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ilmaestro · Greenhorn Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 7

Has anyone analysed the new wallpaper you can grab from here?

Maybe they're just talking about whatever is exploderizing in the background but "The image features a classic Red versus Blue encounter with some equally and mayhaps more interesting shenanigans unfolding in the background" made me think they've hidden something in the picture.

**Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:49 am

DiscipleN2k

I've been scanning over that thing since it was released and haven't found anything related to IRIS.

Some of the crew at HBO noticed in this thread that the turret-wielding spartan in the background appears to be wearing an armor type we haven't seen yet.

Someone said it was just CQB armor to which lukems (Luke McKay) replied "orly?" either indicating that it is indeed a new armor type, or just being goofy (it is 2AM after all).

If it is a new armor type, it's likely that's what they were talking about

-Disciple

**Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:03 am

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MariusDarkwolf

**Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:09 am

DiscipleN2k

Actually, if you look closely and compare that image with the 3D shot of the CQB, you can see the helmet is definitely different. The back of the helmet in the GamePro image is two toned (red & black) where the one from the 3D shot is solid. The visor seems to be much thinner in the GamePro shot. Also the actual helmet part around the bottom part of the visor is shaped differently. In the quicktime vid it comes toward the front almost parallel to the top part & then angles sharply down toward the chin. In the GamePro image, it's one continuous line from the back of the visor to the chin.

Granted this is a drawing and not an actual screenshot so it could very well just be an earlier draft of the CQB armor. However, since both Luke McKay & Louis Wu seem to be hinting that this is in fact NOT the CQB armor, I'm inclined to believe the same.

-Disciple

**Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:56 am

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MariusDarkwolf

Okay, from the angles, it looked pretty close to me, especially as you are able to customise a ton of stuff from the implications. But Luke's post does bring it into question, so you're prolly right there.

**Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:02 am

Lostconfused · Boot Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 62

**Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:04 pm

skybruin

Well I'm not so sure , In the screen shots posted on bungies and ign there were mixes of the standard and new permutations I believe so this could be a mix and match of standard and nonstandard armor.

**Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:47 pm

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**Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:47 pm

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Hammer · Boot Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Posts: 26

I looked at the picture long and hard, and I decided that I saw at least 4 different armor types. The EVA the CQB, the classic Mjolnir armor, the new one that the turret weilding Spartan has, and SPI armor from Ghosts of Onyx. That's just me though, maybe I'm crazy.

mannythestud

nothing happened at the famed 7:07 or 7:17

**Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:25 pm

MariusDarkwolf

**Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:27 pm

mannythestud

**Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:28 pm

MariusDarkwolf

**Posted:** Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:34 pm