That's a Big F###ing Gun!

Known internally as the BFG, the Covenant AA Battery was my last official object as a 3d artist. Not to worry we're only about half way through my contract. This was another doosie to make. Bungie was big on dropping me in the deep end but I guess that was them testing my limits. As you know, until the flood door, I had been doing nothing but human objects. Now I have to make a Covenant object, but not just any Covenant object. No, this is the size of a Scarab with moving parts and destructibility. Luckily, I had some concept art to go off of but I was able to put my own influence into the art. With concept art, it is usually just a guideline to shoot for, the detailing is left up to the artist creating it. As you know, by playing the game, this thing has a fusion core that drops down for you to shoot it. I thought this was a little anticlimactic. It should have been a little harder than eliminating all of the resistance and taking down the core quickly. The explosion was kind of lack luster as well. I'm complaining a bit here but the original plans and animatics were much better than what made it into the game. Anyway, this is one of the things I'm most proud of in the game.

This is the way it looked when I sort of finished it. Below is the way it ended up when we went into the polish phase. Notice the final version is a lot dirtier and brownish to match the AA Wraith. Also the neck was flipped around the gun is more streamlined looking for when it fires.