Hey everyone! My name's Ben. I'm 19 and I'm from Australia.
I know this isn't the usual sort of project that's posted here (armor/weapons), but I think it counts as a prop and it's definitely Halo related - so I thought I'd go ahead and make a post.
I'm currently in the process of building a Warthog. I'm basing it on the M12 FAV from Halo 1 & 2, and I'm trying to stay as close to the original design with the resources I have available to me.
The car I used to build this with is a 1960 Series 2 Land Rover. Like the M12, it has four-wheel steering. This was achieved by removing the back axle, replacing it with the front diff of another vehicle, and connecting it to the steering column via some bodged-up linkage. It cannot, however, crab-crawl. The 4 cylinder engine is still operational and it drives fairly well (apart from the brakes, which I'm currently working on). I started this several years ago, but have only recently started doing some serious work.
I built all of the frame and bodywork with the varied assortment of sheet metal and square/rectangle steel that I have lying around. For me, progress is rather slow when making the metal parts (as it requires a lot of cutting, drilling, filing, grinding and welding) so it's still going to take me a fair while to finish. Currently it looks obvious that it's made from scrap metal, but I'm definitely going to buff it and give it a nice paint job.
I know that the proportions vary from the original Warthog, but I've had to make a lot of compromises to fit the body around a smaller vehicle (the M12 is considerably larger than a standard vehicle). At this stage it's also missing several defining features, such as the winch & "tusks", the window, monstrous wheels (which are low priority for me, due to price of wheels), the lighting/electronics and some other bits and pieces.
I'd love to hear some feedback about my project, so feel free to chuck some constructive criticism my way
I know this isn't the usual sort of project that's posted here (armor/weapons), but I think it counts as a prop and it's definitely Halo related - so I thought I'd go ahead and make a post.
I'm currently in the process of building a Warthog. I'm basing it on the M12 FAV from Halo 1 & 2, and I'm trying to stay as close to the original design with the resources I have available to me.
The car I used to build this with is a 1960 Series 2 Land Rover. Like the M12, it has four-wheel steering. This was achieved by removing the back axle, replacing it with the front diff of another vehicle, and connecting it to the steering column via some bodged-up linkage. It cannot, however, crab-crawl. The 4 cylinder engine is still operational and it drives fairly well (apart from the brakes, which I'm currently working on). I started this several years ago, but have only recently started doing some serious work.
I built all of the frame and bodywork with the varied assortment of sheet metal and square/rectangle steel that I have lying around. For me, progress is rather slow when making the metal parts (as it requires a lot of cutting, drilling, filing, grinding and welding) so it's still going to take me a fair while to finish. Currently it looks obvious that it's made from scrap metal, but I'm definitely going to buff it and give it a nice paint job.
I know that the proportions vary from the original Warthog, but I've had to make a lot of compromises to fit the body around a smaller vehicle (the M12 is considerably larger than a standard vehicle). At this stage it's also missing several defining features, such as the winch & "tusks", the window, monstrous wheels (which are low priority for me, due to price of wheels), the lighting/electronics and some other bits and pieces.
I'd love to hear some feedback about my project, so feel free to chuck some constructive criticism my way
