Progress has slowed down due to real life, mainly because of university. My semester will finish on the 20th of this month, so I hope to have more time to work during the Christmas holiday. Just be patient, guys.

P.S. Reply to this post, please, or I won't be able to publish any update

Internet life is so much cooler than stupid real life.

I love you C:

I want to know what SOI has been up to lately. Didn't you say you only had like 2 weapons left?

I couldn't agree more with you, expecially during this period...



<3



Yep, you're right. And I'm glad to tell you that I have finally finished all of them.

For who doesn't know, these weapons were the Sentinel Beam and the Major variant. My intention was to make them more similiar to the deleted Halo 4 Forerunner weapons (http://oi43.tinypic.com/4m1jp.jpg), and I wanted to give to the Major variant a plasma blade. Well, during these days I changed a bit my plans.

First of all, the regular variant is grey with red lights, like in Halo 2, while the Major variant is gold with blue lights (of course I kept some parts grey instead of making everything gold like a dumb >.>). The lights pulse exactly like the CMT Sentinel Beam. About the blade, I realized that in a weapon used just by the Sentinels, a blade would have been useless, so I decided to use something else: the muzzle hardlight hologram of the Bishop Beam (http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130127110316/halo/de/images/e/eb/ConceptArt7.png). Other things are the classic floating pieces of the Halo 4 Forerunner weapons, and some minor changes.

So, here is what I got:











Nothing changed from Halo 2 in terms of functionality, so the Major variant still makes more damage and overheats more rapidly.

*Hoping to say finally "The End" to this weapons set, and start working on something else (I'll explain later which is my next work)*

These are pretty great, I'd never have thought to take such an approach to the Sentinel Beam. The hardlight bayonet could probably be a little bit longer, and you could probably put some notches into the floating ironsights so they don't fully obscure the target, but aside from these minor details, I don't see anything else that would need to be changed.

I look forward to seeing what your next project is.
Edited by Echo77 on Dec 23, 2013 at 02:27 PM

Wow. It could fit into halo 4s weapons very well.

new sentinel biped for this?

Edited by spiral on Dec 23, 2013 at 02:41 PM

Great! Do the floating bits move around a bit in the animations? That would definitely improve the feel of the weapon. These are a great end to your weapons set and I look forward to seeing how they will be applied to a level. Makes me wonder what you're going to do next. Bipeds? BSP?

Edit: ever thought about modeling new fp arms? A lot of your weapons have been shown with old halo 2 elite or MC arms which could be improved.
Edited by xnx on Dec 23, 2013 at 04:07 PM

I must say I am very impressed with what you have here. I have been following your work for a while now(Creepy, I know.) and everything you have made so far looks great! I hope to see more in the future.

Looks great! I want to see more!

That bayonet should be longer imo.
Edited by Xtralaos on Dec 24, 2013 at 04:46 AM

Awesome to hear, guys! I'm absolutely happy to conclude this weapons set and start the next tags, and I'm even more happy to see that you appreciated it! ^_^

I have tweaked the old weapons too, and applied the suggestions about the last two ones (the notches and the longer hologram). This is the final result of all my long work:

ASSAULT RIFLE:



-Improved shaders and textures
-Reorganized the explosion particles for the grenade in order to not use zteam's particles
-Edited the origins (the H3 ones suck IMO)

BATTLE RIFLE:



-Swapped the H3 animations with Teh Lag's ones

BEAM RIFLE:



-Replaced the H3 sounds with custom ones

BRUTE PLASMA RIFLE:



-Added blood splats on the bayonet

BRUTE SHOT:



-Made the tracers of the explosion blue instead of yellow

COVENANT CARBINE:



-Fixed tons of UV and texture problems
-Improved shaders
-The hologram on the magazine turns red when you are out of ammo instead of being static like in H4

ENERGY SWORD:



-Swapped CAD's animations with zteam's ones
-Added some sparkles between the blades
-Replaced the H4 sounds with custom ones
-The plasma flows parallel to the blades now

FLAMETHROWER:



-Improved shaders
-Added an heat meter with a moving arrow (similiar to a barometer) in the fp model

GRAVITY HAMMER:



-(No significative changes)

MAGNUM:



-Improved shaders

MAJOR SENTINEL BEAM:



-Lenghtened the hardlight hologram
-Added notches to the floating parts (couldn't make them moving unluckily :[ )

MAULER:



-Fires a single slug that breaks into little fragments on solid surface (but not on units)

NEEDLE LAUNCHER:



-(No significative changes)

NEEDLER:



-Increased the rate of fire to 12 rounds per second

PLASMA PISTOL:



-Added a multi-layered hologram
-The plasma burn makes less damage on armored units, more damage on flesh

PLASMA RIFLE:



-(No significative changes)

ROCKET LAUNCHER:



-Improved shaders

SENTINEL BEAM:



-Added notches to the floating parts

SHOTGUN:



-Improved shaders
-Better firing effect

SMG:



-Improved shaders
-Flashlight light volume for marines

SNIPER RIFLE:



-Better firing sound
-Added a voltage decal to the battery

SPARTAN LASER:



-(No significative changes)

SPIKER:



-Fixed some texture problems
-New firing sound

(Sorry if I didn't show some of the changes, but there were too many pics to publish...)

Aaaaaand about the next tags... Spiral and xnx got it: I'm going to make bipeds! The first biped that I'm going to make is the new Master Chief model (and of course a new fp arms model), so that I can get rid of those Heretic Elite and H2 arms that I'm using as placeholders. Before making the other bipeds, though, I'd like to make the new HUD first, after finishing MC.

In some previous posts, I said that I wanted to recreate the Halo Legends/Forward Unto Dawn armor (http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/archive/7/72/20120214171116!HaloLegends-MasterChief-transparent.png), but honestly I changed my idea when I saw this concept art of a MArk VII: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2ffg-Li8g3U/TQheoCImORI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/8ZOyh7M4lAE/s1600/master%2Bchief%2Bcopy.jpg

What I have in mind is recreating that armor, and using the first one in order to fill the parts not visible in the picture. I'll probably use the H4 bodysuit pattern, though, so that the whole armor will be more organic.

That's all, guys, and merry Christmas for tomorrow!
Edited by SOI_7 on Dec 24, 2013 at 01:02 PM

My favorites are the SMG and the Shotgun. They look incredible, not that the other ones look bad, I just like those more.

This looks awesome dude!

lol do the ar in that concept too XD

Damn do those pics look sexy. The rotating holograms on the plasma pistol are beautiful as well.

Not sure if you're planning on releasing any of these tags prior to a mod release, but just seeing the pics and WIP vids is enough to whet my appetite to see the final production!

Hi guys. Erm.. I am looking for permission to download, modify and use your tags (Elites and Energy sword) to my B40 remake, giving proper credit of course. I know they have been publicly released but I don't know if you agree in using them in my map slightly modified.. Great work BTW!

Wow can't believe I missed this while I was away. Love everything you've shown, that Brute Shot, sniper, rocket launcher and Shotgun really stand out to me. The AR and Carbine are really nice looking as well!

I love how deliciously over the top these are :3

I really appreciate your support, guys. Thanks a lot!

@AlekosGR: you can use them as you want, I released them for this ;)

I forgot to post a thing that I did a while ago: a revamp of the Flood Carrier Form:



I improved the texture in order to make it look more bloody and similiar to the H2 Flood. I have also added some ribs and the spine on the back:



The size of this form is a lot bigger than the original model, but doesn't exceed the H3 size. Here you can see the difference between the old and the new model:



And, finally, I improved the explosion effect. It uses better particles and the HCEA explosion sound:



Stay ready for the incoming Master Chief ;)

Allright then! Thanks! Your work is beyond words and I love every single thing you have made! Can't wait to see your version of the Master Chief! Keep up the amazing work!

You know, one thing I'd like to see you make is your own variation of any halo weapon. Like, start from scratch and make it to fill any which role that you would prefer for it to take. It'd be an interesting sight to see

Most of these tags look great, but I have complaints.
The prongs on the Plasma Pistol are too high above the plasma ball and the Spartan laser textures and animations are very meh.
The Beam Rifle and SMG look too similair to their original forms. The BR's scope looks very weird in first person.

While I love how over the top these tags are, the Sniper scope is too tall and the barrel looks strange.
Edited by Oskarmandude on Jan 8, 2014 at 08:09 AM

i could say this is beautiful but would be a lie....
THIS IS F****NG GORGEOUS

I LOVE YOU <3 n.n/ SOI_7 4 PRESIDENT!

Looks nice but I only see a cyborg shark instead of a plasma pistol :)

plasma rifle is so cool!
but am i the only guy think it looks really like shark :P?
Edited by Taiwan123 on Jan 9, 2014 at 06:46 AM

These are fantastic. They look amazing, my mouth dropped open with how awesome that AR looks, especially with that HAWT texture.

I want to use the PR and AR so badly.

Wait....where are they released? I only see pictures posted, no DL links past the first few pages

DOUBLE UPDATE

After days of hard work, he's finally here. Say "welcome" to the new Master Chief!





Compare it with the old H3 armor: http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100525174736/halo/images/6/61/Mark_VI_Study.jpg

I tried my best to replicate the armour of that concept art I found (again, this: http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100619163216/halofanon/images/e/e3/MJOLNIR_Mark_VII.jpg), though I have added some modifications: first of all, I kept the scratches that MC has on his chest in Halo 3, then I kept the H3 lights because there were no lights in the concept art; moreover, I made the back a bit like the Halo Legends one:



And finally, I used the H4 hexagons pattern on the visor and the H4 techsuit pattern on the unarmored parts:





This model uses the H1 boneset, but I added some extra animations to the original tags in order to make him use each weapon I made:











(Last two ones are divinely badass lol).

I have also made custom effects for both the shield depletion and the shield recharge. Moreover, I added the H2 pain dialogues.

And the second update is: I managed to make Flood Elite Forms properly use the energy sword. They required a new animation, but luckily they work pretty well:





NEXT TAG: New fp arms

Spartan looks pretty interesting, and the flood elite looks pretty awesome as well. has a real decayed look.

Spartan is okay, but a major complaint would be his proportions - he is way to skinny. The dude is crazy buff, able to flip tanks, right now he looks like some lanky dude in some armor.

Nothing didn't shocked me......

Needs more cryengine 3.

That is just SO awesome.

As for MC himself, I agree that he does look fairly skinny, considering he's supposed to be wearing layers of protective armor. If you buffed up his thighs, middle torso, and arms I think you'd be good. You might also want to look into brightening up his visor and/or making a new cubemap for it, because in some photos it looks like someone threw mud on his helmet. Otherwise your work is fantastic.