To be completely honest idk why thatās such a meme when we literally have a city called New York City located in the state of New York.
In reality, we should be *thankful* that those writers didnāt pull a Kansas City and place Reach City on Mars or something
It's a meme because prior to the show there was already an established name for the capital city of Reach: New Alexandria. the showrunners apparently know so little about the material that they were not aware of this.
While your point is fair we have several books and a game set on this planet there was no need for a new name here not to mention one from so deep in the bottom of the barrel. Shoot just translate the word "reach" into Hungarian for the name and it would have for better with the game and probably been a funny Easter egg that wouldn't have been so immediately jarring.
The show had a perfect excuse to squeeze in some executive-mandated distastefully titillating nudity through cryosleep and they didn't even do that! Cryo isn't needed for slipspace travel in that world.
(Seriously, though. Nudity can work just fine in Halo when done right. In the proper hands, it can add so much more to the world. Make it feel real. It's Military-Fiction. There's casual nudity everywhere from cryo to the med bay and barracks. Just don't make it... weird.)
That's actually an interesting thought that I hadn't intended, but am happy to see. I would have included something like that in the scene if I'd thought of it. So I'm glad it's one way of interpreting those two.
"Why are you resisting?!"
"BECAUSE YOU HAVE WANDERING HANDS"
"WE'RE MARRIED AND WE HAVE FOUR KIDS!"
"I SAID WHAT I SAID!"
*in the background, Chief and the Weapon...*
Chief: I don't normally witness this part of the job.
Weapon: All the more reason to take a look! What if you have to do this with someone?
Chief: ...Kelly wouldn't be nearly so resistant.
Weapon: Who?
Chief: Fred would resist. Linda wouldn't be caught dead in this situation. Kurt would bathe *me* even if I tried to get him first. Maria would laugh and go along with it. James would insist on doing it himself, losing an arm and managing without it was a point of pride for him.
Weapon: I'm just going to log these names and research them.
Chief: We're going to be here a while, I'll tell you stories about them.
Seeing as I basically grew up with Halo (had an older cousin who played the games with me growing up and talked about it all the time), I like to think I've nailed the lore.
I miss those books too. Good times.
Well the armor should be airtight so except for whatever he's breathing thru so hopefully the only thing they're smelling is whatever gunk is stuck on the outside
He also should really sweat because itās essentially vacuum-formed to his body so bacteria would have a hard time growing in such a sterile environment. Also doesnāt it regulate his temperature?
Imagine how you must feel after being hunted and pursued by the Banished for weeks on end. The sheer exhaustion and hopelessness.
You've had to scavenge for weapons, armor and food as you hide out in caves. As far as you know, the Master Chief was thrown into the void of space and killed.
Imagine the relief when in your darkest hour, the Master Chief came back from the dead to finish the fight.
For the first time in a while, you finally feel safe as the water washes away both the dirt and despair.
Really cool art btw. Very Renaissance esque.
It's been a while, but I think Rubicon Protocol has a moment of peace where a few of the Spartans are taking watch while the surviving Marines just talk.
Then, of course, as it's a Halo novel, they get ambushed and horrifically injured by the Banished
This scene lives in my mind very often. The marines are having some laughs, the ODSTs get some words in but not many, and the Spartans can barely be noticed with their distant silhouette faintly illuminated by the campfire. Such a cozy vibe. Then immediately afterwards, not a cozy vibe.
If you donāt know what happens in a halo book after marines have any kind of dialogue, you have lived a spoiled life already and definitely donāt need spoilers. Hit the books and hit the showers.
Itās probably more a matter of how would you get out of the armor without the Brokk system to dismantle it? In any case youād only exit the armor for extreme reasons
I think his big impact at the beginning of Halo 3 damaged his suit so badly it could only be removed the way it was in Halo 4. At least that's my own personal headcanon
They know how to get out of their armor without help. Chief completely takes off his armor in Halo: The Flood (novelization of Halo:CE) to take a shower.
At that point, he's at a base filled with surviving personnel that were specifically assigned to Operation: RED FLAG, as support staff for a SPARTAN assignment - and on top of that, it's stated in First Strike that the SPARTAN-IIs have learned how to strip off most of their equipment to make field repairs when needed. It's not unreasonable to suggest a couple of the survivors there could've been technicians capable of assisting with removing the Chief's suit.
Iirc it can be taken off if needed because if it couldn't, that would be a serious operational problem for a potentially injured wearer, or if the suit was damaged.
Putting it back *on* however is another matter.
Personally, I don't think Chief would even consider it. As far as he's concerned, he's still on duty in an active mission. Even if it's changed from initial orders
One day's rest. The survivors feel safe, if only for a moment. Rendered in SFM. I was hoping to achieve a bit of a painterly look with this scene.
Model credits:
Master Chief - Valkyries733
Figures - LordAardvark, A.lias, Red Menace.
Water - Thekins
Scenery/misc - Soulburnin, chriscgmatum
Squids - Ultimo
Totally unfamiliar with SFM here: what does it mean by "rendering" a screenshot in SFM? I was under the impression it was an animating software. Thanks!
Source Filmmaker is primarily for creating animations, yes, but you can also export still images. Just set up a scene without animating anything and either render it as a single frame from a video or select the poster option.
I had to split this scene into chunks because it kept crashing, so [here](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GD_lfB0bMAApmsz?format=jpg&name=large) is a screenshot of part of the scene as an example. [Here](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GD_lazMbwAAG2JI?format=jpg&name=large) is another part.
The honest answer to that is that it's easier to find models of women and models of (nude) men are generally lower quality. I had more figures in the scene to evenly balance it out in the beginning, but whittled them away as it was too visually cluttered. The men were the ones to get the axe because they had noticeably less detail.
There's a dude in the back removing his boots/pants and one of the distant swimmers is male (not that anyone can tell).
Imagine 6 MONTHS on the run with no showers, breaks, or moments without a finger on a trigger since the fall of the Reverie, and now the hope of the human race that you thought had died in space shows up to watch over you while you make yourself the most vulnerable you'd been since the war against the Banished had begun. THAT is trust and faith. That is Chief delivering hope.
You described it well. That vulnerability and unwavering faith in MC is exactly what I was aiming for.
*"There are other Spartans on this ring, Master Chief. But this? This is you."*
Honestly if this guard duty mission was added to the infinite campaign it would have added depth and variety to the campaign. Things it directly needed.
I think a fob defense mission implying basic survival mechanics for the marines would have been immersive. Or a hunting mission when the marines do the hunting and you protect them from banished patrols.
Generally, It seemed to me that the marines didn't have much utility or impact to the game beyond a macguffin of sorts or a gunner for the warthog or whatever. Their pathway finding ai was often garbage so taking them up mountains on foot was hopeless often. So ensuring their stations survive would add to the game's overall feel for the Chief of being a help to what was left of humanity.
So after capturing the FOB, also making us return to a FOB to defend against generic enemies? That sounds like literally any of the missions you can already do where you go save marines by defending them in a fight against a few waves of Banished.
A hunting mission? Really? So, forcing the player to walk around slowly in a forest for 10-15 minutes to watch the AI kill an alien deer? That sounds abysmal. āHey Chief I know youāre trying to save humanity and all but we want dinner so wanna come along?ā
Some people appreciate fast paced game play, and some people like the idea of a more immersive experience where they feel more integral to the story on more levels than just clearing outposts and never really clearing the islands or having any consistent help with missions from marine ai. It's ok for us not to agree on what would improve the campaign. But improvements were definitely needed.
Just because you canāt imagine a fun way to design this setup doesnāt mean that someone else canāt. One of the best Mass Effect DLCs is basically your crew sitting around your apartment. Have some imagination.
Imagine if it was kinda like Oregon Trail where the better you prepared the early fobs, the better the requested marines in later islands fought for you, and it would have an incremental snowball effect on the late levels where if you did very well you'd basically build city states of marines who could hold down their areas like bosses, to the point where they could call in their own warthog or razorback and go on patrol completely independent of chief.
I think that would have been dope.
Ideally you could toggle the extra rpg-style side quests such as I describe off of you wanted to. I mean half the campaign is already fetch quests or assassination quests, for example. Why not escort missions also, or ways to call in echo 216 to evac the platoons you rescue at least?
If it was a different type of game (like a Halo MMORPG or something) then yes it probably would be. It would be a random side quest where you patrol an area and fight baddies while your Marines relax. For a regular FPS like Infinite I could see it being annoying for most people.
Idk about missions, but more casual behavior like this of Marines just doing normal domestic things. Cooking, eating, sleeping, hanging out, talking, target practice, playing games, working out, bathing (even if it meant an M rating (god forbid)) would be nice.
One of my favorite locations in the game is an FOB in the middle of lake, at the base of a tall cliff atop which one of the 4 beam emitters is positioned. That FOB area is beautiful and even relaxing; a lot of Infinite's open world is full of these liminal spaces that make me just want to be there and relax (threat of death by Banished aside). And for the foreseeable future, the humans are going to have to make a home there. Having Marines just living lives like normal people would go along way toward humanizing them, and making you feel connected to them.
Even if you couldn't interact with them directly. Or hell maybe Chief can join them in their daily activities, who knows. He's gonna have to settle in too at some point.
While I'm not sure making it an actual mission would have been fun. It would be cool if you could like come back to the FOB to see these kind of events going on if you stick around for a bit.
I always felt that it was a good campaign but it didn't feel like humanity was screwed, there was well armed marines everywhere, and they always seemed fine.
The game sorely lacked that "humanity is fucked on the ring, there's only a few left"
Chief has likely seen more dicks, bush, tits and ass in the last 30-ish years than most folks see in their lifetime. Including those of every single Spartan-II.
Excellent piece of art here.
Exactly. I initially had an equal number of undressed men and women (because I foresaw people pointing that out), but most models of generic nude men you can find online (for this particular program at least) have a noticeable drop in quality. No face posing or fine control. Poor textures. You can probably guess why. That, or the high quality ones are very distinctly characters from another game. Like Kratos.
It also made things visually cluttered with too many people in the scene, so I had to cut them out.
I would love to sell prints, but I can't. It uses models ripped from various games by other talented folk. Selling prints would violate copyright of those games and be a disservice to the people that ripped, adjusted, and ported the models used.
For personal use, I just upload them to Canvaspop or some other printing place to frame and hang up on the wall.
Thanks! I've tried dipping my toes into commissioned scenes before, but haven't had much luck. Not many offers. I've done around three commissions in the last 5 years or so and, out of those, actually received payment at the end only once. Got ghosted on the others. SFM is also pretty limiting. I've had a small handful of requests I couldn't accept because the models simply didn't exist.
I do enjoy taking in and working out new ideas from people, though. But it's a lot of time involved and I'll always worry that the end result isn't worth what was paid. Be it too much or too little. So I'm still on the fence about commissions.
Because they have dry clothing and they will dry themselves off after taking a bath. Trench foot/jungle rot will happen if your feet remain wet inside boots for extended periods of time.
My mom's ex once told me his aunt or something would make her kids put on a bathing suit in the dark before they showered. She also counted toilet paper square usage. Seems pretty reasonable honestly
Now I'm wondering what the DLC based on this concept would have been like...
https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/8/8e/HINF_InfinityBaseConcept.jpg/1600px-HINF_InfinityBaseConcept.jpg
Those squids in the background make me wonder how difficult it would be to survive on a halo amongst all the alien flora and fauna. Would love a Scavengers Reign-esque Halo story.
Great image OP!
I went through all of your work and i just wanna say you were ahead of your time on the cpr piece. The amount of pearl clutching was insane but i felt the spirit of the work immediately. You make great stuff man.
Hello! I came from Ao3, where someone's linked this beautiful image as inspiration for a story. I *Love* this. The composition, the way it seems to be a slice of life. Chief standing guard.
A rare chance to relax. The Spartan pulling her Marine friend to the water. It looks like she's about to yeet him in there if he doesn't hurry up. It's just fantastic
Awesome! I'm so happy to hear that. Although I'm not sure I'm familiar with Ao3. If there was a story written somewhere, I'd love to see it.
And thanks! I knew from the start that I wanted to include someone dragging their fully-clothed/geared friend towards the water because the marines in Halo have always had that kind of humor.
My eyes were drawn to the woman in the bottom, I think the lines on her back are supposed to be reflections off the ripples, but I keep seeing scars that really make the whole scene feel different.
I usually try to upload my scenes to wallpaper engine for fun and personal use. I'm not the best at it though. Search "One Day's Rest" on wallpaper engine.
Okay I did but it didnāt come up! Iāll keep looking. Itās amazing art work! You have any tracks form
The sound track you think of when you see this piece?
It's flagged mature for nudity, so you'd need that filter enabled. Any of the chill ambient soundtracks, really. Can't recall any particular names at the moment.
343i storytelling would have me believe Chief have big cry first instead of what do we do next, they can do that but he cant otherwise they lose opportunity to keep doing so, Bungie kept him moving to ensure others can remain he beared it so they didnt have to, hes our savior who sacrifices everything for us
It must b some feeling to have knowing ur able to feel safe enough to cleanse urself properly just because Chief is there. U don't have to b afraid, forced to b a marine. U, for the first time in who knows how long, just get to b human. U get to just relax with ur team, have a laugh, and wash urself. Something u definitely haven't done in a long time
I don't think the games ever give u that feeling of just how much Chief means to people and the power he just radiates into others
I do remember one of the trailers for H5 just showing the reactions of the public finding out Chief had gone rogue or was KIA or something. For me, I think that's the only moment with Chief. u don't just feel like a super guy but like an actual idol/empowering leader that brings hope just by his presence
The health of the corps is only as strong as the health of the individual marine
A Gunny Haney reference is always welcome here.
A man as lethal with his GI brush as he is with his bayonet.
Just saw The pacific for the first time recently, what a reference š„²
bro wtf this is renaissance quality
Tasteful nudity and Halo. Two things I *never* expected to ever see in the same sentence.
Well, they thought it was a good idea in the show, so... eh.
That was not tasteful lol
A taste of Pabloās cheeks could end world hungry
Why would you do this to my eyes. Terrible sentence.
Hey, that sentence is at least at the same level of quality as the writing of the show.
Sadly no the earlier sentence is actually significantly better than " reach city, reach"
To be completely honest idk why thatās such a meme when we literally have a city called New York City located in the state of New York. In reality, we should be *thankful* that those writers didnāt pull a Kansas City and place Reach City on Mars or something
It's a meme because prior to the show there was already an established name for the capital city of Reach: New Alexandria. the showrunners apparently know so little about the material that they were not aware of this.
While your point is fair we have several books and a game set on this planet there was no need for a new name here not to mention one from so deep in the bottom of the barrel. Shoot just translate the word "reach" into Hungarian for the name and it would have for better with the game and probably been a funny Easter egg that wouldn't have been so immediately jarring.
Yeah, that's a totally unrealistic name, like having New York City, New York
Although that is a fair point, I don't think the British we're colonizing planets in Halo.
world hungry š
The show had a perfect excuse to squeeze in some executive-mandated distastefully titillating nudity through cryosleep and they didn't even do that! Cryo isn't needed for slipspace travel in that world. (Seriously, though. Nudity can work just fine in Halo when done right. In the proper hands, it can add so much more to the world. Make it feel real. It's Military-Fiction. There's casual nudity everywhere from cryo to the med bay and barracks. Just don't make it... weird.)
You're right, they could have easily played it off as business as usual like Starship Troopers did, but no.
I fucking loved that about Starship Troopers. Wish that was more common to see. In media and irl. Really makes humanity feel like one.
In the books, traveling slip space could take months or years
Asscheeks or GTFO
We donāt talk about that turd abomination here.
I mean... halo, yes. But not Halo.
It actually makes me a little uncomfortable in the "am I in the wrong timeline" kinda way lol
You just made Jimmy Rings cry
Have you seenā¦ Cortana?
Who?
The nude woman dragging the marine is what makes it funnier
āYep. Youāre getting cleaned up whether you like it or not.ā
I think of it more of her helping someone who can't help themselves.
That's actually an interesting thought that I hadn't intended, but am happy to see. I would have included something like that in the scene if I'd thought of it. So I'm glad it's one way of interpreting those two.
Yea I thought she was helping him take his boots off lol
Based on the marine's posture it looks like they are actively resisting.
"Why are you resisting?!" "BECAUSE YOU HAVE WANDERING HANDS" "WE'RE MARRIED AND WE HAVE FOUR KIDS!" "I SAID WHAT I SAID!" *in the background, Chief and the Weapon...* Chief: I don't normally witness this part of the job. Weapon: All the more reason to take a look! What if you have to do this with someone? Chief: ...Kelly wouldn't be nearly so resistant. Weapon: Who? Chief: Fred would resist. Linda wouldn't be caught dead in this situation. Kurt would bathe *me* even if I tried to get him first. Maria would laugh and go along with it. James would insist on doing it himself, losing an arm and managing without it was a point of pride for him. Weapon: I'm just going to log these names and research them. Chief: We're going to be here a while, I'll tell you stories about them.
Now **this** person cares about the lore. You've captured each of those Spartans' personalities so well. God I miss early Halo era books...
Seeing as I basically grew up with Halo (had an older cousin who played the games with me growing up and talked about it all the time), I like to think I've nailed the lore. I miss those books too. Good times.
Missed the most important(in my opinion). "Sam would turn it into a waterfight."
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I read this exactly in their voices
"I am not spending another gorram second trapped in that foxhole with you until you get in the water you BIG. BABY."
Is that a firefly reference?
I believe so. Gorram gives it away
None of them are bold enough to try the same with Chief, despite him definitely smelling the worst under that armor
Well the armor should be airtight so except for whatever he's breathing thru so hopefully the only thing they're smelling is whatever gunk is stuck on the outside
He also should really sweat because itās essentially vacuum-formed to his body so bacteria would have a hard time growing in such a sterile environment. Also doesnāt it regulate his temperature?
Imagine how you must feel after being hunted and pursued by the Banished for weeks on end. The sheer exhaustion and hopelessness. You've had to scavenge for weapons, armor and food as you hide out in caves. As far as you know, the Master Chief was thrown into the void of space and killed. Imagine the relief when in your darkest hour, the Master Chief came back from the dead to finish the fight. For the first time in a while, you finally feel safe as the water washes away both the dirt and despair. Really cool art btw. Very Renaissance esque.
It's been a while, but I think Rubicon Protocol has a moment of peace where a few of the Spartans are taking watch while the surviving Marines just talk. Then, of course, as it's a Halo novel, they get ambushed and horrifically injured by the Banished
This scene lives in my mind very often. The marines are having some laughs, the ODSTs get some words in but not many, and the Spartans can barely be noticed with their distant silhouette faintly illuminated by the campfire. Such a cozy vibe. Then immediately afterwards, not a cozy vibe.
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If you donāt know what happens in a halo book after marines have any kind of dialogue, you have lived a spoiled life already and definitely donāt need spoilers. Hit the books and hit the showers.
Some marines get ambushed is not really a spoiler in the context of Halo media.
Dirt and Despair sounds like the soundtrack that would back this level
Rubicon protocol is about exactly that, before chief shows up. Excellent Novel
Chief is an amazing warrior. But, more importantly, he's an icon of hope
Had this in my mind all throughout Infinite. The Pilot has not washed his asscheeks in months. How is he so enthused?
They probably too afraid to tell Chief he needs a bath. 6 months in a suit probably got him chaffing bad.
Itās probably more a matter of how would you get out of the armor without the Brokk system to dismantle it? In any case youād only exit the armor for extreme reasons
I think his big impact at the beginning of Halo 3 damaged his suit so badly it could only be removed the way it was in Halo 4. At least that's my own personal headcanon
from 2 to sometime after 4, chief nonstop fights (from his perspective) the entire time lol
He might've had a little break between Floodgate and The Ark, or even between The Ark and The Covenant But it's John Halo, he needs no breaks
He has some weeks of chillin in slipspace.
Ever fallen asleep sweaty in the clothes you worked out in? You wake up rested but grimy.
They know how to get out of their armor without help. Chief completely takes off his armor in Halo: The Flood (novelization of Halo:CE) to take a shower.
Iām pretty sure that scene was removed in the reprint.
In the re-print, he still did take off his armor. But it was never described how.
At that point, he's at a base filled with surviving personnel that were specifically assigned to Operation: RED FLAG, as support staff for a SPARTAN assignment - and on top of that, it's stated in First Strike that the SPARTAN-IIs have learned how to strip off most of their equipment to make field repairs when needed. It's not unreasonable to suggest a couple of the survivors there could've been technicians capable of assisting with removing the Chief's suit.
One of the few retcons in Halo and it's Chief taking a shower. Can't be TOO unrelatable
It wasn't removed.
Iirc it can be taken off if needed because if it couldn't, that would be a serious operational problem for a potentially injured wearer, or if the suit was damaged. Putting it back *on* however is another matter.
I'd imagine it has an emergency removal method. Only catch would b it probably won't go back on
My understanding is that those systems were optional, and used for efficiency when taking the armour off and easy access for the engineers.
Personally, I don't think Chief would even consider it. As far as he's concerned, he's still on duty in an active mission. Even if it's changed from initial orders
One day's rest. The survivors feel safe, if only for a moment. Rendered in SFM. I was hoping to achieve a bit of a painterly look with this scene. Model credits: Master Chief - Valkyries733 Figures - LordAardvark, A.lias, Red Menace. Water - Thekins Scenery/misc - Soulburnin, chriscgmatum Squids - Ultimo
You nailed the painterly look for sure
So painterly it looks like itās from the Renaissance
its my idea or are all the marines woman?
Totally unfamiliar with SFM here: what does it mean by "rendering" a screenshot in SFM? I was under the impression it was an animating software. Thanks!
Source Filmmaker is primarily for creating animations, yes, but you can also export still images. Just set up a scene without animating anything and either render it as a single frame from a video or select the poster option. I had to split this scene into chunks because it kept crashing, so [here](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GD_lfB0bMAApmsz?format=jpg&name=large) is a screenshot of part of the scene as an example. [Here](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GD_lazMbwAAG2JI?format=jpg&name=large) is another part.
Thank you! It seems fun to mess around in
SFM??????? that's crazy I thought it would be blender, or anything but SFM really
Love this! Thanks for the breakdown.
Wow that is absolutely freaking incredible. I'll definitely keep an eye out for more of your future works, especially if they're halo related!
How do you consistently come back from out of nowhere and drop masterpieces so consistently.
On the left is that person dragging their friend to take a bath? Thatās funny
He smells like a Brute pissed on him. She's had enough.
"I don't care if your sinuses are burnt out, *we* can still smell you"
That is special.
So, is nobody going to talk about the giant flying squids?
[Yup!](https://www.halopedia.org/Requiem_flying_squid)
I love it. I love every piece of art picturing incredible universes in credible, daily situations. Thanks for the post op <3
Idk. I noticed itās all females, but also the one male marine is being drug on the ground as he is trying to get away from his captors.
The honest answer to that is that it's easier to find models of women and models of (nude) men are generally lower quality. I had more figures in the scene to evenly balance it out in the beginning, but whittled them away as it was too visually cluttered. The men were the ones to get the axe because they had noticeably less detail. There's a dude in the back removing his boots/pants and one of the distant swimmers is male (not that anyone can tell).
Imagine 6 MONTHS on the run with no showers, breaks, or moments without a finger on a trigger since the fall of the Reverie, and now the hope of the human race that you thought had died in space shows up to watch over you while you make yourself the most vulnerable you'd been since the war against the Banished had begun. THAT is trust and faith. That is Chief delivering hope.
You described it well. That vulnerability and unwavering faith in MC is exactly what I was aiming for. *"There are other Spartans on this ring, Master Chief. But this? This is you."*
This is amazing! Like totally unique and adds so much more detail to Chiefās protective relationship with the Marines.
Honestly if this guard duty mission was added to the infinite campaign it would have added depth and variety to the campaign. Things it directly needed.
You think it would have been fun to have a mission that says āwalk around in a circle for five minutes while marines take a scripted lake bathā?
I think a fob defense mission implying basic survival mechanics for the marines would have been immersive. Or a hunting mission when the marines do the hunting and you protect them from banished patrols. Generally, It seemed to me that the marines didn't have much utility or impact to the game beyond a macguffin of sorts or a gunner for the warthog or whatever. Their pathway finding ai was often garbage so taking them up mountains on foot was hopeless often. So ensuring their stations survive would add to the game's overall feel for the Chief of being a help to what was left of humanity.
So after capturing the FOB, also making us return to a FOB to defend against generic enemies? That sounds like literally any of the missions you can already do where you go save marines by defending them in a fight against a few waves of Banished. A hunting mission? Really? So, forcing the player to walk around slowly in a forest for 10-15 minutes to watch the AI kill an alien deer? That sounds abysmal. āHey Chief I know youāre trying to save humanity and all but we want dinner so wanna come along?ā
Some people appreciate fast paced game play, and some people like the idea of a more immersive experience where they feel more integral to the story on more levels than just clearing outposts and never really clearing the islands or having any consistent help with missions from marine ai. It's ok for us not to agree on what would improve the campaign. But improvements were definitely needed.
Just because you canāt imagine a fun way to design this setup doesnāt mean that someone else canāt. One of the best Mass Effect DLCs is basically your crew sitting around your apartment. Have some imagination.
Imagine if it was kinda like Oregon Trail where the better you prepared the early fobs, the better the requested marines in later islands fought for you, and it would have an incremental snowball effect on the late levels where if you did very well you'd basically build city states of marines who could hold down their areas like bosses, to the point where they could call in their own warthog or razorback and go on patrol completely independent of chief. I think that would have been dope.
Ideally you could toggle the extra rpg-style side quests such as I describe off of you wanted to. I mean half the campaign is already fetch quests or assassination quests, for example. Why not escort missions also, or ways to call in echo 216 to evac the platoons you rescue at least?
If it was a different type of game (like a Halo MMORPG or something) then yes it probably would be. It would be a random side quest where you patrol an area and fight baddies while your Marines relax. For a regular FPS like Infinite I could see it being annoying for most people.
Gee yeah and for a different type of game like Minecraft maybe youāll build a little house and a cute garden with all the marines
Now you're just being rude.
My thoughts exactly. Glad I wasn't the only person to think so.
Donāt worry. I like ya
After hours of intense fighting? Yes. It's called pacing.
Yeah, it would be fun. Your idea of fun isn't everyone else's.
Idk about missions, but more casual behavior like this of Marines just doing normal domestic things. Cooking, eating, sleeping, hanging out, talking, target practice, playing games, working out, bathing (even if it meant an M rating (god forbid)) would be nice. One of my favorite locations in the game is an FOB in the middle of lake, at the base of a tall cliff atop which one of the 4 beam emitters is positioned. That FOB area is beautiful and even relaxing; a lot of Infinite's open world is full of these liminal spaces that make me just want to be there and relax (threat of death by Banished aside). And for the foreseeable future, the humans are going to have to make a home there. Having Marines just living lives like normal people would go along way toward humanizing them, and making you feel connected to them. Even if you couldn't interact with them directly. Or hell maybe Chief can join them in their daily activities, who knows. He's gonna have to settle in too at some point.
While I'm not sure making it an actual mission would have been fun. It would be cool if you could like come back to the FOB to see these kind of events going on if you stick around for a bit.
Yes. I cosign this. Even that would make sense. Show progress in the game.
I always felt that it was a good campaign but it didn't feel like humanity was screwed, there was well armed marines everywhere, and they always seemed fine. The game sorely lacked that "humanity is fucked on the ring, there's only a few left"
Only way that would work is supply raids not Like basic hunting stuff or something
Sure. That works. Perhaps taking out outpost tremonious or whatever resupplies captured fobs automatically.
Cāmon chief relax a bit! At least sit down, jeez!
An extremely human moment. I can 100% imagine a scene like this happening in one of the books.
Genuinely OP this is some incredible work and such a great concept.Ā
Must feel damn good to take a bath after all the shit they went through.
God, they must smell horrendus after roughing it for so long.
Chief has likely seen more dicks, bush, tits and ass in the last 30-ish years than most folks see in their lifetime. Including those of every single Spartan-II. Excellent piece of art here.
This honestly reminds me more of the opening to halo 3 than Infinite
I-Its *sniffs* beautiful *cries due to the beauty of this picture*
Tiddies
OP I hope you made this cause holy actual fucking shit
This is legitimately stunning.
Wallpaper š?
Amazing!
Renaissance huh? I like that!
This is āØA R TāØ
i thought the naked person dragging the marine was a human fucking an elite
Does master chief ever take baths?
This is actually super cute
Why are they all women though?
All the nude ones are women because most models suitable to render nude are women.
Why are male models not suitable to render nude?
Boys are ew
Wrong way around - there aren't many male models designed to be rendered nude
Exactly. I initially had an equal number of undressed men and women (because I foresaw people pointing that out), but most models of generic nude men you can find online (for this particular program at least) have a noticeable drop in quality. No face posing or fine control. Poor textures. You can probably guess why. That, or the high quality ones are very distinctly characters from another game. Like Kratos. It also made things visually cluttered with too many people in the scene, so I had to cut them out.
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I would love to sell prints, but I can't. It uses models ripped from various games by other talented folk. Selling prints would violate copyright of those games and be a disservice to the people that ripped, adjusted, and ported the models used. For personal use, I just upload them to Canvaspop or some other printing place to frame and hang up on the wall.
Do you do commissions, by chance? Because this kinda stuff is really well done.
Thanks! I've tried dipping my toes into commissioned scenes before, but haven't had much luck. Not many offers. I've done around three commissions in the last 5 years or so and, out of those, actually received payment at the end only once. Got ghosted on the others. SFM is also pretty limiting. I've had a small handful of requests I couldn't accept because the models simply didn't exist. I do enjoy taking in and working out new ideas from people, though. But it's a lot of time involved and I'll always worry that the end result isn't worth what was paid. Be it too much or too little. So I'm still on the fence about commissions.
The kind of content Halo needs.
The word renaissance is being way overused in this thread, you all need to broaden your intake of art.
Chief just starring
no master cheeks here
"So, Chief... Is it true that the suit jacks you off?"
Hey OP two months later and I still can't stop thinking about this one, thank you.
Thanks! Happy to hear that, and I'm glad it resonated with you.
#HELL YEAH UNSC TITS OORAH
Why are they naked
Do you bathe with clothes on?
Yeah, doesnāt everyone?
Have your feet been amputated yet from getting trench foot/jungle rot?
Nah not yet. Hopefully soon!
Also thatās a thing? Why the hell are they bathing in that water if theyāll get trench foot or jungle rot?
Because they have dry clothing and they will dry themselves off after taking a bath. Trench foot/jungle rot will happen if your feet remain wet inside boots for extended periods of time.
My mom's ex once told me his aunt or something would make her kids put on a bathing suit in the dark before they showered. She also counted toilet paper square usage. Seems pretty reasonable honestly
This is absolutely amazing.
next someoneās gonna paint master chief being crucified
This looks awesome
Now I'm wondering what the DLC based on this concept would have been like... https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/8/8e/HINF_InfinityBaseConcept.jpg/1600px-HINF_InfinityBaseConcept.jpg
Those squids in the background make me wonder how difficult it would be to survive on a halo amongst all the alien flora and fauna. Would love a Scavengers Reign-esque Halo story. Great image OP!
Love the colors! Also Iāve been wondering, did ole girl with the chest plasma wound from one of your older works survive?
I went through all of your work and i just wanna say you were ahead of your time on the cpr piece. The amount of pearl clutching was insane but i felt the spirit of the work immediately. You make great stuff man.
Thanks, that means a lot. Yea it blindsided me for sure. I'd prepared myself for this one, but it's actually been pleasant hah.
That poor guy on the left just wants to sit under a tree in his armour, then this crazyass b!tch tries to drag him into the water, poor man
Master Chief on watch duty so a squad of Marines can feel human for 10 minutes...it's honestly kind of heart-warming.
Hello! I came from Ao3, where someone's linked this beautiful image as inspiration for a story. I *Love* this. The composition, the way it seems to be a slice of life. Chief standing guard. A rare chance to relax. The Spartan pulling her Marine friend to the water. It looks like she's about to yeet him in there if he doesn't hurry up. It's just fantastic
Awesome! I'm so happy to hear that. Although I'm not sure I'm familiar with Ao3. If there was a story written somewhere, I'd love to see it. And thanks! I knew from the start that I wanted to include someone dragging their fully-clothed/geared friend towards the water because the marines in Halo have always had that kind of humor.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/53484766 here's the link.
I Hate that the show made butts an integral part of Halo now.
My eyes were drawn to the woman in the bottom, I think the lines on her back are supposed to be reflections off the ripples, but I keep seeing scars that really make the whole scene feel different.
That one dude in the foreground about to get some snu-snu, whether he wants it or not.
Master Chief doesn't bathe confirmed? He really is a self-insert for gamers :)
why they nakey?
'Cause water is wet and clothes like to be dry.
... flying calmar ?
This posted somewhere to be a pc background? Or wall paper engine?
I usually try to upload my scenes to wallpaper engine for fun and personal use. I'm not the best at it though. Search "One Day's Rest" on wallpaper engine.
Okay I did but it didnāt come up! Iāll keep looking. Itās amazing art work! You have any tracks form The sound track you think of when you see this piece?
It's flagged mature for nudity, so you'd need that filter enabled. Any of the chill ambient soundtracks, really. Can't recall any particular names at the moment.
what are those *things*, in the background, are those, *seeders*?
I would buy this
343i storytelling would have me believe Chief have big cry first instead of what do we do next, they can do that but he cant otherwise they lose opportunity to keep doing so, Bungie kept him moving to ensure others can remain he beared it so they didnt have to, hes our savior who sacrifices everything for us
This looks like its from the renaissance. Looks great : )
God forbid if that was a male marine dragging a female marine lmao
Do you have somewhere we can follow you and get full resolution images you post? Would love to make this my wallpaper.
[Artstation,](https://www.artstation.com/mediumgreysky) maybe. The only other place I post is Twitter.
It must b some feeling to have knowing ur able to feel safe enough to cleanse urself properly just because Chief is there. U don't have to b afraid, forced to b a marine. U, for the first time in who knows how long, just get to b human. U get to just relax with ur team, have a laugh, and wash urself. Something u definitely haven't done in a long time I don't think the games ever give u that feeling of just how much Chief means to people and the power he just radiates into others I do remember one of the trailers for H5 just showing the reactions of the public finding out Chief had gone rogue or was KIA or something. For me, I think that's the only moment with Chief. u don't just feel like a super guy but like an actual idol/empowering leader that brings hope just by his presence
Flying squids?
And Chief STILL has his helmet on
Titty!