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