SDCC In-Depth: Master Chief And Flood
Posted by Charles Song in Comic-Con, Weta Collectibles, tags: Halo, photography, SDCC
High resolution pictures direct from the show floor of Comic-Con 2008 featuring the Master Chief and Flood statue from Weta Collectibles.
A point of contention I have read amongst the reaction from gamers hinge on the appearance of the muzzle flash from the dual-wielded Spikers, going so far as to compare it to ‘corn on the cob’. It’s an honest, if blunt observation.
As a collector, it calls out to me less, but the opaquely bright colors certainly tend to make them a focal point. Weta has previously utilized this technique even more dramatically on their Disaster Averted statue from the Superman Returns line.
I do wonder how it would manage with translucent resin, but that’s the rub however, as they are supports for Master Chief and therefore likely to be run through with reinforced elements. At any rate, the statue surely cannot be faulted for shortage of dynamism as a result of this device.
What do you think?
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I think I want Weta to make a hu-u-uge Halo 3 collectible.
But until that happens, we have these. Which are, as you know, glorious. As I expected, they’ve given us the best range of Halo 3 stuff to date, and I’ll proudly be displaying the Master Chief/Arbiter piece and the Cortana piece in my collection. (Somewhere. If I find room. And if they’re affordable.)
As for this piece … time to unleash the geek!
I can find no fault with the Master Chief and Flood piece from a technical or artistic stance. (I don’t understand the corn on the cob references. I think that the flash looks fine.)
What I do object to, however, is the notion that a Flood Tank Form can be taken out with a pair of Brute Spikers. Never been able to do it myself. I’ve emptied clip after clip into those bastards, and they just refuse to fall. Even worse, they keep upchucking an unsightly stream of infection forms into my face right after they’ve knocked out my shields. Crunchcrunchcrunch … suddenly I’m Floodfood.
Even rockets don’t work on these guys. The only luck I have with ridding myself of these nuisances has been with a melee attack using the blade end of a Brute Shot, or a lunging thrust with an energy sword, or (my personal favorite) incinerating the bastards with a flame thrower.
So there it is. Master Chief Petty Officer John 117, standing atop a mountain of Flood corpses, hosing down an attacking Tank Form with a flame thrower. Give me that piece, and we’ve got something.
That is a truly geek observation, not without its merits I’m sure.
I blasted through Halo with 4 player co-op so some of the nuances are lost. Nobody wanted a piece of this.
What I’d like to see? 1/6 Master Chief and Warthog. Seeing the direction Weta has taken, I’d wager that it’s not likely to happen (not in 1/6 anyway).