#Halo C709 Longsword

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silver aurora
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This is a rework of the C709 Longsword model from Halo CE (*not *CEA). I tried to retain the essence of the CE model i.e. fill in missing details rather than the more elaborate treatments you see in SOTP2 (a very, very nice model that leans into the angularity of the CE model in a very natural way). It is rather large ~64m in length - about the same size as a Boeing 747 IRL. It is does not fit into almost any of the cruisers bays (*if *the outer wings retract it will fit into the Halycon flight 2's bays). I retained the unmodified interior from CE but note that I changed the locations of the forward windows so alignment is not correct. I deleted the lower ramp area for the same alignment reasons. Some greebles and textures derived from the Halo 5 Infinity from @tall silo and the Panama from @timid osprey. As usual my big goal here was to add to a set of consistently liveried and scaled set of UNSC ships.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NpodR7dDiAQ1QWQT13yB2edHA_5R2FQC/view?usp=sharing

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ashen wigeon
ancient shard
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@hushed isle here ya go lol

civic tiger
robust gazelle
lucid osprey
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peak once more

cloud geyser
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Ngl CEA really did screw the perception of the CE Longsword for me, feels really odd to not have the front windows cus I got used to the wrong model xd

silver aurora
# cloud geyser Ngl CEA really did screw the perception of the CE Longsword for me, feels really...

Yeah Bungie painted themselves into a corner with the CE Longsword. They did a masterful job with the rendering tech they had at the time (lots of angular geometry that works well) so the distinct diamond shaped intakes that work well in 2001 are hard to rework without a lot more geometry that they could not afford in the sequels.

Then the size comes into play. 64m is not unreasonable for a long duration exoatmospheric fighter/bomber but forces a lot of hard scaling issues as the series progressed (super large/open level design is very expensive in AAA games). The smaller C712 is far, far easier to work with both in terms of geometry (better geometry for selling details with normal maps) and in terms of size it fits in smaller levels far better but at 33m is still imposing in size.

unborn sierra
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The C709 just looks so cool in hi-poly with HD textures.

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I really do hope Campaign Evolved keeps the design and not the C712, but I wont get my hopes up. But that's also what my planned mod is for.

coarse sphinx
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Good job

fathom stream
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Superior Halo CE iteration, extremely well done! Are you also planning to publish the Sahara prowler? I'd love to check it out

silver aurora
ashen wigeon
silver aurora
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FYI - I updated the interior to fix an issue that @ancient shard caught with the internal screens. No external changes.

minor basin
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