The next two pieces show many possibilities for Forerunner ships.Ĭertainly a lot to choose from. It appears that we could have had either an arm attachment to blast the hole or that we would have had to put our arms into this claw like piece to activate the Excavator.

Various other forms the Excavator could have had.

This simplistic concept has enough details and “callouts” to understand the orientation of and various elements of the vehicle. More like a sea creature though that a mobile mining platform. Next up are a few pieces of art for the Excavator. They add some color as well as defining more the devastation from being torn in half at the end of Halo 3. While I do not agree with 343’s changing the design of the ship, I will say that this concept is quite good. The above pic is obviously the revamped Forward Unto Dawn. So these articles are not meant to be exhaustive in coverage, but rather either snippets or a little more. However, the point is to find concept art that has either never or rarely been seen before.

Halo marine concept art