September 2, 2011 by dracs
WizKids have got some new Covenant miniatures for their Halo HeroClix range. Take a look at these.
As you can see there hasn't been much of an improvement.
What do you all think of these? Is there any redeeming features to them?
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I can only conclude that Bungie used to have *some* input on the Halo clix stuff (the old range was not great but still better than this) but now it’s all about MS, they will green light any lump of disfigured plastic that WizKids show them!
Microsoft brought the francise off Bungie a few years ago (before they brought bungie).
bungie brought back thier independace two/three years ago but left the Halo francise with Microsoft.
Halo: Reach was thier Swansong, 343 Industries who made halo wars (the RTS) are making the new Halo games from now on.
Sorry, big Halo fan…343 Industries did NOT make Halo Wars, Ensemble Studios did. 343 Industries has thus far only been responsible for Halo Waypoint and some DLC for Halo Reach. Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary will be 343’s first real, full game, but even then, that’s only a re-make. We will get an actual taste of 343’s ability with Halo 4. But yes, 343 will be making the Halo games from now on. I once bought the Master Chief/Arbiter Halo 3 Target pre-order Haloclix from Amazon at a low price for the express purpose of re-painting them and putting them in… Read more »
AAARGH!! MY EYEEES!!!!!! IT BUUURNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Elite looks a littttttle bit better, but ah well.
That Jackal looks like a chicken. Also, I threw up in my mouth a little….
Elite is not too bad while Jackal looks kinda meh. Its nothinhg to write hoke about althought its not worst figure so far either.
Damn typo. It was meant to be “home”, not “hoke”.
PS: there really needs to be time limited edit option.
Why are these even appearing on the site?
They’re substandard lumps of tat, aimed at the tween Yu-gi-oh and Bayblade market, or at best older Halo otaku.
Not trying to have a go at you personally Sam, I just don’t get it.
Perspective. If you only see brilliant models you get complacent. When you have these offerings to compare then it puts things in perspective.
I have to strongly dis agree with the title of this artical. THese are not laughable, but down right sad.
The chicken appears to be aiming the large retractable craftknife.
But To aim he would have to do that avian quizzical look by turning the head, due to their eyes being in the side of the head,
Do the stats take this into account? It’s hard to aim straught when bobbing the head around.
There’s a lot of hecktoring going on and while these aren’t what we’re seeing form other companies we don’t know what financial, business or time constraints the sculptors were working to, and, if we could be honest without ourselves, could we do any better?
I’m not praising these, nor getting at the diatribe – we’re all entitled to an opinion – just trying to calm the mockery of someone’s work, that’s all.
Why does it matter what “financial, business or time constraints” they had? I have a limited budget to spend on my hobby, so I want the best I can get. These models are almost £2 each, and they are a long way from acceptable quality, IMO (and seemingly the opinion of many others too). Nor is it even slightly relevant to ask whether anyone who has criticised them could do better. I am not a professional sculptor, but it is obvious to me after 40 years of playing with models soldiers when something is not well made. If I see… Read more »
While there maybe severe limitig factors placed on the sculptors, that is no excuse for sub par work being endorsed or encouraged by the company. I don’t care either if they are aimed at 5 year olds. There are plenty of quality toys aimed at youngsters. These are just plain shodd and daft and do a great diservice to all involved, as well as prepainted models in general. This is not good for the image of Clix type models which should have a place in the gaming market imho These are figures based on a lucrative, popular franchise. If I… Read more »
At the risk of pointing out the obvious, focusing on the quality of the sculpts in comparison to the quality of sculpts for table top miniature games is making a pretty big category error. These aren’t miniatures to be assembled, based and painted by the owner, with lovingly crafted details painted on and unique modifications. They are a collectible for a competitive, blind booster based game. Not to mention, these figures are being sold 5 to a booster at $11.99, so $2.20 each. A price point below even the cheapest plastic kits Games Workshop offers… and that overlooks that GW… Read more »
Well let’s compare them to DUST Tactics models then. DUST models come in at a similar price (or more or less depending – the boxes vary in cost), pre-assembled and primed. You take them out and play with them as they are. You could repaint them, but then you could repaint the clix too, so that’s irrelevant. The sculpting and detail on the models shown here is nowhere near as good as the DUST models. As you mention it, most GW models are better too, as are most Infinity models, etc. If the GW or Infinity ones cost more then… Read more »
Quite
As I have said on another of these discussions, the LoTR collectibles look like they are based on the Perry Bothers GW sculpts. While of course the quality is not as good as the metal models, they are acceptable for what they are and look like what they are supposed to represent.
My point seems to have gone over your head (pretty evident when two of the most costly features are disregarded as “not what’s being critiqued here”): I’m not saying that the sculpt is well done, I’m saying that if you’re evaluating the sculpts against their peers, you should have an idea what their peers are. DUST sculpts are actually another great example of something with considerably less value added to it at a higher price point (It looks like a box of 5 DUST infantry runs about $15, or $3 a figure). An individual DUST mini, therefore, costs almost 1/3rd… Read more »
@falkenburg – no venom here F, just friendly banter (in case the net has stripped me of all humour) 🙂 No, your point has not gone over my head, though perhaps the opposite is true and mine has gone over yours. You seem to think that I have no understanding of the processes involved in making models, and this is not the case. I think that you are making a judgement based on parameters that I (and seemingly many others) feel are irrelevant. Let’s put this in perspective here. My first game was published over 20 years ago, and since… Read more »
The Jackel looks like a chicken….
Wonder what it tastes like? lol
Damn they ugly 🙂
you know these things remind me of halo reachs characters… HALF ASSED!
My wallet likes them because they are so shit I would never consider buying them. Is that a redeeming feature?
lol