{"id":8391,"date":"2013-06-10T01:11:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T06:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=8391"},"modified":"2013-06-10T01:44:16","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T06:44:16","slug":"halo-toy-custom-mega-bloks-ccs-cruiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=8391","title":{"rendered":"Halo Toy Custom: Mega Bloks CCS Cruiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;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&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Technical specs:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Length:<\/span> 50 studs<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Width:<\/span> 20 Studs<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Height:<\/span> 5 2\/3 bloks<\/p>\n<p>Before I go on, I do want to say that this isn&#8217;t 100% accurate. Sometimes it can be very tough to do so when limiting yourself to one set. But that&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>On with the pics:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-Side-views.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8387\" alt=\"Custom Covie Cruiser Side views\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-Side-views.jpg\" width=\"792\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-Side-views.jpg 792w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-Side-views-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-Side-views-600x543.jpg 600w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-Side-views-331x300.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a>The side view shows much of the detail of this as well as how relatively slim top to bottom it is.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-Top-Bottom-views.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8386\" alt=\"Custom Covie Cruiser Top-Bottom views\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-Top-Bottom-views.jpg\" width=\"828\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-Top-Bottom-views.jpg 828w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-Top-Bottom-views-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-Top-Bottom-views-600x504.jpg 600w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-Top-Bottom-views-356x300.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/a>Here the top and bottom views really show you the detailing. I&#8217;m MUCH happier with the bottom than the top. That&#8217;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&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-3-4-front-views.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8388\" alt=\"Custom Covie Cruiser 3-4 front views\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-3-4-front-views.jpg\" width=\"684\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-3-4-front-views.jpg 684w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-3-4-front-views-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-3-4-front-views-514x600.jpg 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/a>This 3\/4 front view top\/bottom allow you to see how the &#8220;head&#8221; of the ship was constructed. I was especially happy with how the front fins came out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-3-4-rear-views.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8389\" alt=\"Custom Covie Cruiser 3-4 rear views\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-3-4-rear-views.jpg\" width=\"684\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-3-4-rear-views.jpg 684w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-3-4-rear-views-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-3-4-rear-views-501x600.jpg 501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/a>The 3\/4 back top\/bottom views show more of the engine detail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-zoom-views.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8390\" alt=\"Custom Covie Cruiser zoom views\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-zoom-views.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-zoom-views.jpg 720w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-zoom-views-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Custom-Covie-Cruiser-zoom-views-532x600.jpg 532w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>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.<\/p>\n<p>I had plenty of pieces left over. I haven&#8217;t done anything with them yet, but I&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>So what do you think? Like it? (Again, I know it&#8217;s not 100% accurate. So I&#8217;ll task you with making a CCS cruiser from the same set.) Believe me, it wasn&#8217;t easy at first. It took a lot of building, tearing down and rebuilding to make it work and be somewhat accurate.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>-Sal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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