Graphics are complete. Text is written. Just need to put them in text bubbles and the graphic novel will be done.

I know I said I’d get it finished. Apologies folks. Busy day elsewhere.

Stay tuned though, it’s 60 pages! Biggest of them all.

-Sal

Fan-made Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Graphic Novel: Part 4

Woot, featured right on the homepage! Thanks VERY much to BS Angel for posting this as well as the first 3. Would you believe I’m not done with episode 5 yet? See there was a little something that happened earlier in the week that kind of took my time away from finishing the graphic novel. I’ll give you ONE guess what that is…

So, to make sure I finish this, I’ll be working on episode 5’s graphic novel today and have that available on the blog.

Thanks to all that have said good things about the graphic novels. I’ve enjoyed doing them and will complete the series today. Then it’s on to Spartan Ops the graphic novel. I just wish we had theater for Spartan Ops as I’d LOVE to be able to include gameplay pics in the graphic novels.

-Sal

For those that missed out on ordering this statue (it’s sold out now), here is about the next best thing, the official pics from McFarlane.

Small consolation I know…

Isn’t this a beauty though! Great detailing and paint application.

If any of you did manage to order this, when you get it, take a bunch of photos and I’ll feature it here on the blog.

-Sal (HFFL)

I’ve got the images edited. Now need to lay them out in the graphic novel and then add text and text bubbles.

I pared down the 429 images to exactly 343…(Just worked out that way) Though I may decide to delete others along the way, so that total may not be accurate at the end.

Anyway, with less than one day left until Halo 4, I’m racing to get this done. I’ll be working through the night to get it as done.

This one is likely to be even bigger than part 4’s graphic novel was.

-Sal

I’m working fervently to get this done by tomorrow. I’m about halfway through editing the graphics. I’ve got more then 400 this time around. Most of any of the graphic novels.

I hope you good folks have enjoyed them thusfar. If you’ve missed them you can check all my Forward Unto Dawn coverage here. https://halofanforlife.com/?cat=33

There you will find my reviews of each episode, exclusive statues, and of course the graphic novels.

-Sal

Okay folks, here’s your chance to own a McFarlane figure of Master Chief as seen in Forward Unto Dawn.

You must be 18 or older to enter. You MUST be a registered member of the BLOG. (Sorry Twitter and Facebook folks…this is a benefit for those registered on the blog)

If the winner is within the lower 48 states of the USA I’ll pay for shipping. If outside of this area, then I ask the winner to pay for shipping.

Now here is the contest.

Be the first to correctly name the titles I gave to all 5 below:
Forward Unto Dawn episode 1: Part 1 review 
Forward Unto Dawn episode 2: Part 2 review 
Forward Unto Dawn episode 3: Part 3 review 
Forward Unto Dawn episode 4: Part 4 review 
Forward Unto Dawn episode 5: Part 5 review

The first to reply via the blog (NOT by e-mail) correctly wins! Contest will remain open until 5pm Monday or when someone answers correctly, whichever comes first.

Just copy/paste the above bolded section and then include your answers within each line.

Good Luck!
-Sal

Wow, the UNSC Infinity. Yeah, you kinda had to guess we’d see her. And BAM there she is. Does that Frigate look TINY against her or what?!

The Infinity heads into Slipspace with an absolutely MASSIVE fleet of other UNSC capital class starships! What an amazing sight to behold! And here I thought she was a lone vessel headed to intercept the Forward Unto Dawn‘s distress signal. Looks like Master Chief and Cortana are about to get a LOT of company!

The imagery of the fleet heading off into slipspace reminds me heavily of the scene in Return of the Jedi where the Rebel fleet has amassed and enters hyperspace to attack the Death Star. Intentional or not, it’s a VERY cool comparison, IMO.

Quite a warning Cortana is getting. She hesitates to awaken Master Chief from his Cryo sleep… Doesn’t she just look BEAUTIFUL though? An amazing job of CG here and as mentioned previously she’s patterned from Mackenzie Mason the actress who did the physical work for her in Halo 4. She’s quite pretty herself, don’t you think?

And we end (or is it begin?) with where we left off at the end of the Halo 3 Legendary ending. Master Chief in his cryo tube with Cortana peering at him, reflected upon the glass.

Spine tingling!

While the series ends here, I ask that you take a look at one last “review” of Episode 5: Part 14 the end credits.

There are a lot of people who put some hard work and hours into this production. I want to honor them here and I hope you will too.

Now about that Forward Unto Dawn contest…..

Okay, what’s cool here is that when we were introduced to Lasky this is the shot we saw. This brings things back full circle.

We can see the scars of battle and experience here. Not only does Lasky still carry Chyler’s dogtags, but he still bares the Cryo wounds. Some even look fresh. Did he get proper treatment for his condition or has he found a way to live with it?

Time to go to sleep….zzzzz

This is a good segue from the past to the present. The transition is smooth and gets us back into the events that are to come (in just a few short days….)

Next review of Episode 5: Part 13, Infinity and….