On the topic of the Mark V armor that's supposed to be around the Reach timeline/time period, of course it's gonna look better than the uh, "moon suit", as it was so artfully put. For those of you who have seen the Halo 3 art book, you might remember their reimagining of the Mark V armor that they wanted to put in?
For those of you who haven't, go to a bookstore and look at it, it's sweet.
So maybe they're going to use that for the model in Reach, or something like a mix of Halo:CE-era and Halo Wars armor (which also looked badass imo).
Also, if someone can scan in/find that Mark V redux, that'd be cool, so everyone can see it.