Distant Targets
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- Опубліковано 7 бер 2021
- This video has captions for those who want them. I did my best to convey the message through animation.
A Sangheili spots some targets from a distance, but constant intervention prevents him from just shooting. What will happen? I rendered this in Blender Eevee 2.93. I made this to test the custom build I'm using that uses Eevee's new DOF implementation and 0451's Eevee Raytracing build, which he released not too long ago.
Ambient music is mixed with some sounds from Halo Reach and from the game: Do you copy?
gamejolt.com/games/doyoucopy/... - Фільми й анімація
"When you first saw this video, were you blinded by its majesty?"
*"Yes."*
DUMB STRUCK? PARALYZED?!
"Blinded?"
"Paralyzed? Dumbstruck?"
"Yes."
@@Plonktun yet the humans watched the video and desigrated with their foolthy dislikes
@@justafoxxx Noble Hierarchs, when the Fortniters attacked we...
*booing from the gaming community*
You were right to focus on the fortnite players,but your inability to safeguard this video was a colossal failure.
Gaming community: nay it was heresy
That jackal is so encouragingly cute. Like
Elite: “did I do good?”
Jackal: “yes.”
And then the elite just cracks into a smile
Well it is a sniper jackal as far as I can tell from its getup so I'd be pretty hyped up to if he said I did good at sniping
How do elites smile tho
@@germangomez7347Rtas smiles in the first mission you play as Arbiter in Halo 2 I think
I like the idea that the lower ranking elites are probably less cold and stoic compared to the higher ranking ones.
@@germangomez7347 You got to look at the corners of their mandibles. They move like the corners of ours, so when the move up, they;re smiling. if down, then they are frowning. Though with the armor on their mouths. The easiest way is to look at their eyes.
Usually in Halo cutscenes when different species aren't killing each other it feels like they mearly tolerate each other, but this puts some realistic character into a group of comrades who know eachother personally and actually have pleasant interactions.
I like the Ungoy and Kig Yar getting along well
@@Boom__6678 especially knowing their history during the age of the Covenant
@@MagnusTonitrum117 yeah
The Elite being meek is fun too
I can buy these guys meeting up after battle to get some drinks
I wonder, in the expanded lore if there’s ever been a grunt and jackal friendship. We’ve seen a grunt befriend an engineer, and earn some respect with some other races. But due to old conflicts and also jackals in general being total douches to anyone, I doubt it.
I love how oddly wholesome this is even thought it’s about a bunch of aliens trying to snipe a couple Spartans but when you get past that mindset it’s so cute
@@Devarture oh, my bad. I thought they were Spartans. Either way I still love the work you have done here
Devarture wish it was pre-schism tbh, would make a whole lot of more sense
@@EmileA239_from_Halo_Reach well if it were spartans u can imagine their reaction time and how fast would they come slaughter the covenant
@@Devarture In that case, those apes deserve it!
@@thegamiac9539
Yeah, no, there's a reason Master Chief is one of the *last* of his kind, because elites are quite competent and deadly.
The head pats on the jackal.
I wish the lore someday points out how they elites and jackals are basically dinosaurs and the species that look the most similar on the covenant
@@kR-qj7rw and grunts are frog like. 3 reptilians
@@MYTHGUNDAM eh they are technically crabs
@@kR-qj7rw That's a crustacean. Grunts are more related to Arthropods, which more consist of spider, or lobsters.
@@conner4385 But crustaceans are arthropods
I love this. It's like I knew exactly what they were saying without knowing a word. Well done!
I know what you mean; it reminds me a little of watching the Pokemon anime as a child and knowing fully what was being said by the all the critters on-screen, though no actual sentences were spoken.
Expressions and body language were able to fill in the gaps here.
If you liked that you should watch the movie "caveman" with ring starr you can find the whole thing on youtube
You can turn captions on to see them speaking
Turn caps on
Wait really? I mean I know you meant you just knew kinda the idea of what they were saying based on tone and context, but I had no idea what was going on. Can you explain?
Edit, yeah now I know there are subtitles. /:
Why is it more fun to watch a covenant faction discuss how to proceed than the UNSC? Favorite line, even though it is unintelligible "don't break now."
Me too, it gave me that funny but cute. Anytime elites break away from their “honor stuff” it’s always funny.
Just like that elite and grunt sitting on the ledge in halo 5 hehe !
The author said the scene takes place during the great schism, they may have been shooting at brutes
@@eyeballpapercut4400 That makes sense considering the comment about 'fatties'
Late reply but I think the reason why we find it so fun and cool is because their literary aliens to us. We don't know very much about them other then the games and extended and even that's not too detailed. The UNSC however, is just Humans 500 years from now. We know thier history and if you've been around literally anyone, you know what an interaction might be. I mean the UNSC talk between soldiers is not too far from how mordern soldiers talk to each other, formally or casually
2:18 Love the detail of them talking about the Sangheili and the Grunt actually saying “Sangheili” amongst his alien words
is that audio from reach?
god damn that was really good!
Oh hey HiddenXperia, what is your website URL?
my man!
Hidden!
hey i tried to join ur spartan company
You told me you were gonna wear something nice
Dude there’s so much story potential. Like why does the main character have chard shoulder armor. Or why the Ultra has a broken helmet.
What do mean broken helmet? It looks fine to me
@@amazingbro6723 Take a good look at it and you’ll see
@@PackHunter117 I see it but not necessarily a broken helmet but rather missing a horn
@@amazingbro6723 Ok fair enough. Chipped helmet then
Woah, I didn't see those details until I read your comment and I watched this video twice beforehand haha 😆 good spotting 👌
I love how quickly you get across different character's motivations through their actions,
The spec ops not only doubts the Minor's ability to hit the targets, but also his weapons effective range. Seeing that that is not enough to dissuade the Minor he takes it as a chance to teach - or perhaps simply test - going off to get a weapon that would be more effective.
The Ultra is wearing damaged gear, but it's clear the group isn't in direct danger. Presumably they simply do not have the ability to fix his helmet. When he enter's the scene the Minor had *just* broken his weapon, of course the Ultra would be hesitant to give the good rifle to him.
But he still lets him use it, and then walks off without checking if he even hits the enemies. He also remarks about letting the other one use it, presumably the Kig Yar.
It's clear he respects the spec ops's judgement, the minor is to take the rifle. If he misses? lesson learned. If he hits them? Nice.
Then there are the Grunt and Jackal, at first they come off as pestering, simply annoying to annoy, but as the short goes on and on re-watches it comes off as simply more casual. The are messing with eachother because they know eachother.
Further, it becomes clear that the Minor does on some level care about them, they complain that the Minor gets the gun when the Jackal could do more with it, so he offers to let them shoot it.
Also just how good the movement is, at no point does it feel like any single character is the focus of the animation, even when they are still. The frequent use of multiple actions as well as very snappy movement gives a lot of character to them.
And seeing the Jackle lean back to look at the spartans instead of flipping over is really cute
Great analysis of the scene, only mistake is those are Brutes they're sniping.
@@SwordsmanMercenary those arent brutes. those are unsc marines.
You can also see damage on the minor’s shoulder
@@crimsoniconsThey're brutes. They're too bulky to be marines and the grunt calling them "fat" wouldn't make much sense.
@@MisterJohnDoe I stand corrected. I went through it frame by frame. I thought I saw a medic trying to save a marine. Now I see two brutes about to have their next meal.
This is how I imagined the great schism would have really been done. As I get the feeling the grunts and jackals loyal to the elites would be more than happy to fight the brutes along side them.
Agreed. Elites probably show more respect to their fellow warriors of different species
This is now canon in my mind, I love it
The Jackal saying "hello!" slayed me
"Team Slayer"
LOCAL UNITS
They feel almost like a group of friends post schism, that have almost become like a second family, especially because of how casual they seem to be towards each other, even though they may be different ranks, even the grunt and jackal, I honestly wish we could get this seen by a wider audience, but I know I'll at least be sharing this!
the little grunt kicking his little legs is my favorite part
that grunts the cutest thing ive ever seen
The fact that they tried overthrowing the Covenant. Made it better
@Yoda yes
I love this how the Spec-Ops and the Ultra underestimated the Elite Minor
This is everything a covenant halo animation needs. A look into the rank structure. A look into the alien hierarchy and manner to which they interact with one another. Great animation, an easy to understand story that clearly has some background to it for anybody watching to fill in the blanks on their own. Some comedic relief. Seriously amazing work and if I don't see you on an official animation project soon I will eat my hat.
The fact that the Elites were so chill and empowering the Minor to take the shot was absolutely wholesome and I want it to be canon so I can feel like shit whenever I am killing them while playing Halo. lol
@@sharkuel I love that humanity canonically makes peace with the sangheili along with those who sided with them against the covenant definitely wouldn't like halo as much without that aspect.
I just love seeing the Covenant in their down time. We only really see what the higher ups do in their down time in the books. I want to see more of this! What the foot soldiers and grunts (and Grunts) are doing.
The closest we get to seeing elites during chill downtime is one 5 second clip in Halo 3 when Johnson and Arbiter are unloading weapons in the epilogue cutscene to Floodgate. There's three or four elites just chilling by a ghost... And that's it.
I guess the idle Banished dialogue in Infinite is servicable. One of the few good things to come out of the Banished.
@@PANCAKEMINEZZThere's also that one cutscene in Halo 2 where a Jackal is messing with the Grunt before noticing the drop pods.
Very few fantasy and speculative science fiction content can get it remotely right. They just give up and cut corners by making the extraterrestrial life forms human copycats. Aside from Star Wars, I dont know a science fiction medium that actually keeps their alien civilizations "alien" for the most part.
What I find fascinating about this is there is no subtitle, no expository content, no over explaining and over dramatization. Its kind of like looking at Covenant combat journalism without the Covenant commenting on what they are doing. And neither is it a Covenant safari. Its a very skilled example of show without telling. That is very devoid in today's cinema.
It feels like this particular group is a bit close in terms of friendship, they're very casual with one another, and it was very heart(s) warming.
The use of implied dialogue was quite creative :) I really enjoyed the frustration / comradery of the elite, jackal and grunt during that small moment. Great vid!
There's custom captions
@@jackcolson4745 Added after I first watched :) Thanks mate.
The fact that they have the implied words makes it seem like they're speaking a language rather you know what there saying or not
I'd love to see something like this again in the future. Just the Covenant soldiers fooling around on missions. They're no far different than Marines in terms of behavior in the field lol.
Covenant red vrs blue
They should do that! I think they teases it at the end of one of the seasons in rvb but they never did it
*teased
My phone always mixes s and d (it just did it again while I was typing this)
@@psycholamborghini4828 they did tease it, yeah.
And just like that: some random bloke on the internet made something more profound and entertaining than the entirety of Halo 5: Guardians.
Maybe not profound, but I agree this is really cute ☺️ 😊 🥰😁
@John Milczanowski that’s intense hyperbole, I like dislike halo 5 but it still has some story. Also I’ve never played fall guys 🤷♂️
Halo 5 has an ok story. Everyone is always so critical of it because they're comparing it to the other halo games that were better received by the community.
@@flawless_Cowboy There is quite a few reasons for that.
@@flawless_Cowboy ok story?
it is even a story?
Sooo it’s only just occurred to me, after watching this 5 or 6 times, that turning on captions actually tells you what they’re saying. Nice touch Devarture nice touch.
0:51 played that over like 14 times i love his voice and animation right there
as amazing as this is, it does make me kind of sad for the fact we didn't have grunt and jackal (let alone hunters) allies in Halo 3, a cutscene like this in The Ark would've been the best
10/10 definitely has to be on #HaloSpotlight
I mean it would be possible but I think the grunts and hunters would have been possible because grunts trusted the elits more then the bruts but the covenant forced them to fight for them remember the half of the grunt population was wiped out on thy home plant it likely the elits had grunts and Co on thy ships but kept them for emergency purposes like defending the ships from the inside + you knew the elits were your allies but would have been hard to know who's your enemy and who's your friend if you don't watch the cross hair
In case you don't know you can download Ruby's rebalanced Halo 3 campaign and it adds all these things and more, its pretty good.
@@reynard4823 yea but not on console yet
We get them in Halo 2. Try it out if you haven't.
@@foxtrondemonprotector4051 rip for console users
ok there is alot to unpack here
1st Iove how smooth this looks, this the type of shit you would see in a profesional studio.
2nd the lighting is absoulute perfect.
3rd Your animation and the way you showed emotions was perfect, this can do well without the subtitles.
In conclution I love this
this comment right sir. here marks all the best parts.
i love how most of them already have damaged armor.
When you’re the team’s main sniper but you have annoying teammates lol
P.S. I love the animation in this :D
The jackal and grunt are so adorable with their attitudes and movement. All of this is just great
Reach’s armor design is simply the pinnacle of halo designs. Wish this style comes back
Yes
I love how the Jackal says "Hello!"
Was half expecting the Jackal sniper to just casually kill the enemies before anyone else, but hey, that's a welcome surprise.
Or the Elite to get domed because of the constant interruptions giving his targets enough time to spot and shoot him.
Well, they are sniping Brutes, after all.
@@phoenixkarma204 I thought it’s just target practice.
@@phoenixkarma204I don't know, man. Some brutes can tank a sniper shot to the helm.
@@MisterJohnDoe I was referring to the brutes actual intelligience, lol
So many questions like why the Minor has Infiltration harness shoulders or why they were taking out Brutes. And who the Brutes ally to. Same with the cast. You should make a full film! 😍
These are likely sangheili coalition troops that fought alongside humans on the ark against the covenant. Regulations set by the covenant prohibited certain ranks from using certain armors, however after the schism, elites could use a variety of armor sets that were salvaged from high charity of covenant foundries. What likely happened is the minor's chest piece must have been damaged to the point it could no longer be used, and an infiltration harness could've been salvaged from somewhere and used as a quick replacement. The minor's armor seems to be a mix of all sorts of armor types, like how it also has spec ops shoulders. This is a lore explanation, however the actual explanation could be different, such as a limited selection of biped models available.
@@Devarture I though the brutes were banished
@@whod74 the Banished is a faction of covenant people that was as the name implies banished by the covenant. not necessarily everyone was banished ofcourse. it was just a brute leader or chieftain of some sorts that was a bit extreme as far a si remember or something. so he was banished along with hes entire army that consisted of all the covenant races ofcourse. hence why the brutes are seen in halo 2 and halo 3 aswell as during the great schism
@@whod74 there are multiple groups/ clans the brutes can be apart of. The Banished are one of them and Keepers of the One Freedom are another
@@Naetheon i know i was just suposing that these brute were banished because the soldiers we see got the equipement of the covenant pre shangelie revolution and we know the covenant and the banished were in a big war at the same time that they were against humans
So oddly wholesome, that they all chat and bicker and yet work together as a team. I do love the actual models of this animation. The Spec Ops and Ultra's armor looks STUNNING, and the Minor having some shock and joy visible on his face when he gets the weapon and the thumbs up from the jackle making him smile, oh it is glorious. Great Work, keep it up.
Idk why but that jackal leaning backwards and upside down to look through his scope is somehow endearing. Like just a chill dude
This is so amazing. I never knew I needed an entire series dedicated around the covenant. No need for subtitles even.
Dude! This is absolutely perfect! Great comedy, perfect timing and incredibly expressive!
"They're just standing around, talking, that's all they do, that's all they ever do is stand around and talk"
This is the most wholesome video I’ve ever seen. Especially the jackal
Everything about this is amazing! I just love the casual energy this has.
idk why but my favorite part is the posing of the jackal starting at 2:49 it's SOO GOOD OMG
The way he just leans back to look over at the targets was cute
@@cryptocorynes1253 YEAH!
Jackals look like cute mini dinos if they smile and you ignore the fact they are 6-7 foot on average height (about the size of a tall human)
I would pay for a whole series of this
Unexpected video in my feed....10/10
WE MUST TREND THIS SPREAD THE WORD!
Damn, I'd watch an entire movie like that
I love how much character they each have
this would make a great series, especially for the minor elite. maybe he would rank up over time as his story.
same with the grunt and sniper jackal
They're so wholesome
You beat me to saying it lol this is very wholesome
Amazing! Simply amazing! I love the animation, the environment sounds, the eye animation. This is just amazing!
why are they all so cute
I feel oddly proud for him and secondly I love how the Jackel and Grunt give him a thumbs up and congrant him for landing the shots, I hope we can see more of that trio
I can't find the words to express how much I appreciate your animation. I love the Covenant so much, especially the Elites. Hearing their native language is great, and here you implemented sentence mixing brilliantly.
Absolutely incredible!
This is part of what a good Halo TV show could look like. I especially love when you can see how these units interact outside of combat. It really grounds the the whole thing.
Their interactions were so adorable
Please make a series holy shit, you already built recognizable characters. And the armour detail like the broken helmet is cool as hell
This animation really shows the craftsmanship put into this by the fact that you can understand what each of them are saying, even without subtitles, really well done!
For some reason I love all this species interacting
I love the simplicity of the videos goal or well the elite’s goal taking out the targets but goes very expressive with the character interactions, love how the Jackel seems so joyful saying hi and such and the grunt literally depicts a child tapping feet on rocks board waiting gets blinded by the beam rifle twice and just humorous subtle well done narration love it my respects👊 :)
That was pretty damn cool.
I love how it sounds like they’re having genuine conversations despite my non-understanding.
Your channel is criminally underrated! Fantastic work! You did an amazing job.
God the anticipation for this was big! This is fucking amazing and Im glad I waited to see the final product!!
I hope to see this group more often, they have a lot of chemistry
Oh my gosh, I love this so much. God I wish we got the Halo Reach armour back. I loved the elite armour variations. They're so beautiful, especially when they're super reflective.
I love this SO much. Really makes me want to get back to learning 3D animation, and that's no mean feat cuz I've kind of been stuck in an art block for years. Well done dude, well done.
Amazing! I love seeing the Halo universe from the side of the Covenant. I also appreciate the battle damage on the elites, nice touch.
This is so beautiful. I'd pay to see an entire season of a series of this beauty. So much potential. I felt relief that the covenant wasn't just that religious and too hard entirely, they also shared feeling and were living creatures too doing some social stuff, just like we humans do.
Looking very forward to see more of your work. ❤️
Not only is this adorable, its also very, very well animated! I'd love to see more animations like this in the future! Wonderful little details too, like the Carbine's sights and the Jackal's little eye scope thingy.
This is amazing! The animation is so well done! Honestly I love it and there’s so much potential for these characters. This video is such a great thing to watch.
I didn't check for subtitles first, didn't understand a word they were saying. That made this so much better. The teamwork and care is just so wonderful to watch. Please make more of these, they're a treat!
This is the exact kind of Halo storytelling experience I want to see 343 make. Well done!
The ANIMATION! It’s sooo good!
The facial expression in the elite, the way they move. It’s perfect!
Coolest video I’ve seen in such a long time. Gives off “day at the beach” vibes from halo 2
This is amazing it's so impressive Edit: how does this not have so many views this is insane the detail and artwork he has talent so skilled
Bro made the best Halo video of all time and then dipped 😔
Even thou I'm 2 years late this is really good and really nice to see the grunt and jackal getting along
I love how you can tell what there saying with out them speaking English
love the idea of these characters having there own story
Revisiting 2 years later.
Still in love.💙
I love the addition of armor damage. I also enjoyed the personalities that were evident with each character.
I have rewatched this a concerning amount of times. Great work dude! I love the emotions conveyed by the characters! The subtitles are also really good, I think they actually improve it quite a bit.
The animation and its story are so damn good that I keep rewatching it.
I just discovered this a few years late but it's brilliant! I also would have loved to have had an entire show just of the antics of this group! I love that they feel like comrades, maybe even friends. This is so professional and wonderful! Thank you for this, I love it! 😎👍
This is amazing! Really well done! It’s funny, watching it back a second time with the subtitles on was super worth it hahaha.
halo needs more short stories like this, very well done man
There should be a whole story on this, it would be really fun to watch!
Even two years later this is still one of the best animation projects on UA-cam. The clear smooth animations between all of them, the weight behind their actions and bodies, the unspoken camaraderie between them all, the fact that even though the spec-ops elite and the Ultra have clearly higher authority then the rest, they don’t seem irreverent of their underlings.
All of it shows a clear care and passion for your craft, and can only hope in the years to come that you are given the opportunities to show more of your skills.
His gasp when the reticle turned off got me 😂😂
Holy shit yo, this animation is spot on! I love the interactions and dialogue too!
Suuuuubbed!
Amazing. Please don't give up on this channel!
Beautiful animation. I love how the soldiers interacted and the unggoy being getting blinded was funny.
When a Jackal praises your sniping, you know you've done good.
Everything about this is perfect, because even though they’re considered monsters they still have emotion and feel things and this really sets it in that they’re just soldiers doing their job, also the best part is the detail in the eye when the ultra gets angry it goes from orange to red
The Kig’yar bent over backwards instead of turning around
Fitting personality for the weirdest species of the covenant
I keep coming back to watch this, great work man love how the dialogue sounds especially
This is actually amazing, so much character and personality and I don't even know what they're saying. That's not even mentioning the pure quality of the lighting and animation
My dream animation.
I want to hug the little grunt at 1:12
that was so well done the characters moved so naturally and it was quite funny thank you for making this exist
YES! Glad to see some new content for the Covvie species. If 343 wants their "Spartan Story" so much, then we'll make the other stories ourselves!
Fantastic work, Devarture, love it!