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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Psyco on 14 February 2011, 02:12:19 PM

Title: My Halo 15mm project.
Post by: Psyco on 14 February 2011, 02:12:19 PM: Hi all!

As a great Halo fan, and as a miniature gamer, i've already done a lot of things about Halo so far: i made a fan comics (which i'm still making, now chapter 4), i've already converted some Wh40k Imperial Guards into Halo Marines, i've got some Mc Farlane's Halo Marines... Good boy lol.

As a 15mm fan, i wanted to do a little UNSC army.

Here's what i saw for marines (awaiting for them to be shipped):
http://tinysolitarysoldiers.blogspot.com/2010/06/ground-zero-games-oudf-infantry.html

And here's what i saw for a Scorpion, with some little modifications, it could look like Halo's one:
http://www.criticalmassgames.com/images/kaamados/KAVH12-600.jpg

And also here for Spartans / ODST's / GDI soldiers (sorry also want to make a CnC3 15mm conversion lol)
http://www.criticalmassgames.com/default.asp?category=arcfleet

If you have any ideas or suggestions, that would be great :)
Title: Re: My Halo 15mm project.
Post by: Commander Vyper on 14 February 2011, 02:26:33 PM: Welcome to the forum.

Best thing to do I would suggest is a little search through LAF's search facility for Halo/reach/covenant related threads, you'll be pleasantly supprised... ;)

Here's my stalled 15mm one anyway:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=21034.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=21034.0) ::)

Old Crow for 15mm vehicles and Ground zero games for loads of stuff including vehicles, troops and scenery etc..

I was meant to update my thread but I'll do it here, dropship mentioned these a while back, looks like they've been released now:

Khurasan miniatures have recently done some hard suited troopers with more than a little nod to Halo:

(http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/ttc2000.jpg)

Also Khurasan and Critical Mass both have a range of aliens that would do for Covanent troopers.

Finish the fight!

The Commander
Title: Re: My Halo 15mm project.
Post by: Psyco on 14 February 2011, 02:43:05 PM: Yeah i saw these before posting ;) i've been pleased to see that i'm not the only one who though about this! :D

Just one word: AWESOME!

Have you ever though about vehicle?

I'd like to do Warthogs, but the only thing i've seen around was the model from Old Crow... And it really needs modelling...

Well, do you have any advices? :)

EDIT:

Here's what i though about the Scorpion first:
-Using the main body of this:
http://www.criticalmassgames.com/images/kaamados/KAVH12-600.jpg
-Then using the turret of this:
http://www.rebelminis.com/earthforceapc.html
(of course with some modelling ;) )

And then, i saw this Dropship, which could be modifyed (with some modelling) to look like a Pelican:
http://www.rebelminis.com/eafosacldr.html

Or if you have better stuff, tell me :)
Title: Re: My Halo 15mm project.
Post by: Bako on 14 February 2011, 07:06:57 PM: Looks like some fine potential you've found for the project. I rather like Khurasan's hard-suits.
Title: Re: My Halo 15mm project.
Post by: Psyco on 15 February 2011, 02:55:36 PM: Hey i've done some "concepts" based off the sprites i'm using for my comics.
There are 3 Different uniforms, all from Halo1/Reach, Halo 2 and Halo 3.

Tell me which one would work the best ;)

Halo1/Reach:
(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/c4dd3092de.png)

Halo2:
(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/5d161e91c7.png)

Halo3:
(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/f7cc4d7da3.png)

NOW AWAITING YOUR COMMENTS o_o
Title: Re: My Halo 15mm project.
Post by: Sangennaru on 15 February 2011, 03:44:10 PM: sounds really interesting, and i like your sprite, you should make a topdown or platform game! XD

and where are you planning to set your army? 1,2,3,reach?
Title: Re: My Halo 15mm project.
Post by: Psyco on 15 February 2011, 07:11:37 PM: Quote
Quote from: Sangennaru on 15 February 2011, 03:44:10 PM
and where are you planning to set your army? 1,2,3,reach?

Well i don't really know, i really love Halo Reach Marines uniforms (wich are a bit better than my sprites x) ) but also a Halo 3 uniform is cool and would look a bit like this (with less green on pants and vests):
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Mt65ndt7swI/TCR1INgBZRI/AAAAAAAAABo/qEWa2_eez-M/s400/OUDF.jpg)

As you can see on this pict, the helmets look more like Halo1/Reach Marines ;)
Title: Re: My Halo 15mm project.
Post by: Bako on 16 February 2011, 11:01:55 PM: My bias is toward the first game's armour, wasn't too big on the direction they went after that. Reach and 1 have different armours by a fair bit.

Ah, the good ol' Halo Spriter's Project. I've still got some of the master sheets of all that stuff, small world, no? It was good practice back in the day, before I actually got into the sprite art and game art side of things.
Title: Re: My Halo 15mm project.
Post by: Psyco on 17 February 2011, 07:56:20 AM: Well I like the first game and reach armor. Even if the game is set in the 2550's, reach's equipement looks more "modernish" as halo 2 or 3...

Yeah i love making comics with sprites ;) but those are a little bit customized ;)
My next project is to make Reach sprites :)

Otherwhise, do you have any ideas where i could find minis which could look like warthogs, Falcons and Pelicans? 'cause the dropship model i've found for the pelican needs a lot of work... Or maybe i should use prepakura in the correct size in order to model them :p
Title: Re: My Halo 15mm project.
Post by: Psyco on 17 February 2011, 08:31:22 PM: Sooo, as i saw on the poll, my paint scheme would be like this:
(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100920110002/halo/images/thumb/d/d9/HaloReach_-_MarineUniform.jpg/303px-HaloReach_-_MarineUniform.jpg)

(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100926133513/halo/images/thumb/5/5f/Trooper_leader.jpg/303px-Trooper_leader.jpg)

(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100914205226/halo/images/thumb/8/87/Armytrooper.jpg/135px-Armytrooper.jpg)

(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100126003857/halo/images/thumb/f/f7/ReachConcept_SoldierVariant.png/209px-ReachConcept_SoldierVariant.png)

Yeah, i think it'll rock!

Oh by the way, does anyone knows good vehicle minis? (halo related ;))
Title: Re: My Halo 15mm project.
Post by: Bako on 18 February 2011, 03:30:34 AM: At 15mm scale I couldn't say, but 28mm on the other hand. Maybe Ground Zero Games has something suitable for vehicles.
Title: Re: My Halo 15mm project.
Post by: Psyco on 19 February 2011, 08:07:49 PM: Right i asked people who work at ground zero games, and here are two models they propozed me:
The first one, which can look like a warthog with some modifications:
(http://www.groundzerogames.co.uk/store1/html/images/V15-39A.jpg)

The second one, which can be a heavy APC for the UNSC:
(http://www.groundzerogames.co.uk/store1/html/images/v15-21a.jpg)
(I think it has the Halo "thing")

And also, as seen in Halo Wars, the famous Cyclope, which has the same name on GZG: (can be a replacement unit):
(http://www.groundzerogames.co.uk/store1/html/images/powersuit_a.jpg)
Title: Re: My Halo 15mm project.
Post by: Commander Vyper on 19 February 2011, 08:41:29 PM: My own Halo 28mm project schemes are reach based for UNSC and spartans, prefer the heavier, ground pounder look of the prequel uniforms to the other games.

Jon at GZG should be able to meet your needs no problems.

Good luck.
Title: Re: My Halo 15mm project.
Post by: Psyco on 20 February 2011, 09:47:20 AM: Yeah for sure! Reach is the best looking halo compared to the others! And when i saw on the internet that halo 1 may be redone with reach graphics, i was astonished!!!

Whatever, Reach uniforms are the best!

Also, does anyone have detailled plans of a warthog and a pelican please? i think i might build one from scratch. ;D
Title: Re: My Halo 15mm project.
Post by: Psyco on 01 March 2011, 06:54:30 PM: Hi all! after a period i finally received my minis, and started to paint them! I'll send picts as soon as possible!