Swift Strike (Mega Construx Short Film)

Spartan Pliskin is sent on an infiltration mission to destroy some Covenant tech, but makes an alarming discovery.
Commentary:
This is an updated version of Halo Infinite: Swift Strike.
Dear lord this took forever to make. ya'll better watch all the way through.
Thumbnail edit by ClicStudios
Music used:
Metal Gear (Solid and Rising):
Snake eater
Battle in the jungle (caution and evasion)
Yell dead cell
Mantis hymn
Arsenal gear is going to take off!
The best is yet to come
Rules of nature (Ray 1 and 2)
AM2R:
Zeta metroid
The nest
Fallout:
Subterranean meltdown
Halo:
Impart
Dream again
Quarantine zone
Elite approach
Hollow Knight:
Greenpath (Bass, Main, and Action)
Tags:
#Halo #HaloInfinite #HaloMCC #HaloMCX #MegaConstrux #HaloMegaConstrux #Bionicle

[@anonym_b3058]

Also I like how in your stop motions you dont use dialogue, only actions to tell the story. Its rlly unique and works well!

[@hollowsteel]

Thanks! I’ve noticed that a lot of animations have issues with the concept of “show don’t tell” so I strive to tell a story without words. It’s really fun, especially when I see people noticing small details. For example: Adam hesitates to hell the elites, which can be seen as him being xenophobic, but is also hinting at his affiliation with ONI, and his lack of trust in other people (hence he pointed his gun at Pliskin on multipolar occasions, even when they were working together).

[@ReconRangr]

When the opening words appeared, 'current objective' I was taken back to reach

[@nobleattack5321]

At a loss of words, its just really damn good.

[@walrusproductions3496]

To see a terrific stop-motion film by none other than a guy who likes hollow knight is just terrific. Wonderful storytelling without dialogue.

[@blue-vr8dd]

I'm only about 5 minutes in but I really want to point out the detail of the detail of the blue light when the spartan is punching elites - its showing they have shields without actual shield affects like most animators hate addressing and doing (understandably). really amazing idea and detail I love about this so far.

[@hollowsteel]

Thanks! I always strive to put lil details like that into all my animations.

[@Halo3isgood]

man this is good and the metal gear 3 music in the background perfecto it takes me back to the good old days of halo 3 the rising and metal gear 1 music is pretty good to

[@thefallen2220]

8:11 snake eater playing

[@thikimtuyennguyen1264]

I love the mark 7 designs and enubis too so great to see them here

[@Thenümetalgod]

R.I.P. green frog that got punched

[@zanagh4788]

management mustve really hated that guy

[@chickengrunt3475]

i love the music choice

[@SonicJohn117]

That was great!!

[@hollowsteel]

Thanks!

[@eacp9038]

Wow, a lot of effort was put into this, awesome

[@speedyfilmzz]

This was a fantastic animation absolutely loved every moment of it. I'm definitely late to it but that didn't stop me from watching the whole thing. Definitely a great twist with the ONI Spartan wasn't expecting that and the practical effects are done so well plus the fights were awesome loved how you animated those. Lastly the story it's self was great as well as your set designs. I'd have to say again hollow this was a great animation film and I'm excited to see another film from you when the time comes.

[@drpepperdaddy7745]

I love how you put Bionicle in this...amazing movie!

[@JJTheSpartan_117]

Awesome stuff Hollow, really enjoyed this one.

[@hollowsteel]

Thank you! benis

[@thedeadbatterydepot]

Epic battle scenes! Great movie!

[@mblaze_studios]

You are truly talented! Well done!! [+1 sub] 👍

[@mootroidXproductions]

STOP THAT BLADE

[@hollowsteel]

*proceeds to parry 10+ tons of steel*

[@victorsandoval4792]

That shit was awesome. Elites and Spartans fighting together. Against robots.

[@Elpenguino-xz7he]

This guy does not get enough love for what he does

[@thefallen2220]

The white spartan remembered the basics of CQC

[@macs.9644]

This is next level stop motion

[@twiptwip8203]

That was great

[@GreenSoldierProductions]

nice job man i like this work , it would be nice to have some voice acting there to build up the story even more

[@hollowsteel]

Thanks! I mainly stayed away from dialogue since that’d make it take even longer to make.

[@thewildwestpirate3291]

I love how you can show character without dialogue for example the orange spartan I could tell is very arrogant hot headed and a show off

[@hollowsteel]

I’m glad you noticed! I tried to put a lot of effort into characterizing Adam (orange spartan) and the others, even if they didn’t have the most screen time.

[@FeimouVekim107]

Wow this is AMAZING THE SPARTAN COLOR THE ELITES EVEN THO THE MAP I GIVE IT 10000/10❤❤

[@hollowsteel]

I don’t know what you mean, but appreciate your comment!

[@Weasel_dud]

Whooooooo

[@FiendTheatre]

the elite ultra was a beast

[@rdproductions517]

Virgil in halo 3 and the books:😇 Virgil's in the first half of this:😡

[@hollowsteel]

They are different virgils. I kinda forgot that engineer Virgil existed, but I like the idea of them being counterparts. Though don’t read into it too much, it’s less of the RWS AI’s name and more of their classification.

[@rdproductions517]

@@hollowsteel ok

[@MrButterFingerss]

This is so good but what did the frog do

[@BreadCrumb9960]

Wish my stop motions were as good as yours

[@hollowsteel]

They’ll get there with enough practice

[@BreadCrumb9960]

Thansk

[@thefallen2220]

The robots remind me of the UGs in metal gear

[@hollowsteel]

that's what they're loosely based on

[@LegoAngel-yk6pe]

Ash Williams (Army of darkness) or Josh Mcgrath (Max Steel) or Action Man (1993) or Guts / Gatsu (berserk) be like John 117 or Noble 6 or Zavala or Lord Saladin (Destiny), Lina Inverser (slayers 1989) or Betsy Braddock (Psylocke) or Setsuna Meiou (sailor pluto) or Kaine or A2 (Nier) be like Cortana, theory or clue Halo is the future from the real life

[@hollowsteel]

That’s… a lot of “or”

[@LegoAngel-yk6pe]

@@hollowsteel dgfdgdfgvdfgfdhbvfgdxfgdxgbdfhfdhgdfhdf Do you know about the other franchises in my comment, not all theories and indications of aliens are false, Halo and Destiny share a universe, John 117 is the copy of Captain America and Iron Man, it also says John looks like a Power Ranger, in space I copied Star Wars and RPG I copied Mad Max and Terminator, theory whils from Star Wars are worse than the siths, saw spaceballs 1985, being flood and forerunner s are the worst fates than death, Spartan Nicole-458 from dead or alive 4

[@thefallen2220]

The red spartan is just Ocelot, he uses a pistol like a revolver he betrays and he got his arm cut off by a blade

[@hollowsteel]

And his name is Adam... tbh I may have went too hard with the metal gear references

[@thefallen2220]

@@hollowsteel And the elite is gray fox then?

[@hollowsteel]

@@thefallen2220 yes and no, parallels can be drawn between them, but any similarities they share are coincidence, unlike Adam and Ocelot’s similarities

[@thefallen2220]

@@hollowsteel Pliskin is solid snake as he uses CQC hides inside objects and his name is a reference to his fake identity in MGS2

[@rtoney85]

What did the frog do 😭

[@spartannewo505]

So goated idk why the old one got copyrighted

[@hollowsteel]

Idk either honestly

[@tacofitness1876]

I hear hollow knight music, i like

[@hollowsteel]

AYYYYYYYY

[@NoNo-hi2qc]

How Did you manage to put the helmet from the brute onto Spartan pilskin?

[@hollowsteel]

Sticky putty, an animator’s best friend!

[@rdproductions517]

Did he eat the frog 🐸

[@hollowsteel]

Some days you’ll feed on a tree frog-

[@rdproductions517]

@@hollowsteel nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo lolololol ( I thought u said feed a tree frog and I was like 🐸)

[@IvanSantos-or4by]

What planet they on ? And what date is it in the video ?

[@hollowsteel]

They're on one of the halo rings, and I'm sure the date is stated there somewhere.

[@user-iy4xd2ci1p]

y you kill the frog

[@anonym_b3058]

Where do you download ur sounds from?

[@hollowsteel]

Thesoundsresource is a very good website, however it can be a little unreliable.

[@DevotedSentry]

@@hollowsteel Thats where I get mine too

[@victorsandoval4792]

12:14:so the elites and the Spartan celebrate together? Aren’t they on different teams?

[@hollowsteel]

Not necessarily a celebration, more of a temporary truce to take down the considerably larger robotic threat.

[@victorsandoval4792]

@@hollowsteel fist in the air

[@hollowsteel]

@@victorsandoval4792 it’s a sign that the elites are friendly, at least the elites assumed that the gesture had a positive connotation.

[@jamespaguip5913]

Those giant robots are forunner machines right?

[@hollowsteel]

No, they're actually a type of advanced ONI war machine, similar to the Metal Gears and Unmanned Gears from Metal Gear Solid.

[@Sgt-Wolf]

13:06 Why did he beat up the poor frog?

[@hollowsteel]

Sometimes it’s what you gotta do

[@victorpelipenko6702]

How you light up when the gun is shooting?

[@hollowsteel]

Flashlights

[@victorpelipenko6702]

@@hollowsteel i mean how to you flash the lego

[@hollowsteel]

@@victorpelipenko6702 again, I shine a flashlight into translucent lego pieces.

[@stopmastervideo6139]

Why?

[@hollowsteel]

The old video had multiple sound balancing related issues (mainly noticeable near the end.) I also had trouble with copyright. For some reason the old video got a copyright strike for a song that I didn’t even use.

[@stopmastervideo6139]

Ok

[@DevotedSentry]

@@hollowsteel one of lifes mysteries...

[@McGuireMotionProductions]

Why’d you reupload this?

[@hollowsteel]

Copyright issues on top of sound balancing issues.

[@McGuireMotionProductions]

@@hollowsteel ah

[@proboanimations3767]

Is it copyright

[@hollowsteel]

Partially, yes

[@catgoreeestudios9460]

may i suggest if you get more comfortable with it doing more voice acting

[@hollowsteel]

How come? I feel like most stories don’t really need it