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Re: What's all that empty forehead space for?
By:Revenant1988
Date: 8/4/13 10:38 pm
In Response To: What's all that empty forehead space for? (Postmortem)

: The other animal that has something like this that immediately comes to mind
: is a dolphin. For sonar. I have a hard time imagining Sangheili needing
: that.

: Given the predatory nature of the Elite's evolution, it seems strange that
: they'd have room for so much tissue between their skin and their bone.

: Also, something about this, probably the lack of a hinge for the lower jaws
: and the distance from the skull to the bottom of the mouth, makes me
: picture some Elites eating like snakes; their mouths expanding to the size
: of their meal. Thinking about it realistically, their jaw isn't really
: laid out well for chewing. Maybe it's possible?

You can also see that the eye sockets don't line up the best either :)

I needed a size check for a project I'm working on, and Loftus saved my bacon.

He also pointed out to me that, perhaps, Bungie had not planned out the Elite's physiology for the long term.

If you take a look at the legendary emblem's skull, it's much longer than the Elite's actual head, which skews my math a bit for what I'm working on.

As Loftus pointed out in his image, it should not be interpreted as canon- that extra space you see in the top of the head? A result of the Halo 2 asset on the Halo Reach asset.

The Elite has undergone some big changes over the series but the legendary never changed with them, soooooo yeah.


Messages In This Thread

Elite AnatomyStephen L. (SoundEffect)8/4/13 8:22 pm
     As I suspectedZackDark8/4/13 8:32 pm
     Tartarus has an Elite skull on his shoulder? *NM*davidfuchs8/4/13 9:02 pm
           Re: Tartarus has an Elite skull on his shoulder?rhubarb8/4/13 9:05 pm
           Re: Tartarus has an Elite skull on his shoulder?Revenant19888/4/13 9:08 pm
                 Halo 2: Blowing my mind, almost 10 years later *NM*davidfuchs8/4/13 11:50 pm
                       What he said... Wow. *NM*Pkmnrulz2408/5/13 9:37 am
                       Oh wow *NM*padraig088/5/13 10:08 am
                       Also, this is another reason why we need H2:A. :P *NM*Pkmnrulz2408/5/13 2:44 pm
                       You might even say it... blew you away?Hyokin8/5/13 9:25 pm
                             Bad Hyokin bad!!!! that was not punny mister *NM*Joshinhuman8/5/13 10:19 pm
                                   Re: Bad Hyokin bad!!!! that was not punny misterHyokin8/6/13 8:54 pm
                             *groan* *NM*Pkmnrulz2408/6/13 7:10 am
           Yeah, and Loftus...ZackDark8/4/13 9:58 pm
                 Re: Yeah, and Loftus...Stephen L. (SoundEffect)8/4/13 10:17 pm
     Re: Elite AnatomyDervish8/4/13 10:11 pm
           Re: Elite AnatomyStephen L. (SoundEffect)8/4/13 10:19 pm
                 Re: Elite AnatomyPostmortem8/4/13 10:20 pm
                       Re: Elite AnatomyStephen L. (SoundEffect)8/4/13 10:24 pm
                             Elite Anatomy (Halo 2)Stephen L. (SoundEffect)8/4/13 11:20 pm
                                   THAT's the mesh?ZackDark8/5/13 12:02 am
                                         Re: THAT's the mesh?uberfoop8/5/13 1:22 am
                                               Re: THAT's the mesh?ZackDark8/5/13 6:07 pm
                                   Comparing Reach/h4 lower 'jaw' with h2scarab8/5/13 3:06 am
                                         Re: Comparing Reach/h4 lower 'jaw' with h2Hyokin8/5/13 9:31 pm
                                               Re: Comparing Reach/h4 lower 'jaw' with h2scarab8/6/13 2:43 am
                                                     OR... They just eat pasty foods like pudding. *NM*Hyokin8/6/13 8:55 pm
                                                           The underpant wearing, bath taking, lilly-huggers! *NM*scarab8/7/13 2:58 am
     What's all that empty forehead space for?Postmortem8/4/13 10:18 pm
           Re: What's all that empty forehead space for?Stephen L. (SoundEffect)8/4/13 10:21 pm
           Re: What's all that empty forehead space for?Revenant19888/4/13 10:38 pm
           Re: What's all that empty forehead space for?Quirel8/5/13 12:20 am
                 Re: What's all that empty forehead space for?Postmortem8/5/13 4:44 am
                       I like this ideaNikko B2018/5/13 5:51 am
                             I'd buy it. *NM*Azo 'Galvat8/5/13 4:23 pm
                             Re: I like this ideaGrimmire8/5/13 4:54 pm
                                   Re: I like this ideaStephen L. (SoundEffect)8/5/13 5:12 pm
                                         Re: I like this ideaPostmortem8/5/13 5:27 pm
                       Re: What's all that empty forehead space for?Stephen L. (SoundEffect)8/5/13 7:56 am
                             Re: What's all that empty forehead space for?Anton17928/5/13 3:22 pm
                                   Re: What's all that empty forehead space for?Postmortem8/5/13 4:06 pm
                                   Re: What's all that empty forehead space for?Stephen L. (SoundEffect)8/5/13 4:08 pm
                       LanguageJoshinhuman8/5/13 4:02 pm
     I just thought of something elseRevenant19888/4/13 11:04 pm
     Really Misleading.Morpheus8/4/13 11:57 pm
           Re: Really Misleading.Stephen L. (SoundEffect)8/5/13 7:38 am
                 Skull Would've Sufficed. XD *NM*Morpheus8/5/13 10:18 am
                 Re: Really Misleading.Phoenix_92868/5/13 3:00 pm
                 Re: Really Misleading.Quirel8/5/13 6:21 pm
                       Re: Really Misleading.Stephen L. (SoundEffect)8/5/13 6:25 pm

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