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Kitchen Sink => No Moto Content => Topic started by: Monster Dave on February 05, 2009, 05:45:39 PM

Title: For all the Halo fans out there:
Post by: Monster Dave on February 05, 2009, 05:45:39 PM
For all you Halo fans out there - check out this real life Warthog:

(http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2009/02/medium_3254956659_0875242215_o.jpg)

(http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2009/02/medium_3254956589_9d727464b5_o.jpg)

(http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2009/02/medium_3254956699_d70636f0a7_o.jpg)

Check out the steering (front and rear)
(http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2009/02/medium_3255787148_b57fcb273b_o.jpg)

(http://jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2009/02/medium_3254956831_525daa3239_o.jpg)
Title: Re: For all the Halo fans out there:
Post by: Grampa on February 05, 2009, 06:10:42 PM
is the the 49 state version?
Title: Re: For all the Halo fans out there:
Post by: minnesotamonster on February 05, 2009, 06:28:23 PM
WANT!  [evil]
Title: Re: For all the Halo fans out there:
Post by: Monsterlover on February 05, 2009, 06:36:01 PM
+1

Want want want!

Id love to see how they built it.
Title: Re: For all the Halo fans out there:
Post by: DRKWNG on February 05, 2009, 07:36:38 PM
No kidding, that's pretty damned cool.  Now if I could only get one with a working three-barreled .50 cal...   [thumbsup]
Title: Re: For all the Halo fans out there:
Post by: Buckethead on February 05, 2009, 07:46:49 PM
 [roll]

LARPer's.
Title: Re: For all the Halo fans out there:
Post by: Privateer on February 05, 2009, 10:05:25 PM
is it as difficult to steer as the game- warthog?

speaking of the warthog... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sx_3m-FhAI)
Title: Re: For all the Halo fans out there:
Post by: JEFF_H on February 06, 2009, 09:00:29 AM
(http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/misc/pictures/nerds.jpg)
Title: Re: For all the Halo fans out there:
Post by: KnightofNi on February 06, 2009, 09:02:10 AM
Quote from: Privateer on February 05, 2009, 10:05:25 PM
is it as difficult to steer as the game- warthog?

speaking of the warthog... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sx_3m-FhAI)


i don't know, it looks kinda like a big cat...like a puma.
Title: Re: For all the Halo fans out there:
Post by: the_Journeyman on February 06, 2009, 09:04:43 AM
Quote from: Privateer on February 05, 2009, 10:05:25 PM
is it as difficult to steer as the game- warthog?

Seems Monster truck drivers manage 4-wheel steering with ease.  I'll be they've used a similar system for the rear axle ~

JM
Title: Re: For all the Halo fans out there:
Post by: cbartlett419 on February 06, 2009, 11:25:29 AM
it's a little surreal....
Title: Re: For all the Halo fans out there:
Post by: minnesotamonster on February 06, 2009, 11:36:01 AM
It does look a wee bit photochopped.
Title: Re: For all the Halo fans out there:
Post by: NeufUnSix on February 06, 2009, 12:08:02 PM
I think it is fake, there are too many photoshop tells. Look at the lights in the second photo, and the shadows in the outdoor shots. You can see the filters applied. The texturing also looks off, too artificial, like they used a CAD design. The people appear tacked on as well.

EDIT -  I did a search and there is a real one, with videos, but it looks different.
Title: Re: For all the Halo fans out there:
Post by: Buckethead on February 06, 2009, 12:18:02 PM
I'm gonna go ahead and say its real.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5UgXwZB7OM&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5UgXwZB7OM&feature=related)

Title: Re: For all the Halo fans out there:
Post by: Monster Dave on February 06, 2009, 12:43:28 PM
....takes deer hunting to an all new level!!  [laugh]
Title: Re: For all the Halo fans out there:
Post by: NeufUnSix on February 06, 2009, 02:15:26 PM
Needs an unmuffled V8 roar.
Title: Re: For all the Halo fans out there:
Post by: minnesotamonster on February 06, 2009, 02:16:11 PM
To me, even the video looks fake. Watch the "rims" spin as the warthog moves over the grass, the speeds don't match.