I’ve been asked shoot a comparison pic between the official Mega Bloks Forward unto Dawn and my custom CCS cruiser. So here it is:
See, it’s not so tiny after all. (The FUD is just monstrous…)
-Sal
Daily Archives: 06/10/2013
Halo 5 trailer discussion/breakdown.
Okay, so the trailer was shown about an hour ago as of this writing.
Now I’m going to talk a little bit about what we saw in that trailer. What some of it means and what some of it may mean.
A mysterious figure, looking rather Jedi-esque.
He continues his march…
What is this strange world? Now by looking at the jagged rocks protruding out of the ground, one might argue this is Reach after it’s been glassed. Hmm, could be. It was home to Master Chief for several years before he began his in-the-field Spartan career. I won’t rule this out yet, but given what’s seen later in the trailer, it’s likely different…or is it?
Our hero ascends over a sand dune.
What is this? The ground gives way…
Creating a crater…what could it be?
It starts to emerge from the newly formed hole in the ground.
Judging from this shot it’s massive compared to our hero.
Is this a fabled Forerunner War Sphinx?
In our first true glimpse that this is Master Chief, we see his right forearm clutching a dog tag chain.
Attached to that chain is Cortana’s chip. I literally gasped when I saw this. Wow, powerful imagery (well for this Halo fan anyway).
The Forerunner construct continues to rise.
It’s wings spanned out, you can see it in it’s full glory.
Now here is where things get interesting. Chief is looking at this Forerunner construct…
Could this be Cortana contained within the presumed War Sphinx? Could it just be that Chief is holding on to the last vestiges of memory of his closest companion?
Note the cracked visor. Hmm, very intriguing. What could have caused that???
Finally we know for certain it’s Halo! (As if the image of Chief didn’t already tell you that).
This has been confirmed as Halo 5 by several 343 employees. Coming Spring 2014. Wow, that is SOON!
So now my mind starts to race. Is this why Halo 4 wasn’t completely ready? Makes sense if they were also working on Halo 5 at the same time. Will Chief have to face up against an EVIL Cortana as many (including myself) have surmised? That War Sphinx, or whatever it is, is somewhat telling.
I think having Chief in a cloak is in fact a metaphor for his being alone and hermit like. He seems even more now a solitary man.
This was but a tease. Stay tuned to HaloFanForLife.com over the next year and beyond as I continue to bring you more great Halo content including news of Halo 5!
[UPDATE] Well, now that I poked around the Waypoint forums a little, I found out some interesting (and SPOILER) info. Dang spoilers. Let’s just say you need to read Halo: Silentium and listen to the Prologue on Halo Waypoint (unlockable through a code in the book). Two words Mendicant Bias. That is all…I’ve said enough.
-Sal
The first four OFFICIAL Halo 5 pics!
While the trailer was just shown at E3, I was able to get the first four OFFICIAL shots from Halo 5. These are NOT screencaps from the trailer. (I’ll have a post on those shortly).
 
Wow, huh?
Okay, so I’ve been joking on Twitter that Master Chief becomes a Jedi and battles Megatron…seriously though, I can’t wait for this!
-Sal
Halo 5 trailer from E3!!!
SO Master Chief becomes a Jedi and Battles Megatron!!! LOL.
Seriously though, looks AWESOME!
-Sal
Halo Toy Custom: Mega Bloks CCS Cruiser
As promised, here is my custom of a Covenant CCS Battlecruiser. This was made with ONLY the pieces from the new-ish Halo 4 Wraith set. I bought this set some months ago and just decided to try it out as a custom. (No folks, I didn’t take pics along the way as I revised this many times before I came up with the completed model. Sorry but no build instructions…)
Technical specs:
Length: 50 studs
Width: 20 Studs
Height: 5 2/3 bloks
Before I go on, I do want to say that this isn’t 100% accurate. Sometimes it can be very tough to do so when limiting yourself to one set. But that’s something I strive for. I think it helps others who might want to make a custom know that this was done with only one set and what that set is. After many revisions this is what I came up with.
On with the pics:
The side view shows much of the detail of this as well as how relatively slim top to bottom it is.
Here the top and bottom views really show you the detailing. I’m MUCH happier with the bottom than the top. That’s due in part to having less purple parts to be able to use than the bottom which I used primarily the grey pieces for. Yes, that’s not accurate, but overall I think it still pulls off the look, considering the type and amount of pieces I had to deal with.
This 3/4 front view top/bottom allow you to see how the “head” of the ship was constructed. I was especially happy with how the front fins came out.
The 3/4 back top/bottom views show more of the engine detail.
Finally just a little bit of forced perspective to make it look like the ship is either coming at you or going away from you.
I had plenty of pieces left over. I haven’t done anything with them yet, but I’m thinking about making a display stand out of those so the ship can be elevated without having to use the ramp I have in the pictures above.
So what do you think? Like it? (Again, I know it’s not 100% accurate. So I’ll task you with making a CCS cruiser from the same set.) Believe me, it wasn’t easy at first. It took a lot of building, tearing down and rebuilding to make it work and be somewhat accurate.
-Sal