26 Sep

17 Year Old’s Halo Render Work Rivals Bungie’s

Author: Split-Screen Filed under: Gaming News and Reportage 10 Responses

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Martin Ball is 17 years old. He lives in Stoke-on-trent, Mid-lands in the United Kingdom. He also happens to be a highly gifted graphics artist who created high polygon, low polygon, wire-frames etc. for some of the most famous weapons and vehicles in the Halo-verse.

These range from the good ol’ fashioned Assault Rifle from Halo: Combat Evolved to the silenced SMG of Halo 3: ODST; from Halo 3′s Hornet to…Halo 3′s Elephant and Scarab. In terms of “faithful renditions”, these look virtually indistinguishable from from Bungie’s work (except in select pics where modifications are mentioned to have been added). Ball’s goal ultimately is “making a full weapon and vehicle set”, hence the reason for most of his work being Halo-related. Needless to say, the guy’s got talent (and a tight set of abs, if that appeals to yon roving gamer fans and fangirls).

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10 Responses to “17 Year Old’s Halo Render Work Rivals Bungie’s”

necronSeptember 27th, 2009 at 5:22 am

Halo… rofl
what a waste of time.
c0nfliktSeptember 27th, 2009 at 2:01 pm

When bungie hires him and he makes more than you, what will you say?
MagnoloSeptember 27th, 2009 at 5:43 pm

He will prolly say:

“Bungie hired him and he makes more money than me now, but Halo is still a waste of time”.
bobskySeptember 27th, 2009 at 6:57 pm

freaking haters, cant even give it to the kid that it is some pretty good work. it doesnt matter what he is making. you people are children.
necronisretardedSeptember 27th, 2009 at 10:22 pm

Necron what you don’t understand is that he’s building a very impressive portfolio and will prolly make more in a month than you will in your pitiful lifetime!
FacepalmSeptember 28th, 2009 at 12:14 am

Seriously, you guys should better grow up quick…
steriotypSeptember 28th, 2009 at 12:24 am

Those are some pretty sweet renders. I wish I had half the talent to make such toys. Obviously the kids a fan of Halo, like half the gaming world. You can’t hold that against him. I personally despise halo for poor character modeling (aiming an inch over their head for a head shot is ridiculous) but I can see the quality in his work. Good job guy.
LTwitt3RSeptember 28th, 2009 at 6:51 am

Luv it, you almost can’t tell, Bungie should hire him! :)

JosephSeptember 29th, 2009 at 1:48 am

Wacth sony hire him, PS3 is better
VirilisOctober 22nd, 2009 at 5:32 am

You have to understand, Joseph, that Sony doesn’t make games… nor does Sony have the motivation to buy off developers to make more games for their system, nor do they market well in comparison to MS or Nintendo.

So yes, MS will “buy” him and pay well… almost too well…

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