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Halo Armies - Project COMPLETE and CLOSED

Halo Armies - Project COMPLETE and CLOSED

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First "Army" complete

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These were some of the hardest guys to salvage from toys into semi-usable “miniatures.”  As you can see some of them started from the the clear blue plastic that I guess is supposed to symbolize some kind of “hologram” character. The rest were more or less the odds and ends of the Halo MegaBloks sets I bought, salvaged with spare helmets from other kits, new weapons, etc.   I thought of these guys as a militia, perhaps security, rebel, or resistance force.  Except for those snipers!  The army was more or less built around them.

Yeah, making these guys into some kind of playing piece was going to be tough.  They came in blind buy packs, but I didn't want to just throw them out. Yeah, making these guys into some kind of playing piece was going to be tough. They came in blind buy packs, but I didn't want to just throw them out.
The completed The completed "neutral" army. I say "neutral" because they're not part of my main Blue, Green, or Red Halo forces.
I tried a winter / urban camouflage scheme on some of them. Also interferon blue for the visors.I tried a winter / urban camouflage scheme on some of them. Also interferon blue for the visors.
I won't lie, if I had three snipers I would probably paint one blue, red, and green and made them part of my I won't lie, if I had three snipers I would probably paint one blue, red, and green and made them part of my "core" forces.
These armored troops were again, to be frank, kind of the leftovers.  They had no leg armor and so looked very top heavy.  I changed out the heads from the original These armored troops were again, to be frank, kind of the leftovers. They had no leg armor and so looked very top heavy. I changed out the heads from the original "Stallone Judge Dredd" derpiness and wentwiththis camo scheme to try and break up theoutline, literally masking how top heavy they looked. Not sure if I got away with it. But hey, they are ten times better than before. :D

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