{"id":12317,"date":"2014-01-06T07:08:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T12:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=12317"},"modified":"2014-01-06T07:08:26","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T12:08:26","slug":"halo-mega-bloks-mini-scarab-custom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=12317","title":{"rendered":"Halo Mega Bloks Mini Scarab custom!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello folks. I came across this custom on one of the Mega Bloks fan forums (apologies I can&#8217;t remember which one, ATM). It&#8217;s done by GoodWillHunter, of whom <a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=2314\">I interviewed here on the blog<\/a> previously.<\/p>\n<p>This is his take on a scarab in miniature form, ala the new line of Halo mini Mega Bloks coming to stores soon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-front-3-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12313\" alt=\"Mini Scarab front 3-4\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-front-3-4-600x556.jpeg\" width=\"584\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-front-3-4-600x556.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-front-3-4-300x278.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-front-3-4-323x300.jpeg 323w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-front-3-4.jpeg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Here 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.<a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-front-3-4.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-side.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12314\" alt=\"Mini Scarab side\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-side-600x498.jpeg\" width=\"584\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-side-600x498.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-side-300x249.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-side-361x300.jpeg 361w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-side.jpeg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Here&#8217;s the side view. I love that he made use of the new style joint system. That was first introduce with the Mantis set (<a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=6578\">which I reviewed here<\/a>).<a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-side.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-Back.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12315\" alt=\"Mini Scarab Back\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-Back-600x521.jpeg\" width=\"584\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-Back-600x521.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-Back-300x260.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-Back-345x300.jpeg 345w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-Back.jpeg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>GWH (as we sometimes call him), even incorporated a detachable back piece to show the Scarab&#8217;s vulnerable core. That&#8217;s EXCELLENT detail!<a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-Back.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And lastly, the pic below shows the mini Scarab with GWH&#8217;s other custom Scarab, that one to scale with the minifigs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-comparison.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12316\" alt=\"Mini Scarab comparison\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-comparison-600x293.jpeg\" width=\"584\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-comparison-600x293.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-comparison-300x146.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-comparison-500x244.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mini-Scarab-comparison.jpeg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>I tell you, Mega Bloks really needs to hire this guy. His designs are awesome and inspiring!<\/p>\n<p>Oh and just incase you want to see yet more of his mini Scarab, here&#8217;s his video of it!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mini Scarab Halo Mega Bloks Custom Build by Goodwill Hunter\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/91CXnREzj3w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Great stuff!<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>-Sal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello folks. I came across this custom on one of the Mega Bloks fan forums (apologies I can&#8217;t remember which one, ATM). It&#8217;s done by GoodWillHunter, of whom I interviewed here on the blog previously. This is his take on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=12317\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fan-art-and-other-non-written-media","category-bloks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12317"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12319,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317\/revisions\/12319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}