Monthly Archives: January 2014

Halo Mega Bloks Mini Scarab custom!

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Hello folks. I came across this custom on one of the Mega Bloks fan forums (apologies I can’t remember which one, ATM). It’s done by GoodWillHunter, of whom I interviewed here on the blog previously.

This is his take on a scarab in miniature form, ala the new line of Halo mini Mega Bloks coming to stores soon.

Mini Scarab front 3-4Here he uses a Halo mini fig for scale. So as you can see, it is indeed an even smaller version of a scarab and not to scale with the minifigs themselves.

Mini Scarab sideHere’s the side view. I love that he made use of the new style joint system. That was first introduce with the Mantis set (which I reviewed here).

Mini Scarab BackGWH (as we sometimes call him), even incorporated a detachable back piece to show the Scarab’s vulnerable core. That’s EXCELLENT detail!

And lastly, the pic below shows the mini Scarab with GWH’s other custom Scarab, that one to scale with the minifigs.

Mini Scarab comparisonI tell you, Mega Bloks really needs to hire this guy. His designs are awesome and inspiring!

Oh and just incase you want to see yet more of his mini Scarab, here’s his video of it!

Great stuff!
-Sal

 

HaloFanForLife’s Minimalist Halo Characters: #5 Hunter

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Well, we’re halfway through with today’s posting of my Halo minimalist art series. It’s day 5. Did you guess who the character would be?

As I’m sure you could tell from those large spiky things, it is of course an imposing HUNTER!

Minimalist Hunter_sm

I had to go a little bit more with color here, since the hunter has that fuel rod cannon array on it’s left “arm”. So this one has 7 colors. The lightest blue I could have maybe exchanged for the darker blue, but it just didn’t look right when I tried it. I felt the added highlighting helped, so I kept it in.

Here’s the preview of the day 6 character. Can you guess what it is?

day 6 blackened

Are you liking this series so far? What has been your favorite? Any guesses as to who/what may be in the rest of the series?

A bigger version of this and all of the other minimalist pieces will be available after they’ve all been shown. Stay tuned for more details on that.

I recreated these in Adobe Illustrator using some fun techniques and refining some of the shapes. I tried to use as few colors as possible yet show enough detail so that each character was instantly recognizable.

-Sal

HaloFanForLife’s Minimalist Halo Characters: #4 Grunt

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This is the fourth of a series of 14 minimalist artwork of Halo characters. I recreated these in Adobe Illustrator using some fun techniques and refining some of the shapes. I tried to use as few colors as possible yet show enough detail so that each character was instantly recognizable.

So did you guess who the fourth day’s character would be? It’s a Grunty GRUNT!!

Minimalist Storm Grunt_sm

I was able to get this done with only 5 colors.

A bigger version of this and all of the other minimalist pieces will be available after they’ve all been shown. Stay tuned for more details on that.

Here’s the preview of the day 5 character. Can you guess who it is? Kind of easy from the silhouette huh?

day 5 blackened

-Sal

HaloFanForLife’s Minimalist Halo Characters: #3 Storm Elite

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Here is the second of a series of 14 minimalist artwork of Halo characters. I recreated these in Adobe Illustrator using some fun techniques and refining some of the shapes. I tried to use as few colors as possible yet show enough detail so that each character was instantly recognizable.

So did you guess who the third day’s character would be? It’s a fearsome Storm Elite!

Minimalist Storm Elite_sm

I used 6 colors for this particular character. While I did try to take this to only 5 colors, it just wasn’t looking right. I’d lose too much detail. So I stuck with 6 colors and I think it came out pretty good.

A bigger version of this and all of the other minimalist pieces will be available after they’ve all been shown. Stay tuned for more details on that.

Here’s the preview of the day 4 character. Can you guess who it is? Kind of easy from the silhouette huh?

day 4 blackened

Whew, okay, I’m caught up now. Hopefully I’ll stay on track for the rest of them!

-Sal

 

HaloFanForLife’s Minimalist Halo Characters: #2 Cortana

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Here is the second of a series of 14 minimalist artwork of Halo characters. I recreated these in Adobe Illustrator using some fun techniques and refining some of the shapes. I tried to use as few colors as possible yet show enough detail so that each character was instantly recognizable.

So did you guess who the second day’s character would be? Why it’s Cortana of course, everyone’s favorite Halo Smart A.I.!

Minimalist Cortana_sm

As with Master Chief, I only used 5 colors to flesh the lovely Cortana out.

A bigger version of this and all of the other minimalist pieces will be available after they’ve all been shown. Stay tuned for more details on that.

In the meantime, here’s a preview of the day 3 characte. Can you guess who it is? It’s pretty easy….

day 3 blackened

Since I’m already a day behind….you’re going to get this character later today, so I can catch myself up.

-Sal

 

HaloFanForLife’s Minimalist Halo Characters: #1 Master Chief

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This is the first in a series of 14 minimalist artwork of Halo characters. I recreated these in Adobe Illustrator using some fun techniques and refining some of the shapes. I tried to use as few colors as possible yet show enough detail so that each character was instantly recognizable.

So then, who better than to kick off this art project than the Master himself, Master Chief!

Minimalist Master Chief_sm

In the case of Chief here, I only used 5 colors to flesh him out.

A bigger version of this and all of the other minimalist pieces will be available after they’ve all been shown. Stay tuned for more details on that.

In the meantime, here’s a preview of the character tomorrow. Can you guess who it is? It’s pretty easy….
day 2 blackened
Come back tomorrow for the reveal of this character and a sneak peek of day 3’s minimalist artwork.

-Sal

p.s. I would have had this up sooner, but had hurt my back (again), so that’s why it’s being posted so late…