That's somewhat purdy.

what i would do with my fellow spartans in that warthog...

looks cool. was used in that one halo short from xbox (i think)

Thats why Lucasarts pays top dollars.

So badass.

back to the future, nope.

Saw it in person about two weeks back. You're right about the amount of detail Luke. It was very impressive, and I say this as someone who doesn't even like Halo.

Microsoft may still be milking the Halo IP for all it's worth. But with the main trilogy done with they really needed to release something this year at the latest to capitalise on it.

No Halo movie for you, shame, it would have looked pretty cool.

Hmmm,
Andy Serkis to play Master Chief in Halo movie.
Confirmed.

@Elrando:They are. Halo Wars.

Depressing to hear that there may be no halo movie. After seeing the shorts I want the movie sooooo bad.

At least I will not need an xbox to watch the movie if it ever comes out :)

Astos Green lasers rulz

looks plastic and fake

Cool funky look, but the Warthog is symptomatic of something anachronistic that's in every sci fi movie/game/whathaveyou probably due to a combination of lack of creative effort and budget.

Besides the fact that the warthog has impossible-to-use tiny buttons and dial that your Master-Chief-gloved hand could never actually use, the design just isn't the least bit futuristic. Where are the airless kevlar-titanium nanotires? What's with the primitive drivetrain? My Warthog would have reduction gears in each wheel for added clearance, better torque distribution and articulation. LED headlamps? That's so 2006. etc. This model would hardly look out of place on the battlefield today, where's our future tech???

its gay, because it seems to have manual shifting.

but that apart, it looks nice.

damn, of course i meant automatic shifting, not manual shifting :D

i fail.

I like the detail of having only large buttons since you wouldn't be able to touch smaller ones wearing the armor from the game. Excellent job art department.

@murfi: If it is an alternate form of propulsion from an internal combustion engine it could very well have no transmission. Also, being the future and all even if it was an ICE it would use a continuously variable transmission, a little thing first cooked up by a guy you've probably hear of, Leonardo Da Vinci. They are employed in a number of things, but have not yet been developed enough to be effective in most automotive applications. Possibly even a Direct-Shift gearbox, as employed on the Bugatti Veyron, seeing as it can shift faster than is humanly possible. The capabilities of that twin-shaft, dual-clutch design are quite impressive.

@mariospants: I imagine your entire comment being spoken in the voice of Comic Book Guy, and your comment becomes funny to me, instead of the pathetic nerded-up bitch-fest that it really is.

(unless it was thinly veiled sarcasm)

Looks more like a puma to me...

Amazing, the attention to detail is just what you can expect from an award winning studio like WETA.

Nice... for people who absolutely don't know about Halo, looks just like some military vehicle.

the military will never drive an open top. i love halo, but the warthog is probably its most stylised, least practical icon.

@red: Nitpicking here, but you do know everything prior to the HMMWV was open topped, right? (Willys through the M151)

WTF....is it made of papermache?

Looks like crap

@skrame ☆: Haha, thank you - I reread his comment and it was so much funnier the second time ;-D

@murfi:

yes ...yes, you do.