As with the previously posted Vehicle Bay, I wanted to redesign another set. While the Mantis Bay that Mega Bloks designed is nice, it’s not really game accurate. Not that mine is either. However, what you play the level Infinity in Halo 4’s campaign, you’ll find that the Mantis bays are a lot taller. Also, the Mantis does not need to contort to the position that Mega has you doing in their design. So with this in mind, I built a taller bay using only the pieces from the set. The Mantis itself is the exact same build.

Here’s what I came up with:

Orthogonal views:

And finally the rear view with the Mantis in place. Note the ladder’s position.

This is quite an easy custom to make and I think makes the set look better.

Do you like the redesign versus the manufacturer’s design? Here’s that one:

Final set shot.

BTW, this isn’t the first time I’ve redesigned the Mantis Bay. Here is my first attempt from a few months ago:

Redux Docking Station

-Sal

So over the past week I was a bit bored. During that time, I took to customizing some Mega Bloks sets that I had into something else. This was one of them. Originally this set was the Cauldron Clash (as previously reviewed here).

I’ve been wanting sets from the UNSC Infinity and took it upon myself to see if I could make a vehicle bay.

One thing to note, with this set as with other customs I’ve done, I take care to use ONLY pieces from one set. This way there is no need to buy additional sets to make something else. It also makes it easier if YOU want to recreate the same or similar custom, knowing you can do it from one set. (I’ll be posting a few other customs today and tomorrow, so bear this in mind.)

I used nearly all the pieces with exception to the translucent orange and red pieces and the terrain baseplates.

Here’s what I came up with (bearing in mind that accuracy was not the total goal, just something close enough and to have fun making a custom).

There is room for normal figures in the control room near top right.

Here’s a look at the custom build from orthogonal views: Note those black sloped pieces. They of course can be removed. However, I have them there to keep a Warthog in place as seen below:Those bloks are sturdy enough to keep the warthog still. So if you wanted to display it that way you could without much worry of bumping  the set and the hog rolling off.

Also pictured to the right is the underside of this custom. Of course I’d rather have had one big baseplate, but you build with what you have.

So what do you think? I like it. Compact enough to display, yet enough detail, especially on the “walls.”

-Sal