the ones submitted and feature the one I like the best when I post up the next Color Me This article, next Wednesday.
-Sal
This is the fourth of my wife’s retro styled Halo characters series.
I like this one. It’s a little different from the others. Feels a little bit more Johnny Quest than Jetsons. The simple font for “Tom” I think was a good choice as Lasky doesn’t seem to be the type to have an outlandish signature.
If you want to repost the graphic, please give my wife credit it your post as âEmily from HaloFanForLife.comâ.
So who do you want to see next? Looks like the Arbiter is the top pick for next now. Any others you’d want to see? Reply below and let me know.
If you’re not already registered with the blog to reply, well, it’s FREE and easy. Send me an e-mail at sal@halofanforlife.com letting me know you want to subscribe, give me your preferred username and password. Also, due to the amount of spamming account, I’ll need something more as proof that you’re a real person. XBOX Gamertag would be great. If you provide that, I’ll send you a message over LIVE to confirm. If other than that, make sure your preferred user name is the same as what you are referring to for proof. Again, apologies for that, but spammers kind of messed that up for everyone else…
-Sal
Here are this week’s Halo Pinterest finds:
Very nice concept art. This was done by “Sliger the Tiger”.
A very well done Carter by artist “Iuza”.
You’ve likely seen this art before. It’s a concept of the Noble characters before their final faces were rendered. What’s important to note is that the previous Noble 6 is in this pic! He’s next to Jorge from the right.
The next three are Noble concept or fan art.
This is a fantastic piece of concept art showing the might of the Covenant forces. The blueish hues make them seem more dark and ominous!
Yes, I know this week’s was pretty Reach focused. Say what you want about Reach, I LOVED it. I thought the campaign was a lot of fun and absolutely loved playing Firefight to pass the time.
So did you know that I have a Pinterest page? It’s in the blogroll on the right of the homepage. In case you didn’t see it, here’s a direct link to it. Browse, repin and enjoy!
-Sal