For a number of reasons i have drastically, decreased the Halo armor props or just built previous game armor.(IMO) I would like to say that a partial reason for population decrease could be because of the armor. I am actually a member of the 405th community and ive seen some pretty amazing work for Halo 4s armor but, everyone who used be a Halo armor building fanatics arent building halo 4 armor. (IMO)again the armor just lacks that certain Halo feel that reach and Halo gave to us. For starters , the previous Halo games had pretty crafty helmets that when built as a prop an individual could see out of a visor. In Halo 4 that is not the case for roughly 75% of the helmets in the armory. The rest, well, theyre all nuts and bolt and lights. Also the designs arent original,a fe helets were halo reach elite Helmets remastered. My biggest problem has to be that dreaded unicorn Helmet. I even hated the Recon helmet ,that had a visor. Now for the body. The thighs were actually really nice except for the fact that the Spartan IVs couldnt really fit the armor if it wasnt for magnets and the armor being bolted and screwed to tight. A perfect example is the MKVI variant that doesnt look to functional and look as if it would fall off at any moment. The biceps were "ok’ but their shouldnt be that many variants for each shoulder piece you have. To make things much easier, why not make 2 or 3 bicep variants to choose from them have many shoulder attachments. Everything else were actually ok. For color customization. I would actually prefer the Halo 3 style, where you have Primary(over all) secondary(usually shoulders & helmets) and the detail color (stripe on thigh and biceps). The detail colors in 4 have really bothered me but thats as far as I`m going with that.
So as that being said should there be new armor for Halo 5, bring back old armor but modify it and/or if you have any suggestion on armor or designs, draw (optional) something and link it here. Also the same for color customization.
For new ideas:
How should the armor be achieved?
Should there be like an armory to which your spartan armor ups (random)
Come up with something unique. Doesnt have to be original but not redundant.
Thanks for reading. (Dont mind the grammar mistake.)
I like all armors in every Halo game except Halo 4. Halo 4’s armor is just… yeah sorry but, CRAP!
The reason for me is that the helmets are horrible and most don’t have a visor. And then these spots where it is supposed to be black there are like… dots everywhere! Very ugly! And the fingers have those ugly armor pieces on! In past Halos it was just nice and black. No weird armor or dots…
Overall, the armor is just one big meh!
I really hope they make armor feel like Halo in Halo 5. I really love the armor from Reach and H3 and want something like that again!
And I hope for loads of armor customization options! Everything customizable! Add a color wheel! Let us place our emblems anywhere we want! And each helmet has a different hud. That way it feels more unique. And we could buy certain things in the armory such as flashlights! That can help us see in the dark if we play on a map where it is night.
Imagine if we can change daytime in Forge and make dark maps! Then have the only source of light being your flashlight! And then… Imagine infection! 
So yeah, there’s some stuff. 
Do you think it would also be a cool thing to add in visor damage during a matchmaking game? As you fight you get cracks in your helmet just like in the final mission in Reach. I think that would be amazing!
Would be cool too for custom games and machinima. :3
The armor is less tank-ish and bulky now
So it requires MUCH finer and precise and EXPENSIVE fabrication (the body suit alone will NOT look good or accurate unless made with latex foam and possibly engraved with a beehive barrier pattern…there is a neat trick to do that too tho)
Furthermore because of HOW it is designed it will NOT look good on people unless they are tall and well built
So, just my 2¢
Halo 5’s armor design should take a serious departure from the wide assortment of absolute junk and Power Ranger-esque gear Halo 4 has to offer. IMO some of the only things they got right were just the designs they revisited. (EOD, Recon helmet, ODST, Mark V, Mark VI and perhaps Air Assault)
Look at these helmets I mean really what the hell is this, this, this or this?
First one has the general design of an upside down KFC bucket
Second on has the general design of a car after its been through a compactor
I don’t even know what to say about the third one
Finally the fourth one has the general design of a lighthouse
Yeah some of the helmet were…less than pleasing but others were decent
Idk to me the Spartans on Halo 4 were kind of twig like.
Honestly I didnt even like the armor mods that came with the budle. I was fairly disappointed with how the odst and the MKV helmets came out. On another note i do not absolutely, with a vengeance, like the boots. They dont seem to fit in. Practically about only armor i like is Master Chiefs, but to an extent.
TBH, I like certain armors in Halo 4, especially the “sleeky” ones like the Recon and the Scout, however, in Halo 5, I expect the armors to be a mix of Halo Reach and Halo 4 armors. Hopefully the Recon’s armor is the same as in Halo 4.
The only armor I like and think is what a Spartan would really look like are ones like Recruit, Scout, Recon, Mark V and VI of course, Warrior etc. All others (IMO) are hideous and look like some rejected form of Forerunner design, or something, can’t put my finger on it.
I think some of the armors that actually looked good in halo 4 (ex. Recruit,Soldier,Mk.V), are some of the best we’ve seen throught Halo. IMO
Yeah halo 5 definitely needs some more simple and cool looking helmets
the shoulders and chests are decent though
But comparing it to reachs is a fail
reach had the worst armor I have ever seen. IT WAS TERRIBLE
Here are some ideas I have for helmets/armor.
Helmet/Armor design/look idea 1
Helmet/Armor design/look idea 2: Right armor, the shoulder armor needs to be downsized some. The yellow plates on the face of the helmet should be visor for those of you who dislike visorless helmets.
Helmet design/look idea 3: The large plate between the red lights should be turned into visor.
Helmet/Army design/look idea 4: some of the helmets not exactly, but the general look and feel of those would be ok, and the armor, I like the idea of having some dangly bits of cloth, maybe some ghillie/camo netting.
Helmet design/look idea 5: Less frills, more of the general shape of the face visor.
Helmet design/look idea 6: This helmet looks better as is, without any clear large visor like most people LOVE. It gives the wearer an evil look.
Helmet/Armor design/look idea 7: The arms, legs, and chest is kind of what I’m thinking, also kind of the helmet, having some bone on the helmet give it more of a native tribal look.
Helmet design/look idea 8: I like the idea of the visor being smaller and thin, not large like most Halo helmets.
Helmet/Armor design/look idea 9: Helmet and Arms, I kind of miss having large shoulders like in Reach.
Helmet design/look idea 10: Again, replace the large face plate with a visor.
Helmet design/look idea 11: leave the helmet as is, with small lights, and very little visor.
Helmet design/look idea 12: Again, I like the look of small visors less of a weak spot.
Helmet design/look idea 13: This helmet kind of gives me the old time spartan look, with the fin on the top of the helmet. The silver portion of the helmet should be replaced with visor.
Helmet design/look idea 14: This one I enjoy the look of the faceplate.
Helmet design/look idea 15: This helmet is cool looking, and that’s all I’m going to say.
Helmet design/look idea 16: This one, it should have a clear glass shield on the front, with armor, and small eye/visor slits like in the image.
Helmet design/look idea 17: This helmet I like the look have having a face look to it, and be made of many little plates.
Helmets design/look idea 18: These are some Halo Concept art helmet, and I really wish they was in Halo 5.
Helmet design/look idea 19: Helmet shape, face paint and without face paint.
> Here are some ideas I have for helmets/armor.
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> Helmet/Armor design/look idea 1
> Helmet/Armor design/look idea 2: Right armor, the shoulder armor needs to be downsized some. The yellow plates on the face of the helmet should be visor for those of you who dislike visorless helmets.
> Helmet design/look idea 3: The large plate between the red lights should be turned into visor.
> Helmet/Army design/look idea 4: some of the helmets not exactly, but the general look and feel of those would be ok, and the armor, I like the idea of having some dangly bits of cloth, maybe some ghillie/camo netting.
> Helmet design/look idea 5: Less frills, more of the general shape of the face visor.
> Helmet design/look idea 6: This helmet looks better as is, without any clear large visor like most people LOVE. It gives the wearer an evil look.
> Helmet/Armor design/look idea 7: The arms, legs, and chest is kind of what I’m thinking, also kind of the helmet, having some bone on the helmet give it more of a native tribal look.
> Helmet design/look idea 8: I like the idea of the visor being smaller and thin, not large like most Halo helmets.
> Helmet/Armor design/look idea 9: Helmet and Arms, I kind of miss having large shoulders like in Reach.
> Helmet design/look idea 10: Again, replace the large face plate with a visor.
> Helmet design/look idea 11: leave the helmet as is, with small lights, and very little visor.
> Helmet design/look idea 12: Again, I like the look of small visors less of a weak spot.
> Helmet design/look idea 13: This helmet kind of gives me the old time spartan look, with the fin on the top of the helmet. The silver portion of the helmet should be replaced with visor.
> Helmet design/look idea 14: This one I enjoy the look of the faceplate.
> Helmet design/look idea 15: This helmet is cool looking, and that’s all I’m going to say.
> Helmet design/look idea 16: This one, it should have a clear glass shield on the front, with armor, and small eye/visor slits like in the image.
> Helmet design/look idea 17: This helmet I like the look have having a face look to it, and be made of many little plates.
> Helmets design/look idea 18: These are some Halo Concept art helmet, and I really wish they was in Halo 5.
> Helmet design/look idea 19: Helmet shape, face paint and without face paint.
I have to say a few of those were nice, seeing they were actual halo armor sets. The others yea not so much I mean one of them had N7 on it and a few of them looked the the Predator movies of old.
Halo armor is in my mind kinda going in the right direction, yes some of the helmets we had in game were horrible. The ones that had crazy designs were a little over the top but the ones with out a visor are actually tactically sound. No visor means a more armored facial area that has cameras that can give you a better view with less of a chance of getting a bullet in the eye.
Thats all fine and all but what if your camera helmets were emp`d then the spartan would be just blind.
I like numbers 1. 4. 18. and the last one. The rest kinda of strayed away from the feel i was talking about.
> Here are some ideas I have for helmets/armor.
>
> Helmet/Armor design/look idea 1
> Helmet/Armor design/look idea 2: Right armor, the shoulder armor needs to be downsized some. The yellow plates on the face of the helmet should be visor for those of you who dislike visorless helmets.
> Helmet design/look idea 3: The large plate between the red lights should be turned into visor.
> Helmet/Army design/look idea 4: some of the helmets not exactly, but the general look and feel of those would be ok, and the armor, I like the idea of having some dangly bits of cloth, maybe some ghillie/camo netting.
> Helmet design/look idea 5: Less frills, more of the general shape of the face visor.
> Helmet design/look idea 6: This helmet looks better as is, without any clear large visor like most people LOVE. It gives the wearer an evil look.
> Helmet/Armor design/look idea 7: The arms, legs, and chest is kind of what I’m thinking, also kind of the helmet, having some bone on the helmet give it more of a native tribal look.
> Helmet design/look idea 8: I like the idea of the visor being smaller and thin, not large like most Halo helmets.
> Helmet/Armor design/look idea 9: Helmet and Arms, I kind of miss having large shoulders like in Reach.
> Helmet design/look idea 10: Again, replace the large face plate with a visor.
> Helmet design/look idea 11: leave the helmet as is, with small lights, and very little visor.
> Helmet design/look idea 12: Again, I like the look of small visors less of a weak spot.
> Helmet design/look idea 13: This helmet kind of gives me the old time spartan look, with the fin on the top of the helmet. The silver portion of the helmet should be replaced with visor.
> Helmet design/look idea 14: This one I enjoy the look of the faceplate.
> Helmet design/look idea 15: This helmet is cool looking, and that’s all I’m going to say.
> Helmet design/look idea 16: This one, it should have a clear glass shield on the front, with armor, and small eye/visor slits like in the image.
> Helmet design/look idea 17: This helmet I like the look have having a face look to it, and be made of many little plates.
> Helmets design/look idea 18: These are some Halo Concept art helmet, and I really wish they was in Halo 5.
> Helmet design/look idea 19: Helmet shape, face paint and without face paint.
OMG I could not agree more with the Majority of those armor designs. They look more like combat skins than armor pieces, which is what used to be unique to Halo, look wise. Give us Halo 4 Male Spartan body posture, Halo Reach Female Spartan body posture, and more combat skin armor designs, and Halo 5 would have the perfect armor and player design. Along with attachments from Halo Reach and more.
Honestly comparing the armor Reachs wasnt a fail. Reach had amazing armor if anything Halo 4 had the worst armor throughout the whole series. Comparing it to Halo 3 would be even far worst for Halo 4, seeing that 3`s armor was the best throughout the Halo series. Halo 4s armor looked something like an overkill and an attempt to over do details. IMO HALO 4 armor was a fail.
> Thats all fine and all but what if your camera helmets were emp`d then the spartan would be just blind.
Mjolnir is built to withstand the effects on an EMP, so no. And also if an EMP could affect Mjolnir, I’m pretty sure being blind would be the least of a Spartan’s problems.
Also, look at these guys or this guy . Their helmets have no visor but no one really questions how they see. I don’t see why the UNSC cant do the same.
> > Thats all fine and all but what if your camera helmets were emp`d then the spartan would be just blind.
Mjolnir is built to withstand the effects on an EMP, so no. And also if an EMP could affect Mjolnir, I’m pretty sure being blind would be the least of a Spartan’s problems.
Also, look at these guys or this guy . Their helmets have no visor but no one really questions how they see. I don’t see why the UNSC cant do the same.
The first ones not Halo and the second one is a foreunner ( a far intelligent being than humans. That have telekinesis) I doubt they`d need a visor. You are right about the MK armor variants, I kinda felt silly after reading that.
> > Thats all fine and all but what if your camera helmets were emp`d then the spartan would be just blind.
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> Mjolnir is built to withstand the effects on an EMP, so no. And also if an EMP could affect Mjolnir, I’m pretty sure being blind would be the least of a Spartan’s problems.
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> Also, look at these guys or this guy . Their helmets have no visor but no one really questions how they see. I don’t see why the UNSC cant do the same.
Everyone knows how they see, it just doesn’t look right for the UNSC. At least the Halo 4 designs don’t.
