More WETA warthog goodness

[AoBfrost]

Belakor posted some pictures earlier in his thread, but there are new close up photos out of the inside and outside from every angle.

NZGAMER.COM

 

[link4044]

damn i want to build one of those so bad

 

[BlacRoseImmortal]

The beauty of it all brought a tear to my eye

 

[Rob]

damn i want to build one of those so bad

Yep...

 

[Spartan 051]

i wounder how there used the jeep chassis?

 

[SPARTAN II]

Awe-som-a!

Damn, I love the look of that beast. Too kewl. If only I could have one of those sitting in my driveway...

 

[NZTK]

You see? this is why in a hundred years, you'll all be speaking New Zealandish! We will trample the worlds feeble defenses with modded jeeps and left over prop weapons from various fantasy films!

 

[AoBfrost]

A USA humvee could defeat a warthog, why? Because their made of FIBERGLASS!

 

[leegrisham]

That thing is beautiful, I wish we had some shots of the interior though.

 

[mooseguy04]

i wish the wheels were a bit bigger, cuz they seem to offset the realism and size to me

 

[Spartan137]

Well, maybe everyone could go to Adam's house this summer and build one!

It would be a great thing for the 405th to just own ONE! We could take it to a couple of the big conventions!

Does anyone have any experience building car frames and bodies?

 

[Belakor]

That thing is beautiful, I wish we had some shots of the interior though.

Your wish is granted
http://s62.photobucket.com/albums/h81/bela.../Warthog%20Ref/


Also, just looking at the title... Weta isn't an acronym, it's the name of a big cricket-like insect

 

[W1D0MAK3R]

I dont mean to rain on anyones parade, but if you look at the similarities between the 'halo version' and the version they built, there are some parts that they seemed to deviate from. Dont get me wrong, i love the hog that they built, but I'm not lovin the lights or the wider wheel base much...

 

[BlacRoseImmortal]

I dont mean to rain on anyones parade, but if you look at the similarities between the 'halo version' and the version they built, there are some parts that they seemed to deviate from. Dont get me wrong, i love the hog that they built, but I'm not lovin the lights or the wider wheel base much...

Its better than any other Warthog ive seen in real life......

 

[W1D0MAK3R]

thats because its the only warthog yet known to be made full size in real life, but its just my opinion on their styling, no need to take offense..

 

[BlacRoseImmortal]

thats because its the only warthog yet known to be made full size in real life, but its just my opinion on their styling, no need to take offense..

Lol!! i know, i was just being a smartass

 

[Sean Bradley]

Your wish is granted
http://s62.photobucket.com/albums/h81/bela.../Warthog%20Ref/

Thanks for the pics of the Hog, and for that paint code label! Whattdya know, CARC 'Lusterless Green' is an actual military color code for military chemical resistant coatings!

http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRec...ifier=ADA179719

When I first saw that I thought it was just a little fictional element that they added.

I don't know if it's approved for non-military use, but here a place that sell the substitute paint, 34094 Lusterless CARC Green Substitute:

<a href="http://www.armyjeepparts.com/order_page/paint_bottom_1.htm" target="_blank">
http://www.armyjeepparts.com/order_page/paint_bottom_1.htm</a>

Should be useful for anyone building a Warthog in the near future!

 

[Dani Girl]

See it in Action:

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1...annel=428902850

haha, they nearly crashed into their own building.

 

[BlacRoseImmortal]

OMG, Ive never seen that video and i'm sitting here drooling in awe...... I really need to make a wathog.....

i think for next semester im gonna take welding and mechanics classes lol.

 

[Sean Bradley]

Yep, thats the Bungie guys driving it.. specifically Curtis Creamer. It you've listened to the Podcast when they interview Joe Staten about it he claimes that the Hog has several different driving modes because the wheels can all turn independantly, as in it can rotate in place like a tank. It also has 'crab-mode' which allows it to move sideways.

Joe says in Curtis's defense that the vehicle was in crab mode when they gave them the keys, and thus when he started steering it, it turned at the center of the vehicle, not the front wheels like he was expecting.

I should just shutup and link the podcast for anyone who wants to know more.. excellent descriptions of the vehicle:

Bungie Podcast: 09/20/07
http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/8...cast_092007.mp3