Halftrack Part III

So, in my continuing quest to develop Halftrack, I wanted to create a 21st century equivalent costume for him. One both to give a more "modern" feel, but also as a contrast to the 1940's vintage "iron soldier" costume. I also was able to make use of the Cyborg HUD combat display to add some extra depth to the costume. It mirrors closely the color palette that I used for the tech shield, particularly the energy/forcefield section of it. All colors in the costume are on the olive drab/brown theme and blend consistently.

All three costume options have a macro with phrase attached to the costume activation:
Costume one is "Deactivating Hardsuit".
Costume two is "Activating Hardsuit Mk I".
Costume three is "Activating Hardsuit Mk II".

Additionally, I picked up as a merit reward an Unbounded Leap +Stealth recipe. I cashed in my veteran reward for the additional prestige sprints and picked one to slot the IO in. I now have a macro for that sprint as well that says "Engaging Active Camouflage". The stealth aspect is nearly useless for a Tank, particularly with the taunt aura, but I did want it to go with the new tech costume. It just fits for me, and fleshes out the character in more detail.











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Orleans Then and Now

A little slideshow of Orleans' various incarnations

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Malacoda apparent...

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Orleans the villain?

Update 8-28-07:
It has been brought to my attention that the villain Orleans concept is "just a cheap rip-off of Grimwarden," whom you may remember from his (very) brief stint with the members of what is now Triplicate. I have removed the pictures until such time as I can show that claim to be blatantly false.
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Cheese!

Does posing mean we're posers?

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Mantlet's SG Uniform

Pictures attached. Some slight modifications to Orleans' costume to accommodate Mantlet's big noggin. (See main body of post)















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Orleans' SG costume

As promised, detailed pics of my costume. (Lots)


The pictures don't really require any commentary. Click to enlarge.
The colors stay the same throughout.

Pics of the suit in flight.

And some alternatives

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Shadow Shard

This is a freaky, scary place.

(Click pictures to enlarge. The pictures, that is.)


This is what you see when you enter.

I put on my "heavy suit," just in case.

Once I figured out how to get out of the firebase, I went to "The Chantry." One of the first things you see are these nasty bitches.

They're called Netterlings, and they go down easy enough unless they're in a group of 20. The LTs are Bull Netterlings and have a nasty hold.

Yeah, and they fly, too. Don't fly after them, though, or you may run into a HORDE of things called Watchers. I din't get any pics because I was too busy RUNNING FOR MY FREAKING LIFE. And I ran around the corner into a bunch of "Shadow reflections" of other villains - Rikti, Council, Crey, Malta - all in one place. Not fighting, just standing there and waiting for someidiot to come flying around the rock so they can cream him.

So, with all of that, I died twice. This is all within about ten minutes. And I never even traveled past the horizon line from the entrance. Oh, and nothing I encountered was above level 45.

Regular strategy is not going to work here. If you're not afraid of multiple wipes, I suggest we go. Stock up on wakies.

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