CMT Kangadanolagaroo v 2.0

[teh lag]

So yeah, I was looking at the old Brute model while trying to animate it, and thought "we really need to fix this thing up." I was getting some reference material together for modifying the original model, when I realized - hey, I could just remodel it from stratch.

The new brute not only is about half the polycount of the old, but will be far more customizable in terms of armor parts. This means that in SP2, you will encounter far more variations of Brutes, using armor seen in both H3 and H2.

Also, a special thankyou to Wave of Lag, who modeled the H3 Brute captain's helmet and lower arm plating.

Bruteshot Captain :

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/3043/brute1uu6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Plasma Rifle Minor :

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5649/brute3ue8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Plasma Rifle Captain :
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/4964/brute22ke0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Spiker Minor :

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/2341/brute31bo4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Spiker Captain :

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/4484/brute32lg5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Chieftain :

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/496/brute41jl6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Haloking365]

Wow. Looking awesome. To be honest though, i didnt really like the old one, it didnt have that "Brute" feel to it. One thing though, how far, if at all, will this delay SPv2?

[Archon23]

Oooh looks awesome. So hows the animations look?

[thehoodedsmack]

Much better, KUTGW.

[teh lag]

Wow. Looking awesome. To be honest though, i didnt really like the old one, it didnt have that "Brute" feel to it. One thing though, how far, if at all, will this delay SPv2?

Hopefully, it won't delay release too much - we also have some other things we're working on.


Oooh looks awesome. So hows the animations look?

I haven't rigged the model yet, so I don't know how they look on it.


Much better, KUTGW.

You, talk to masterz about this.

Also, updated first post.

[thehoodedsmack]

You, talk to masterz about this.


Aye. I assume you'll want some promotion done, eh? I'll get on that.

[Roostervier]

Yay, you posted this. :awesome:

Great job!

[TIA Gangsta]

I don't see what the deal is with polycount. If the end result looks better than the "higher polycount model", then go for it!
It's not like we're gonna play in wireframe or something.

Looking awesome so far.

[ICEE]

KUDOS!http://i.ivillage.com/DF/103105/snackbars/DF_Kudos_366.jpg

[Crazy_aceR]

Those look better than the original ones.

[Archon23]

It's not like we're gonna play in wireframe or something.

Hey speak for yourself.:v

[Haloking365]

Hey speak for yourself.:v
Console devmode FTW! Also, very smexy. I have quite a few concepts for armor and classes ill send to you. Somehow....:rolleyes:

[teh lag]

I have quite a few concepts for armor and classes ill send to you. Somehow....:rolleyes:

PM them to me, I'm eager to model more armor.

[Haloking365]

PM them to me, I'm eager to model more armor.
Im at work righ now:D, so ill send you them in a few hours when i get home. I have some wicked ideas, i hope you'll like 'em.

[bleach]

Wow, the Brute v2.0 model looks way better than those brutes in the old pics boasting the new AI.

[Con]

I love the flag... it's like we should all go climb on his back and make him hop around a race track

[bleach]

In Halo 2, the Brute Captains always had red flags with white on them. In Halo 3, they have those stylish, elaborate metallic color helmets.

[Warsaw]

It would be funny if you could jump on top of Brute Captains and it would say "Hold 'X' to pick up Flag."

[RedBaron]

Hold 'X' to pick up Flag and beat Brute with it.

I gotta say, the V1 Brutes from the videos looked kinda horrible. Needless to say, V2 is great! The lighting for the Brutes in the videos was kinda off too...

[Ki11a_FTW]

Those look better than the original ones.
No. Though the model is like total l33t i like it WAY more then the last




Hold 'X' to pick up Flag and beat Brute with it.

=win

[teh lag]

Posted a new armor variant.

[TeeKup]

Posted a new armor variant.

Oh snap! I like it!

:O

[n00b1n8R]

not such a fan of the spikes on the back of the helmet but the rest is :win:

looks like dano is gona have to skin this again xD
are you going to make that rhino headpiece from H3?

[[BD] Spartan]

Thanks teh lag, I like that one much better that the old one.:XD:

[HolyAlliance]

I think I'll be able to rig the brute on Monday or Tuesday for you guys, but right now my desktop computer dead.

P.S. I'm going to try my hardest to get to that motion capture studio this month if I'm not swamped with other work.

[SMASH]

P.S. I'm going to try my hardest to get to that motion capture studio this month if I'm not swamped with other work.


WTF! Please explain this to me. I'd like to buy a set that was like this... is this yours or a schools or a companies?

[HolyAlliance]

School

[Dole]

It's indescribably beautiful, and actually looks like a Brute. :)
I demand you post a side-by-side of this Brute and the old one.

[Phopojijo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v342/Phopojijo/new_brute_skin_02.jpg

Old one before Dano poured on the polish. The lines on chest and thigh pads were Mental Ray glitches with anisotropic filtering.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v342/Phopojijo/brute_01.jpg

Thats the latest texture I have -- Dano probably has better ones.

It'll be dumped opensource whenever Dano's confident its release quality.

Didn't even know the new one existed until last night, so I don't have any screencaps of it unfortunately. Just my own, of course.

[Hotrod]

The new one looks so much better than the old one, it actually looks like a brute now. If this postponed the release, it will be worth the extra few days.

[n00b1n8R]

the plates on the end of the old brutes arms looked like they were fused into it's flesh :S

[AAA]

not very hairy. Nore big in the chest area. but, it still looks sexy =O Aweshit guys. This is gonna help out on the fps

[Zeph]

better, but still needs work around joints

[TheSaintlyAlphonse]

thanks... the old one looked like poop in my opinion
these actually resemble the brutes :lol:

[Phopojijo]

the plates on the end of the old brutes arms looked like they were fused into it's flesh :SThey are. Deliberately.

[teh lag]

Mini-update : Partially done Chieftan.
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/9966/brute4zj5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The pelvis armor will need some touchups, as is evident. New arm and leg plates are being modeled right now.

[Ki11a_FTW]

Looking good. + Reputation

[Roostervier]

The new one looks so much better than the old one, it actually looks like a brute now. If this postponed the release, it will be worth the extra few days.

Could be more than that if Lag has to reanimate them because the rigs don't match well.

[Hotrod]

It will still be worth the wait. Who's skinning it?

[thehoodedsmack]

That chieftan looks like he's going to get his head caught in something.

[Haloking365]

It will still be worth the wait. Who's skinning it?
Most likely Conscars or Dane.

[HalosGhost]

Awesome Brutes!! Those look so much better than the previous ones. Hell I probably would have settled for the earlier ones. But this is just Christmas in July!! ;) Thanks guys, can't wait to eat those brutes alive on teh POA!!!

[supersniper]

I want to hear what they sound like. Plus, I'm pretty sure that others have said this already but the old brutes don't compare with the new ones.

[[BD] Spartan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v342/Phopojijo/new_brute_skin_02.jpg

Old one before Dano poured on the polish. The lines on chest and thigh pads were Mental Ray glitches with anisotropic filtering.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v342/Phopojijo/brute_01.jpg

Thats the latest texture I have -- Dano probably has better ones.

It'll be dumped opensource whenever Dano's confident its release quality.

Didn't even know the new one existed until last night, so I don't have any screencaps of it unfortunately. Just my own, of course.

Damn, I wish I could be you guys!

[AAA]

This is seriously a large step. I'd let you plant a facehugger on me anyday.


as long as it'll come out looking like a model of an enemy as good as that right there. You guys are bomb shells, figuratively speaking; you guys contain Mad skills.

[DaneO'Roo]

I Liked the old one :(

New one will be much better though, and we can release the old one open source :D

Also, unless Con REALLY wan'ts to skin it, I feel like I owe it to the old brute to kick it's ass :P

[ICEE]

i liked the old one actually. it looked less tubby than the halo 2 ones. i am very impressed with these however. theyre halo 3esque. your brutes have probably given every ape-rhino-man on earth a massive boner. good work

[Huero]

sorry for being a total canon fag but the brutes only got the H3 armor because the elites separated from the Covenant. :X
Although you probably already know that, God I feel like a faggot. Oh well, the H3 ones are cooler anyway.


I know you won't change it and that's totally fine I just had to say it.
OCD or something idk

[teh lag]

sorry for being a total canon faggot but the brutes only got the H3 armor because the elites seperated from the covies :X

There's nothing to support that they didn't have it before - they may have always had it available. I find it very hard to belive that every brute was equipped with new armor just like that over (presumably) less than a month. While Bungie may have developed it for that reason, I think it's safe to assume that Brutes had this kind of armor long before the Elites left.

[TeeKup]

The mouth piece of Phopo's Brute Captain looks.....a bit too big.

[Huero]

Well, considering the fact that the Brutes only showed up in ceremonial armor after the elites lost honor guard status I'd say it's a safe bet.
But whatever, it doesn't matter.

[ICEE]

yeah huero, you think they always ran around naked with a tiny sliver of ahelm? i dont lol

[Huero]

Of course
and instead of armor, when they first joined, they wore metal thongs

[teh lag]

Updated first post with the Chieftain, as well as updated PR Minor and BS Captain.

[RedBaron]

Nice shield arm, I didnt see much of halo 3 yet to know what it actucally looks like in that, but this is turning out real good.

[Archon23]

Looks good but could use a bit more armor in a few places.......

[HalosGhost]

Awesome armor addons! Can't wait to see the skinned and textured version. Keep up the good work teh lag. +rep :)

[ICEE]

it looks awesome. i wonder what colors the armor will be

[Archon23]

Most likely the ones we saw in H3.

Blue, Yellow, Red, etc.

[TeeKup]

Awesome new chieftan.

[{G36} SoRRoW]

So yeah, I was looking at the old Brute model while trying to animate it, and thought "we really need to fix this thing up." I was getting some reference material together for modifying the original model, when I realized - hey, I could just remodel it from stratch.

The new brute not only is about half the polycount of the old, but will be far more customizable in terms of armor parts. This means that in SP2, you will encounter far more variations of Brutes, using armor seen in both H3 and H2.

This is for a Captain weilding a Brute Shot.

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/3043/brute1uu6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
This variant will be used for Minors weilding Brute Plasma Rifles.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5649/brute3ue8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


This will be used be Brute Cheiftans.

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/4874/brute4fd2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Which ones will hold the spiker?

[Sever]

I'm guessing they're not modeled/posted yet...

[teh lag]

^

[Dole]

Why do they have three toes?

[teh lag]

Why do they have three toes?

http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/12/halo2brute.jpg

Brutes have 2 toes and a thingy in between.

[ICEE]

i heard masterz mention open sourcing the cmt brute v 1. anyone know more about this?

[teh lag]

i heard masterz mention open sourcing the cmt brute v 1. anyone know more about this?

http://www.h2vista.net/forums/showpost.php?p=97070&postcount=29

It was in this thread buddy.

:|

[ICEE]

i have degraded a notch. two in one day. a record

[Revord]

Well, your still doing better than most o.O
Revord

[ICEE]

thanks. lol

[Dole]

http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/12/halo2brute.jpg

Brutes have 2 toes and a thingy in between.
Yes, but they're wide and broad, not long and pointy. Also they differ in location pending on the class of Brute (at the end of the shin armor, or jammed between the toes).
For instance, on that Chieftain it's completely redundant.

Edit: Speaking of the Chieftain, Lag, will they be wielding toothbrushes and lollipops or Spikers and Brute Shots?

[ICEE]

dole is correct. what it frickin matters, i dont know

[teh lag]

Yes, but they're wide and broad, not long and pointy. Also they differ in location pending on the class of Brute (at the end of the shin armor, or jammed between the toes).
For instance, on that Chieftain it's completely redundant.

Edit: Speaking of the Chieftain, Lag, will they be wielding toothbrushes and lollipops or Spikers and Brute Shots?

They can weild whatever the hell they want to. And thanks for pointing out that toe thing, I'll get on fixing it.

[DaneO'Roo]

D:

Those brutes are win. Fucking win.

[ICEE]

so will these guys be wielding sanghalli energy swords? sure they wont have grav hammers but they need some brutal chopping weapon dont they? just a thought

[RedBaron]

Wait, they won't have gravity hammers? Ironclad, I think the majority of people won't understand the word sanghalli. Unless of course everyone who's on this site are halo fanatics that have read every single halo book out there... *ahem don't make fun of me.

[Huero]

If you're on this forum, you should know what it means.

[TeeKup]

Sangheili

:)

[Dole]

They can weild whatever the hell they want to.
Brute Shots, Spikers, Energy Swords, TOOTHBRUSHES (H3 Grav Hammers), OR LOLLIPOPS (H2 Grav Hammers)? <:mad:>

[Hotrod]

How about Grunts? Brutes could smash stuff with them.

[Archon23]

Nah they'd pick up ghosts and start rushing at you with em.

[ICEE]

haha id like to hop into a ghost as a brute is carrying it, start it up and watch the radiation melt his face

[megaxp]

Mini-update : Partially done Chieftan.
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/9966/brute4zj5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The pelvis armor will need some touchups, as is evident. New arm and leg plates are being modeled right now.
nice brute... add textures

[DaneO'Roo]

^ wtf, you don't simply "add textures" like you pull them out of your ass o rsomething. I'm sick of people not reading threads. You don't simply add textures. You make them.

[Archon23]

Course those posts always seem like they demand you to make/add textures right off the bat.

Remember folks Textures aren't easy to make like everyone thinks......I mean I tried making em before......Didn't turn out quite so well. Give em time unless you want a half assed project.......

[Roostervier]

^ wtf, you don't simply "add textures" like you pull them out of your ass o rsomething. I'm sick of people not reading threads. You don't simply add textures. You make them.
Hey Dano, could I talk to you on AIM or Xfire about the skinning? I volunteered to UV it so someone could skin it (since I can UV now), but if you are going to skin it, I don't know if you want to UV it yourself. Anyway, I'm going to check your profile for Xfire. If it's not there, could you PM it to me?

[edit] I think I could guess what it is >_>.

[DaneO'Roo]

Hey Dano, could I talk to you on AIM or Xfire about the skinning? I volunteered to UV it so someone could skin it (since I can UV now), but if you are going to skin it, I don't know if you want to UV it yourself. Anyway, I'm going to check your profile for Xfire. If it's not there, could you PM it to me?

[edit] I think I could guess what it is >_>.

Yes, I will unwrap it. I'd feel much more comfortable that way, and I'd set it out alot better.

[mistercheif]

does cmt have honour guards for sp-v2?

[Archon23]

Probably no honor guards cause well........It would be kinda pointless having honor guards that are no where near the prophets........

[mistercheif]

Yeah, you are rite i don`t no what I was thinking. Thank you for making it clear. :)

[ICEE]

that rules out honorguard staff as the secret weapon eh

[mistercheif]

maybe it will be a halo 2 fuel rod? (i hope)

[bleach]

The staff or rods that the Honor Guards are carrying are called Honor Guard Pikes. I can't wait to see the Brute v2.0 in gameplay.

The brute v2.0 armor falls off right? Helmet, armor pieces, etc., are they destructible?

[mistercheif]

I wonder how tough chieftans are bullet sponges? And b.t.w can you make it so that the brute chieftans will have energy swords like in the vidoc? please cmt ??

[Kornman00]

How old are you exactly?

[Archon23]

Not old enough to realize that on forums you have to use correct spelling. Also if you read this don't give us the "but this way is afaster in typing lol"

I've heard that way to many times.

As for the energy sword for chieftans I don't know. Maybe but it'll get destroyed when dropped just like the elites energy sword. As for the Brutes being damage sponges. Remember CMT doesn't copy Halo directly so having one of the more annoying aspects about brutes in Halo 2 just doesn't sound like something they would do......

[Hotrod]

I'm sure that CMT said that the brutes were not going to be bullet sponges like they are in Halo 2.

[teh lag]

Updated with the PR Captain, which has a helmet modeled by the awesome and very attractive Wolrus. (http://www.h2vista.net/forums/member.php?u=86)

Chieftains will NOT weild enegy swords or fuel rod weapons. Whether or not they will be able to use lollipops or toothbrushes remains to be seen.

We will NOT have honor guards, as brutes did not have that purpose until the events of Halo 2.

The armor will not fall of - helmets of minors will definately be able to be blown off though.

I have also cleaned up alot of bad posts in this thread - do not allow it to dive to the level of discussion that I saw when I got on this morning.

[Hunter]

they look awsome, you guys can probobly make Halo 3 quality weapons and stuff. i cant wait to see the animations.

[RedBaron]

I get the lollipops, but I still don't understand the toothbrush references.

[Warsaw]

I wonder how tough chieftans are bullet sponges? And b.t.w can you make it so that the brute chieftans will have energy swords like in the vidoc? please cmt ??

Energy swords are more like trophies for the Brutes, for killing a high-ranking Elite. The melee weapon of choice for higher-ranking Brutes seems to be the Gravity Hammer, which is analogous to the Elite's Plasma Sword, with an added flinging effect.

[teh lag]

Update. That's all the permutaions. I'll be making some minor tweaks to the model, but other than that it's done. Also, thanks to the Wolrus (http://www.h2vista.net/forums/member.php?u=86) again for modeling the Spiker Brutes' lower arm plating.

[Archon23]

Nice load of varients. Thats good....

I'm gonna love to see those textured. They're already awesome as models.....

[Warsaw]

Nice...some of them look redundant though.

[ICEE]

Updated with the PR Captain, which has a helmet modeled by the awesome and very attractive Wolrus. (http://www.h2vista.net/forums/member.php?u=86)

Chieftains will NOT weild enegy swords or fuel rod weapons. Whether or not they will be able to use lollipops or toothbrushes remains to be seen.

We will NOT have honor guards, as brutes did not have that purpose until the events of Halo 2.

The armor will not fall of - helmets of minors will definately be able to be blown off though.

I have also cleaned up alot of bad posts in this thread - do not allow it to dive to the level of discussion that I saw when I got on this morning.


why is it always teh lags posts that crush my dreams?

[Shangri-La]

What are Cheiftains gonna carry? Brute Shots? Gravity Hammers? Dual Spiker? Dual Brute Plasma Rifle? Portal Covenant Turret what they gonna carry im curious..If you made a Gravity Hammer and want current H3 sounds lal you gotta use is the sounds of a Guass Hogs turret shooting

I forgot to mention the Art for the Brutes is extremly impressive good job on it i cant wait to see them with color

[Bad Waffle]

*cough* teh lag i think you forgot to mention who modeled your helmets that you couldnt do...

*wheeeze*

[teh lag]

why is it always teh lags posts that crush my dreams?

I answer questions the most :p


What are Cheiftains gonna carry? Brute Shots? Gravity Hammers? Dual Spiker? Dual Brute Plasma Rifle? Portal Covenant Turret what they gonna carry im curious..If you made a Gravity Hammer and want current H3 sounds lal you gotta use is the sounds of a Guass Hogs turret shooting

As of right now they carry a weapon.


And no wol, you're lying :mad:
http://www.h2vista.net/forums/showpost.php?p=99625&postcount=98

[mistercheif]

ooooh i get it another secret weapon eh? well, we`ll half to see soon rite? what &#37; is it completed? why so many questions?

[bleach]

shouldn't there be a major brute? Those models look awesome!

[Archon23]

Or they carry any type of brute weapon they feel like it. Ya know the logical answer. :eng101:

[mistercheif]

I know its just that he said a weapon.... so many people would think a weapon that they havent told us about, and I understand that they will hold eny other weapon im jsut saying, you don`t half to flame -.-

[teh lag]

I know its just that he said a weapon.... so many people would think a weapon that they havent told us about, and I understand that they will hold eny other weapon im jsut saying, you don`t half to flame -.-

A. That wasn't even CLOSE to a flame. Falming is NOT disagreeing with someone.

B. "Have" and "half" are very, VERY different words.

[Hotrod]

I'm guessing that the Chieftain wields the new weapon they haven't told us about yet.

[Bastinka]

Very nice!
Although the pelvis seems odd to me, well the waist - pelvis area seems odd, nice although.

[Sever]

Question: What are the wirings on the back of the majors' body armor for?

[Hotrod]

My guess is that either those brutes have shields or that they are just there for looks.

[Archon23]

Pretty sure its not shields as neither spartans or elites needed wiring on the outside for their shields.

[RedBaron]

Maybe they're just there because they're there in the Halo 3 vidoc. :/

[megaxp]

+rep

[mistercheif]

^ rep for who?

[Bad Waffle]

And no wol, you're lying :mad:
http://www.h2vista.net/forums/showpost.php?p=99625&postcount=98

oh, k D:

[Sever]

http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/Halo3/Screenshots/H3_E307_Brute.jpg
MAKE THIS.

[teh lag]

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/4484/brute32lg5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


:raise:

[Sever]

Gotcha.
Just didn't know that it was gold yet.
Good.

[ExAm]

I thought brutes had two toes, not three.

[bleach]

I really hope that the process of making brutes and putting them into the SPv2 isn't slowing the release of it. By the way, is the brute shot going to be stronger? Not a wimpy 5 shot kill in H2_Coagulation, but a 2 - 3 round kill for a decent opponent. If its going to be weaker than 75&#37; damage, than increase the magazine to 6 rounds! :D Any updates on vehicles, AI, weapons, or environments of the SPv2 levels? Also, (kind of getting off topic) what is with the water/liquid splash armor in the "Et Tu Brute Video Documentary"?

[DaneO'Roo]

I thought brutes had two toes, not three.

he quoted an old picture. I have the models, they've got 2 toes.

[ICEE]

bleach makes a good point about the brute shot. i am interested to know more about it. the h2_coag one is overly weak... which brings up ANOTHER question. when the brute v1 tags are released, will those brutes be able to wield the brute shot from h2_coag? that seems like it might be of importance.

[Archon23]

I always wondered why the Brute Shot was so weak.....I mean it shoots explosive grenades and it takes more shots to kill than a BR does (Yes I know technically it takes 12 shots from a BR to kill but still)

[VendavalEste]

Damn, I know I'm late and I have little to say, but those are nice.

[Dole]

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/496/brute41jl6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)The crest is a little high and the nosepiece should be more of a blade rather than a rhino horn:

http://veegie.yayap.com/H3/EtTuBrute/Halo3Commercial9.jpg

Also:

Fix the toes.
Will Chieftains have smoky gray energy shielding like Tartarus?
Toothbrush or lollipop?
The blade protrusions on the shoulderplates look to spiky ATM, and the plates themselves are too long.
The Minors have four stubs on the back of their helmets, right?
You're only using the Chieftain with the ceratopsian headdress and not the one with a serrated "V" crest, right?
The armor on the Chieftain's left arm is supposed to be two pieces.
As far as I can perceive, the details of the Captain's samurai-esque helmet look out of proportion.

[DaneO'Roo]

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7532/brutesofarkd2.jpg

Started skinning yesterday, bump map for head is still being done before i diffuse it, and the hands aren't unwrapped yet, and the feet i haven't done anything to them texture wise yet.

[Masterz1337]

That is only ugly motherfucker.

[DaneO'Roo]

Colour is temporary, so I can more easily distinguish between things.

Also, you'll notice anything mirrored has the wrong lighting direction. That's not a problem, because most game engines actually are smart with that sort of thing and flip the normals. Halo 2's brutes have mirrored arms and legs and they're fine ingame and since I've unwrapped the brute almost the same sort of layout, it should be fine.

[RedBaron]

2 days so far huh? You'll be done in no time... pppsshhh 2 months, ha!

[DaneO'Roo]

well I've been busy with alot of stuff mainly real life so it took me a while to unwrap ALL the brutes armour plating and the actual brutes themselves. Still not finished the unwrapping though.

[supersniper]

Wow they even look ugly. No wonder the Elites hate them. Lol I know you just started but woah momma.

I know in the end they will look gorgeous.

[hailstorm65]

man i liked the other ones

[n00b1n8R]

O__o

that is pretty sexy... in a brute way :X

[hailstorm65]

:eek:Well thats just nasty

[Dole]

I still say it's a squirrel.

Looks hot! Blows the H2 Brute out of the water. :-D
Unfortunately, it drastically outshines the H1 Elite, too.

Edit: Needs more phallic easter eggs. (http://i10.tinypic.com/623gheg.jpg) just kidding :P
God forbid these things dryhump you after they kill you. :-X

[ExAm]

I still say it's a squirrel.

Looks hot! Blows the H2 Brute out of the water. :-D
Unfortunately, it drastically outshines the H1 Elite, too.

Edit: Needs more phallic easter eggs. (http://i10.tinypic.com/623gheg.jpg) just kidding :P
God forbid these things dryhump you after they kill you. :-XYou do know that it wasn't actually a penis, right? God I hope so :P

[Dole]

That's what they tried to make people believe, but they were probably just trying to cover their collective ass (or groin) after the public realized that they had left in the video a Brute that was hung like a horse.

Regardless, what is the sense in a piece of "armor" that has a smooth, round, flesh-colored shaft (no, ambient lighting from the rocket explosion does not account for hues like that) that thickens towards the middle and then tapers towards a tannish pink head shaped like a Nazi army helmet that coincidentally flops down when a piece of package-supporting crotch-cup armor gets blown off?

Unless of course it's actually a metal dildo that Brute Chieftains carry around to play with when they're bored and lonely, and it only qualifies as 'armor' in the sense that they use them as billy clubs when they lose their Gravity Hammers.

[Sever]

*Gets halo 3... *

Cool!

*Ten minutes later, after killing a brute squad... *

Hold 'Y' to dual wield... WHAT THE FUCK!?!

[ExAm]

That's what they tried to make people believe, but they were probably just trying to cover their collective ass (or groin) after the public realized that they had left in the video a Brute that was hung like a horse.

Regardless, what is the sense in a piece of "armor" that has a smooth, round, flesh-colored shaft (no, ambient lighting from the rocket explosion does not account for hues like that) that thickens towards the middle and then tapers towards a tannish pink head shaped like a Nazi army helmet that coincidentally flops down when a piece of package-supporting crotch-cup armor gets blown off?

Unless of course it's actually a metal dildo that Brute Chieftains carry around to play with when they're bored and lonely, and it only qualifies as 'armor' in the sense that they use them as billy clubs when they lose their Gravity Hammers.It's a curioius light pattern on a piece of armor, caused by a shadow cast by another part. Seriously, do you think anyone would include a penis anywhere in Halo?

[Leiukemia]

They already forgot about that ass thing in halo 2, something tells me the halo guys have too much fun sometimes.

[DaneO'Roo]

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/7296/brutesofarwi5.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7231/brutechieftensofarcb9.jpg

Hands still aren't unwrapped and shit is still basic, just laying down the basic foundations for everything.

[nooBBooze]

win.
lol @ the tongue tough XP

[DaneO'Roo]

yeah, I haven't done much to the mouth yet. The diffuse is BASIC. It's literally a 5 minute job. The bump maps are still being worked on before I'll start a serious one. That goes for everything.

[nooBBooze]

And it still looks like win...
its really the ?-quality of the voice acting and animations and not the model that keep me up all night.:(

[DaneO'Roo]

Yeah, well if it was a totally shitty blocky model with really bad textures it would undermine that experience.

[teh lag]

Dano you march your rear onto aim D:

Also awesome.

[AAA]

This is too damn good Dano, why do you spoil us?

[TrU7H]

Because he's doing it for the glory, and he's a nice guy. =D Anyways, keep up the good work, can't wait to see the final.

[ICEE]

impressive

[RedBaron]

The head of it looks kinda pale. I guess it depends if you're aiming towards a halo 2 or halo 3 brute. It should be tanner either way. I thought that those flap things sticking out of the side of the head were unwrapped fur. Guess I was wrong...

[DaneO'Roo]

Those are the frigin hair planes, and I haven't done those yet.......


And the colour is bloody temporary, I said this allready.

[Masterz1337]

People are dumb. You should check Jay's post at halomaps in the CMT update topic there.

[TrU7H]

Yeah I saw that, it was...actually, I have no words to describe it. And shouldn't that thread have more than JUST the brutes? what about all the other cool stuff like Teh lag's sniper rifle? or Dano's AR?

[teh lag]

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/6266/oshibrutesxp0.jpg

As posted by dano at halomaps.

[AAA]

those wrists hurt my virgin eyes =(

but, the brutes skin kills, kind of looks like an elephant, but what brute didn't, right? Awesome job so far man =)

[TrU7H]

Hot Jizz, I hope there's going to be a shiny gold plated brute somewhere in spv2.

[Ki11a_FTW]

not bad, not bad at all. +rep

[TrU7H]

Shouldn't you be giving that rep to Dano?...

[teh lag]

^

The time for repping me was when it was being modeled.

[supersniper]

Just a little behind eh?? (as a Canadian would say.)

[Hotrod]

Just a little behind eh?? (as a Canadian would say.)

No, it would be "Just a little behind, eh?"

I didn't realize that there were so many different armor variations until I saw that picture. I'm sure that they will look awesome when they are skinned.

[TrU7H]

Oh...oh yeah, sorry Lag, I forgot, so sorry. Uh...still, some rep should go to Dano for the skins. And I can't wait to see all the different ones.

[WaЯReN]

So will you be making all the armor destructible or something?

[KntTader]

So will you be making all the armor destructible or something?

I think that they said that only the helmet of the brute minors would be distructable.

[WaЯReN]

Mmmm...figured.

[Masterz1337]

We haven't decided yet. Depends on how much more tagspace the new brutes occupy. I'm fairly certain you will be able to blow off all of their helmets though.

[t3h m00kz]

That makes me hot in the pants

[Haloking365]

Your not the only one hyena....

[WaЯReN]

Indeed....I love that you actually have to put in some effort to even get a head shot. Now will snipes still need to take off helmets? And will you be able to shoot exposed parts of the head and still kill without taking off the pain in the
ass helmet?

[Haloking365]

Indeed....I love that you actually have to put in some effort to even get a head shot. Now will snipes still need to take off helmets? And will you be able to shoot exposed parts of the head and still kill without taking off the pain in the
ass helmet?
Im pretty sure that all they would have to do is make the collision model super-accurate. Then they'd be set.

[WaЯReN]

I figured something of the sort.....that would be nice.

[Jay2645]

Yeah, it would.


People are dumb. You should check Jay's post at halomaps in the CMT update topic there.
Leave that post out of this... <_<

[KntTader]

I wonder if there is going to be a brute flood form? That would be cool!

[Masterz1337]

Not enough tagspace, plus, what could it possibly offer to the game?

[KntTader]

Not enough tagspace, plus, what could it possibly offer to the game?

Ya I guess you have a good point. I just figured it would be one more bullet sponge for me to shoot at.:lol:

[Sever]

...what could it possibly offer to the game?
Flood forms with even deadlier close range attacks. Which has its pros and cons of course.

[WaЯReN]

It would take lots of shots to take it down and its melees would be crazy strong. It...like every other flood...cept the little fattys....would jump like Spider-Man heights....it would be a crazy strong enemy and I would love it....but tagspace ಠ_ಠ

[DaneO'Roo]

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/3497/oshibrutesud0.jpg

ignore the mirrored bumps, can't avoid that in maya unless I was a god and new scripts and stuff. Ingame h2v it won't do that though.

[Masterz1337]

goodd y do u hav 2 cppee h3 so mauch. geet sum skillz.


Looks great. Can't wait to sink a BRG nade in them

[HalosGhost]

That is amazing Dano, fantastic work, keep it up! :)

[n00b1n8R]

you still have to do those bands on his uper arms right?

tbh I think you went a tad overboard with the folds in the elbows :X
the hair planes look a tad to "smokey". need more streeks/highlights (but obviously just abit).

those arn't final colours are they?

[Masterz1337]

They're going to be colored via color change in the game.

[Bastinka]

Multipurpose maps? or something, looking :awesome: dane.

[ICEE]

cant wait to rape its mouth after killing it. i hope when you kill em they land on there backs, mouth open. nothing says "i just kicked your ugly ass" than some balls in the mouth

[DrunkenSamus]

Why is the thread's name different? Why does it sound like its been Australified?

[ICEE]

probably teh lag freaking out because everyone is crediting dano for the brutes when he modeled them and isnt getting much love.


ITS OK LAG!

[Jay2645]

Don't worry Lag, we love you. Here's some +rep. Feel better?

[teh lag]

I'm as confused as you are as to why brutes are now kangadanolagaroos.

Sounds like something masterz would make up...

[Unggoy]

So brutes are now a mix of a kangaroo, lag, and dano??? What does the look like? Ah well, have some rep lag, you're not forgotten. Brutes look nice though (really nice).

[supersniper]

Hmm well if he really wanted them to be kangaroos then maybe you could script them into jumping like kangaroos in the SPv2.

PS: the Lag stands for Teh lag. (Don't know if you knew that or not Unggoy.)

[Unggoy]

I know lag stands for teh lag. I've actually have been coming here for a long time before joining.

[WaЯReN]

um....I think he does since his post is right above his.....and Lag...I always say "Damn lag did a great job....I'd sex him up right quick one day!" Good job.

[supersniper]

Oh ok I was just checking. Sorry for thinking your new. My bad. Um any other kind of apologize I missed out??

[WaЯReN]

Yeah....same with me Unggoy...I just floated around bodiless....and now I decided to join.

[RedBaron]

Yeah! Lets all +rep laggy.

I'll +rep even more if I find out those wrists aren't final.

[WaЯReN]

I don't much like them either, but do you really think it will be that noticeable in-game?

[supersniper]

When they are dead and not moving. YES

[WaЯReN]

I dont have dirty brute fantasies so their looking down at their wrists doesent really seem to be something I will be doing often....but still it would be nice to see it fixed I guess.

[DaneO'Roo]

I see lots of rep for Lag, yet i haven't had a green rep in nearly 2 weeks.

Just minus reps (thanks guys :()

you guys DO know I'm the one who's painting the textures, right?

[RedBaron]

I would +rep you, but you've flamed at me and others more than once now over stupid things, like questions being asked that were answered 10 pages into other threads. I'll stay neutral on this one, till I see some improvement on managing anger. Though the textures are nice.

[WaЯReN]

Dano, your teh win....and I love what you do. +rep

[Huero]

I would if I had any rep power

[Hotrod]

Here you go Dano, you have one more little green rep to add to your collection. Oh, and nice work.

[Sever]

I would if I hadn't +repped you recently.

[Bastinka]

We all love you lag :-*

[TrU7H]

I don't even know if I have any repping power at all....=(

[Sunray]

Well go to your user CP and scroll down to "latest reputation given" and on the right should be your rep power; "Your Reputation Power is <number> Points"

[TrU7H]

Ooooooh thanks.

edit: Aww....only 1 point rep power...wait...is that one positive or still neutral?

[Bastinka]

1 for - and +.

[Sunray]

One positive. You make a difference to people's rep.

EDIT: But SilentWindPL got there first...

[teh lag]

Ontopic please, enough about rep.

[WaЯReN]

The Kangadanolagaroos are getting more and more beautiful....I just hope they dont look goofy like what we have seen.

[RedBaron]

I just hope they dont look goofy like what we have seen.

Like what?

[WaЯReN]

Well they all look like their arms are two long and their feet are two awkward....a few other things...I AM referring to the ones like in that spike grenade terrorized crewman.

[DaneO'Roo]

For fucks sake, people don't read threads. That Brute was the OLD one.

jesus

[n00b1n8R]

since when do the people in the CMT boards read?

I'd give you rep but I allready took some too recently :3

[DaneO'Roo]

screw you hippy

[n00b1n8R]

screw you hippy

I didn't think you liked gays :raise:

[Masterz1337]

Should we do a whole information blackout regarding the mod until it's out dano?

[WaЯReN]

Dano....I knew they were old....thats why I said that I hope the brutes (when animated, put ingame, etc.) would look better than the goofy old ones.

[Co Redsonic]

Dude...if you guys keep up the good work people wont be able to tell the difference between CMT Brutes and H2 Brutes....

[WaЯReN]

Agreed....keep up the good work dano and lag on those Kangadanolagaroos.

[TrU7H]

Yay for Lag (I shall not forget you) and Dano!
Anyways, I hope they won't turn out to have that spongy feel, like in Halo 2, you can sink hundreds of bullets into them and they just absorb it, doing nothing at all. I hope in SPv2 that you can kill with with around half a magazine (thank you warsaw/ace for correction) of BRG on easy, and a magazine or two for legendary.

[Co Redsonic]

Yeah, but with the AR think it would take an entire clip just to take down 1 Brute...or 2....

[TrU7H]

Meh, since the AR's toned down, I'd imagine it'd take a whole clip too. But the BRG's got more power(speaking of which, you guys really should give it a new model, the old model really...bad now, and the reload animation needs a redo, I don't understand how the MC can pull a box magazine out horrizontally[sorry if i misspelled that] when the clip is suppose to be pulled out vertically, for example: if the gun is facing <- way, the MC pulls out the mag -> way [with the stock blocking the way], not down, I don't understand the physics of that). So the BRG should only take about half a clip to a full clip, on easy, to kill a brute.

[WaЯReN]

I never just shoot...I usually shoot+melee+grenade or melee+shoot+melee or sometimes melee&#178;+shoot....I like to do different combinations...

[TrU7H]

Lol, I never just shoot too, whenever I could, if it was a grunt or jackal, I run up and just melee them, conserve some ammo/explosives.

[ICEE]

im to lazy to melee the weaklings, i usually use a spare weapon lying around. (there is always a spare weapon!)


in any case, im sure the brutes will require my full attention... asking someone whose beta'd, are the brutes stronger than elites, balanced or weaker?

[Amit]

Lol, I never just shoot too, whenever I could, if it was a grunt or jackal, I run up and just melee them, conserve some ammo/explosives.

I do that up close when fighting elites also, not bcuz it saves ammo but bcuz it'll save my ass. If i have to reload i would get killed by the elite in close range combat. Empty the clip, get meleed, melee him back, reload or throw grenade.

[Masterz1337]

im to lazy to melee the weaklings, i usually use a spare weapon lying around. (there is always a spare weapon!)


in any case, im sure the brutes will require my full attention... asking someone whose beta'd, are the brutes stronger than elites, balanced or weaker?
Personally, I rush foward, and melee, then throw a nade, then quickly jump away. Works great on all the enemies but brute and flood, seeing as how if you get to close to a brute they will start chasing you non stop.

[supersniper]

Dang they can do that in Halo CE?? Ugh I was hoping the Engine couldn't handle it. Lol I just really hated that in Halo 2.

[TrU7H]

Lol, I loved that, it was like bullfighting, funny as hell. But yeah, I melee whenever I can, especially for hunters, it's fun and funny to watch them charge at you, miss, and melee him in the back, when he turns around and charges again, dodge, and melee again, saves so much ammo lol.

[WaЯReN]

Didn't [on regular halo pc] the flood not take any melee damage? And can you put them to take damage? Maybe only from weapons with bayonets? Thats a good question right?

[Archon23]

Flood took melee damage just very little and it was more efficient/safe to shoot them.

[supersniper]

Yeah I mean come on going up close with those ugly things. Also let's not forget that retarded melee only arm. Stupid evolution of parasites. What every happened to ring worm??

[Edward Elrich]

It is ring worm. Alien ring worm. You saw the tenticals of the flood, and how they looked? The infection forms put their ringworms inside your body, stopping all functions (and mostly drying out your blood). Ther then have control over your body and use it for their evil puropses. However, when separated from the infection form, the ringworms cannot survive, explaining the "blood" the flood forms spill when you shoot or kill them. http://www.bleachexile.com/images/scripts/emoticons/new/th_RukiaBoHaHa.gif (I'm joking, if you can't tell.)

edit: Yes, I know my post is http://www.bleachexile.com/images/scripts/emoticons/ot.gif. Now we can get back on topic.

[teh lag]

(From Dano's CE General subforum update, viewable at http://www.h2vista.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1677&page=195)

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1800/oshibrutesqt7.jpg
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/5756/oshibrutes2zj1.jpg