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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land Little while back, World of Warcraft developers Blizzard moved into new offices. As part of the move, employees were given little statues. The building itself, however, got a big statue.
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.
Yeah, Weta are a special effects house (Lord of the Rings, etc), but they’re also in the business of selling merch. And when Weta sell merch, they don’t do lunchboxes and cheap action figures. They do expensive stuff. This is their upcoming Halo 3 collection, featuring five statues that vary in not only size, but tackiness as well, as they range from the classy to the, well. Tacky. No word on price yet, but here’s a hint: they won’t be cheap.
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]
Yeah, the Halo movie’s on a long, unpaid vacation, but that doesn’t mean Peter Jackson’s WETA special effects studio have been sitting on their collective asses. They’ve already made a bunch of weapons and props for the film, and with the project doing naught but gathering dust, they figured they may as well send some over to Bungie, let them have a go. Here, you can see the results. Sure, Master Chief is handy with a pistol, but could he ever rock a sweater like that? No. No he could not.
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.
Warthog Suspended! [Weta Holics - Thanks Zeouterlimits!]
