Animatronic Covenant Elite costume blows yours out of the water

by Griffin McElroy { Oct 19th 2009 at 2:30PM }

The night of All Hallows' Eve is swiftly approaching. We're sure that, by now, you've got a rough outline of what pop culture icon you'll attempt to disguise yourself as. We're also sure that it's not one-tenth as awesome nor as intricate as the Covenant Elite (of Halo fame) costume recently created by YouTube user petemander1. That is, unless your Optimus Prime costume has animatronic, remote-controlled eyes and mandibles. No? It doesn't? That's what we thought.

Check out the two videos posted after the jump to get an early look at Pete's humbling (and slightly terrifying) creation. We'd say we can't wait to see how the full costume turns out, but we've already got plenty of subjects on which to base our nightmares.

Tags: animatronic, bungie, costume, covenant, elite, halloween, halloween-costume, halo, holiday

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Shadowbender (Nelson Is Behind You) @ Oct 19th 2009 2:34PM

The eye moved. THE EYE MOVED!

poop @ Oct 19th 2009 4:13PM

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand

nightmares

Rhamsey @ Oct 19th 2009 2:35PM

This is just awesome.

KingOfGods @ Oct 19th 2009 2:37PM

That screen shot kind of looks like an evil E.T.

Danthok @ Oct 19th 2009 2:38PM

It looks like the baby of E.T. and a velociraptor.

Shadowbender (Nelson Is Behind You) @ Oct 19th 2009 2:42PM

Hahaha. +1 KingOfGods.

Ah, dang, you just reminded me of the New Mexican desert.

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Oct 19th 2009 5:30PM

Baby the last dinosaur. I never understood why the elite have mouths that appear to be useless for eating. How to do they have any strength in their jaws? How do they eat? WHY do I care?

Traceur_Ryuk [All Digital until December] (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Oct 19th 2009 2:39PM

Wow, that's awesome. Someone has a lot of time on their hands though.

[ArchiGamer] [Controlling you through a chip in your butt since 1999] @ Oct 19th 2009 2:41PM

This is really sadmirable.

[never thought I'de use that word ever again]

The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Oct 19th 2009 2:41PM

How the hell is he gonna wear that with acceptable vision capability? You know, that probably doesn't matter, as people as well as walls will just part themselves as he approaches.

Ray42 @ Oct 19th 2009 2:49PM

suit envy? :P

sojojoah @ Oct 19th 2009 2:43PM

Yum

Is that a Timmy's cup in the background?

Maverick Saturn (Igor) @ Oct 19th 2009 2:53PM

STAY IN TOUCH......WITH THE COVERNANT

SilentMountain @ Oct 19th 2009 2:57PM

Ironic he's using a Playstation controller joystick part to control it?

Flip @ Oct 19th 2009 3:23PM

Well, he obviously has no issues pulling apart something he'll never use again, right?

tcc3 @ Oct 19th 2009 3:11PM

Well, he wouldnt want to sacrifice his 360 controller for parts, would he?

=)

jhernandez818 @ Oct 19th 2009 5:11PM

Well he obviously wouldn't want to use substandard parts that will break or red ring would he?

FuzzFace @ Oct 19th 2009 2:57PM

I'm sure all the Canadians noticed the Tim Horton's Cup in the second video

m4xn00b @ Oct 20th 2009 1:27AM

when I first saw it I went back a couple of times just to make sure, Canada FTW!

acme @ Oct 20th 2009 10:06AM

wow that's an oxymoron...

whylekat @ Oct 19th 2009 3:08PM

Damn does this guy work in Gwar's basement or a movie prop studio or something? Where'd he get the materials??

The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Oct 19th 2009 3:15PM

looks like he skinned an elephant

squidyj @ Oct 19th 2009 4:05PM

I'm going to guess he's somewhere in Vancouver working for an FX studio there. Lots of television filming up around there.

Gamer4Life @ Oct 19th 2009 4:28PM

Is this guy canadian, he's got a tim hortians coffee cup on his work bench.

Paul Mitchell @ Oct 19th 2009 6:14PM

Timmy's is in NY, too.

Sordid State of Eclairs @ Oct 19th 2009 10:12PM

He is Canadian, and that is one hell of a costume. Hope he throws up video when it's done.

Casey @ Oct 19th 2009 4:31PM

I like when people say this person has a lot of time on there hands. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I'm sure instead he could be doing something better with his time such as playing video games and watching TV right?

OBVIOUSLY the guy has a job in animatronics and studio quality effects. So it in the end I think this guy likes what he does.