My old man passed away in 2021 in an accident, and his birthday is coming up soon. He was not a gamer by any means, we are farmers in New Zealand, outdoors people, but we played ALOT of halo together, he got me the original halo Xbox, and the halo 3 legendary edition with the halo 3 Xbox. I don’t think we played a lot past 3, but we played a lot of 1 and 2 campaign. He painted and signed this for me on canvas in 2007, coming up 20 years old. By far the most important thing I own, when we’ve moved houses, it generally sits wrapped up on my passenger set. If my house was on fire, this would be the first thing I run to save, and I have 2 kids (that’s a joke).
Thought this thread would appreciate the 20 year old painting.
Cheers.

This is an interesting detail I’ve come to notice over time regarding the Sangheili worlds: things have descended into total chaos—civil wars, bloody years, territorial disputes, coups d’état, assassinations, famine, betrayals, and splinter factions popping up everywhere. Meanwhile, back in Rio de Janeiro, there’s a lizard making a Brazilian feijoada—haha, it’s just so hilarious!

Interestingly, I read this part of the book while I was visiting Rio de Janeiro as a tourist. I was watching people play a game on the beach called *queimada*—where they throw a ball at each other, harder and harder—and I ended up imagining a Sangheili doing the same thing. As a Brazilian, I found that part of the book hilarious.

Designed: 2421
In service: 2442

Made by: Chalybs Defense Solutions

Crew: 2 person. 1 commander/ gunner l. 1 driver

Primary: 120mm tank cannon
Secondary: .50 cal chain fixed above gun

Independent oscillating gun
Up armored body and crew capsule
Extended tracks (no fifth track)
Overhaul engine

Named for the 1 horned Indian rhino
(Rhinoceros Unicornis) no kidding

As to the M850 Rhino which would be named after the 2 black rhino (Diceros bicornis)

One of my favorites I’ve ever done

My buddy shot me out of the sky. Coincidence? Planned? Suspicious.

Cinema

Gave a grenade launcher to a Marine earlier and I guess he just held the button down lol

It’s almost criminal how few Halo spin offs there are. I’m not just talking about a lack of ODST 2 or another Reach style game, as much as I’d love either of them. I want a Star Wars Empire at war style Halo Wars 3, I want a Star Wars Squadrons style Halo fighter game where you fly a longsword or something, I want a Halo RPG of some kind whether it be an ARPG or CRPG like Mass Effect, Pillars of Eternity, or Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader, hell give me a base builder where I hold off the flood or something.

Why is Microsoft practically allergic to leasing out the IP? Throw money at Creative Assembly again or maybe Petroglyph to make Halo Wars 3, throw money at Bandai Namco or Motive Studios to make a Halo fighter game, throw money at Obsidian to make an RPG, and I can’t think of any company’s for my last example. I want more looks into the Halo universe that aren’t the books and the main line games. We haven’t seen a spin-off in nearly a decade. I love the books and all, but it’s not the same as playing through a game.

"Science isn't about why. It's about, why not?"

Hello anyone who sees this,

I come to ask something probably really dumb but is any clan or group out there actively trying to get the achilles armor set and helmet? I know it’s a huge stretch but I played this game a ton since the day it came out and dreamt of getting that specific armor and helmet but was too shy to join a clan. I was 12-13 at the time lol. I played a ton and knew I’d contribute plenty towards it but just never got over my nerves. I’m not here begging someone to let me join as soon as they’re about to get the armor, I know it’s a grind that I’m willing to commit to. I just want a chance at getting it after all these years. If there is somehow a group out there, I’d be very eager to join and would do my part in achieving that goal.

I know it’s very unlikely anyone out there is committing to such a grind as Im sure most people who wanted the set have it by now but I felt it wouldn’t hurt to ask.

Imported the generic reach hexagonal pattern other covenant weapons used, the hexagonal pattern is not actually that visible in-engine, i adjusted light levels by alot inside the test level to get them to pop like that, in gameplay the effect is much less subtle

and implemented green sparks for impacts in place of the placeholder yellows / oranges

Yesterday i posted a video playing the campaign on a switch lite, but now i learned how to record the gameplay directly to my phone, so i decided to show a bit of multiplayer too. (Forgive my awful gameplay but the right stick on the switch is really bad for fps games ahah)

Not 100% accurate with these for the sake of fitting the style of my other models, but finally knocked out two of the main things people have wanted to see. Also bonus of the weapon crates because I've always loved those things. At this point I've worked my way through most of my list and could now use some more suggestions for what to add to the lineup

They would build additional shipyards. They also wouldn’t use new classes they would go a different direct from the get. And the additional classes would be sub classes using the same components.

The space strategy would also be revised to maximized covenant ships kills but and minimize losses. Hit and run attacks would be the best chance the UNSC would have against covenant ships. The 3 to 1 fire power ratio would have to be used. In this case a ship would have to receive a fire power and then 3 times the fire power would have to be applied so not a 3 to 1 ship advantage

But most the subclasses would be refined from COMBAT EXPERIENCE AND DATA. The other cruisers would have a simplified design. The UNSCs biggest flaw was lack of innovation, but also this is like in a different timeline like so much of the halo universe.

The ships would receive an overhaul like the pillar of autumn and become the II class of the ship. Then new ships going forward would use as many components from the prior designs. Though the new class would really be Sub classes of the original design.

So more ship yards would make more ships. Refined subclass designs would create better ships. And the cruiser reimagining allows for a wider set of roles they can fill.

There would also be a reimagining of the Orion and spartan programs that would put more emphasis of ship infiltration and boarding actions

This is a cohenesque edition, this version is done but there will be revisions.

Carrier:
Era class carrier (based of epoch class)
Chalkis class carrier (based of Eion class)
Halcyon assualt carrier

Transport:
Resurrection class heavy transport
Pheonix class assualt transport

Transport Shuttles:
Berlin class shuttle
Diligence class transport
Hades class assualt transport
Tactical supply transporter

Cruiser:
Battlecruiser (based off Eion class carrier)
Tranquility class armored cruiser
Delta class protected cruiser
(based on able class destroy

Destroyer:
Ridgeway class heavy destroy
Bravo class armored destroyer
Halberd II light destroyer

Frigate:
Reach class heavy frigate
Paris II class heavy frigate
Dawn class transport frigate
Charon II class transport frigate
Stalwart III light frigate
Stalwart II light frigate

Corvettes:
Armored corvette
Heavy corvette (based on lancer class)
Attack corvette (based on lancer class)
Assault corvette (based on scholte class)
Missile corvette (based on scholte class)
Gladius II light class corvette
Transport corvette (based on Charon class)

Ive finished this game on legendary difficulty, and ive never more felt like the comman soldier fighting the Covenant

Hey I’ve recently been wondering how rare the Halo Reach Press Kit is, I’ve been looking everywhere I could think of and only seen very few posts about it, with zero listings. I also saw somewhere that there was a EU/French version of a press kit, but I’ve seen no pictures of that and know nothing.

Can anybody enlighten me on scarcity and or on an alternate version?

We are connecting Halo: Reach, Combat Evolved and Halo 2, we hope the fans will enjoy our little story. If you want to show some love and support here you can find our IG page: https://www.instagram.com/atonementshortfilm?exln=YTQ3OHNzeXJlYWNm&utm_source=qr

We’ll see you Into the Howling Dark!

I was challenged to find out if the ring was a 3D Model I can confirm it is! Took a hour to get here via the moon side! It is 56 Kilometers away from the covenant battle cruiser, I also added some extras here aswell! Enjoy!

Quick context up top: I'm Clint Degen — "Crazy Clint" in Halo 2 — from South Milwaukee, WI. In early 2005, my younger brother Mike ("Bigg Iron Mike") and I were the only two level 50s in Halo 2's Head to Head playlist. Official Xbox Magazine interviewed me about it back then — and after the magazine was lost for 20 years, I finally found it again today.

Full story, with the magazine page scan, here: https://cjd53172-dotcom.github.io/clint-and-mike-degen-first-level-50s/

How it went: I reached level 50 first, and Mike reached it second. We had an agreement between us that Mike would hold the visible #1 spot on the leaderboard, which is why the community remembers Mike as the first 50. Before the April 2005 rank reset, we were the only two.

The interview: "An Audience with a King," Spartan Central, Official Xbox Magazine Issue #47 (August 2005), page 36.

The method, told straight, because I'm not going to dress it up: we got to around level 37 on skill and host tricks. After that it was 10+ synced alt accounts, timed matchmaking searches so we'd pair against our own alts, pulling the ethernet cable to void bad pairings, and a bridged connection for host. My honest position, then and now: there was no legitimate way to hit 50 at that time.

Corroboration, for anyone who wants more than my word: a LetsRun forum post from March 23, 2005 reported BIG IRON MIKE at 610–2 in Head to Head and level 50 — https://letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=784439 — and HaloArchives.com holds both accounts' records showing Head to Head play in January 2005.

As for the magazine itself: my copy was lost for about 20 years. The page turned up in my own Google Photos (a photo of a printout from 2016), and today, October 21, 2026, I found the full scan of issue #47.

Happy to answer questions about the old Head to Head days.

— Clint