As you know by now, Microsoft brought the Halo Warthog to Sydney as part of their promotional activities for Halo 3: ODST. We were curious to find out how much it might cost to keep it here. More »
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New Zealand’s WETA made a real Warthog for Neil Blomkamp’s Halo movie pitch. The movie never went anywhere. But the Warthog? It’s still around, still being driven by grown men dressed as Halo marines.
The rate things are going, they may never make a Halo movie. So that short Neil Blomkamp put together last year may be as close as you get. And these shots of the Warthog used in that short may be as close as you get to it. Built by WETA, the guys behind the special effects for Lord of the Rings, it’s crazy the amount of detail that went into a vehicle built not for a movie, or even a trailer, but a cheap concept pitch. Plenty of pics at the link below. Close Up: Weta’s Warthog (Part 1) [NZGamer]
Last month Bungie showed off Weta Workshop’s fully functioning Warthog to Halo fans, making them gaze upon their Jeep Cherokees in utter disgust at the lack of weapon hard points. Now the Weta Holics has posted photos of the Warthog doing its impression of fans’ pants when they first caught eye of it, complete with raised suspension and armoured marine manning the chain gun in back. Exactly what happens to me when I get excited.
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