Custom McFarlane Halo Anniversary Spartan Mk VI

So as I said earlier, I decided to give my spare white Mk VI Spartan a new lick of paint. This is what I started with

Standard white and blue Spartan Mk VI armour. Pretty cool in and of itself but as I had one, I wanted to make a different look.

I started my custom by changing him from white to yellow

I then went ahead and painted the metallic blue sections white so that I could then in turn paint them red

I then added some brown paint to the boots so it looked as though he'd been going through terrain. I did this by given the figure a dry brush of brown paint so that it looked like it had been scuffed and dried in. I also put some paint on a tooth brush so that I could give it a spatter effect up over his legs - front and back.

Finally I gave him a wash using Citadel Shade from Games Workshop to give him a dirty worn and weathered look

Overall I'm really happy with how he turned out and I've now got a new Spartan!

Here's a side by side with my vanilla Mk VI

And a couple more close up shots

Hope you liked checking out my custom! I had a lot of fun doing it, even though it was just a simple paint job!

Custom Spartan Mark VI

I picked up a spare white Mark VI Spartan figure in a sale recently for a super cheap price so I've decided to customise him. I have a good idea at the moment of where I want to take the colour scheme so stay tuned for where I take this, I might totally screw it up but I'm willing to take that chance!

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Lego Star Wars Microfighters Series 2 Snowspeeder & Pilot Set 75074

Having already had a look at the AT-AT in this series it's time to take a look at the Snowspeeder & Pilot set.

The rest of the vehicles in this series are:

Homing Spider Droid
Vulture Droid
ARC-170 Starfighter & Clone Pilot
Republic Gunship

I won't be picking up any of these sets. I don't hate the prequels, but I am picky about what I'll pick up from them.

So this set is another of the Microfighters range so it's a small build that took me about 15 minutes to complete.

Let's take a look at the pilot first.

The detailing on the pilot is excellent. He has printed tubes, buttons, and buckles over his torso and legs and the mask and strap from the helmet are also printed straight onto the Minifigures face. The helmet has the Rebel insignia printed on it which is a nice touch and he has 2 faces - one happy (shown above) and one a bit more terrified!

The Snowspeeder is a great little interpretation of the ship from the movie but I do actually like the AT-AT more.

The ship also has 2 missiles underneath which kind of fire if pushed from behind.

The figure sits nicely in the Snowspeeder, looking like a kid on a fairground ride which I love the look of!

Again, I'd completely recommend these if you want to save cash and space and, for me, I love the minifigures so these are a double win for me.

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Halo Mega Bloks Blind Bag Series 9 & Bravo Series

I grabbed a few blind bags of Halo Mega Bloks blind bags when I saw them in Asda the other day, not realising that 2 were Bravo Series and one was Series 9. Not that that's an issue, just didn't realise they'd thrown whatever bags they had in a box!

So let's take a look at the Series 9 fig first.

The 8 in this collection include:

UNSC Spartan Security (Common)
Covenant Brute Stalker (Common)
UNSC Flame Marine (Common)
UNSC Spartan CIO (Common)
UNSC Spartan Recon (Common)
Promethean Alpha Crawler (Rare)
Covenant Imperial Grunt (Rare)
Covenant Skirmisher (Ultra Rare)

The common UNSC Flame Marine! I'm really glad I got this guy - love his orange armour and huge flamethrower.

As far as the Brave Series go, there are 8 figs to collect again:

NMPD Trooper (Common)
UNSC Spartan HazOp (Common)
343 Guilty Spark & Flood Combat Form (Common)
Covenant Storm Grunt (Common)
UNSC Marine (Common)
Skirmisher Major (Rare)
Elite Ranger (Rare)
Covenant Brute Minor (Ultra Rare)

First up I pulled the Monitor Guilty Spark who includes the Flood combat form figure. I like the fact that you get 2 figs in one bag, and I'm really glad I got Guilty Spark. The nice thing about Guilty Spark is that nice blue eye you get but it also comes with a red eye to swap out to put him in his rampancy mode.

Second figure I pulled was a rare one!

The Skirmisher Major! He's a cool looking little figure, and it's always nice to get more bad guys for my UNSC to battle!

Stay tuned guys! More to come!

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Lego Star Wars Microfighters AT-AT Set 75075

The second series of Lego Star Wars Microfighters have been released and having picked up the original trilogy vehicles from the first series, how could I turn these down? This series, which takes the vehicles from Star Wars, and shrinks them down into an utterly adorable ride on vehicle. I have only picked up the two original trilogy vehicles in this wave - the AT-AT and the Snowspeeder - and in this review I'll be looking at the AT-AT.

This set, as with all of them, comes with a minifigure. The minifigure with this set, is unsurprisingly, an AT-AT pilot.

And underneath the helmet, the Imperial officer looks nice and angry!

As far as the AT-AT goes, it's an easy build that takes about 15 minutes and looks great when it's complete.

And to give you a bit of size perspective

These really are small, but they look great! And they don't take up nearly as much room (or as much of a bite out of your bank balance) as the full size versions.

There is a little articulation in the vehicle. The head moves up and down and the legs move back and forth as do the ankles.

If, like me, you don't have the money or space for the full size versions of the vehicles from Star Wars, these are for you!

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Halo Mega Bloks 97339 UNSC All-Terain Mongoose with UNSC Spartan Emile

I've found recently that more places seem to be selling off their Halo Mega Bloks sets, which is good for me, but I hope these sets won't end. I found this set in Jenner's today for 25% oof making it £7.50, which I thought was a pretty nice deal for what you're getting in this set - a vehicle and a very cool figure.

Emile, the UNSC Spartan that this set comes with, is a great looking little figure. Paint detail is great throughout with his shiny gold face mask with the kind of skull detail over the front, his armour is grey and black with light brown detailing, silver grey boots, and a red shoulder pad.

Emile comes with a tactical shotgun and a Kukri knife, both of which are flat colours but nicely sculpted. The sculpted detail in such a small figure is excellent overall, as is the articulation.

Emile's head is on a ball joint which lets it turn from side to side and look down (but not up), shoulders are on a ball and hinge as are the elbows, and the wrists swivel. There's a waist rotation, hips are on a ball joint and there's a single joint in the knee. For such a small figure this is a great amount of articulation.

The All-Terrain Mongoose vehicle is a simple little build at only 82 pieces and doesn't take long to put together, but it's nice little vehicle that looks good with the small UNSC insignia and logo. It also rolls really nicely which is a plus.

Emile sits on the Mongoose nicely and is able to hold the small handlebars nicely. There are also foot rests and even wing mirrors on the Mongoose.

This is a pretty small set but for £7.50 I'm happy to add Emile to my Spartan army.

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