AIRWATCH - A Half-Life Short [S2FM]

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This one started out with making alterations to the Hunter Chopper Remake model to bring it closer to the HL2 original, and while I was there I started doing a more complex rig for it, which evolved into a fun little take-off animation and a map to go with it. Hope you'll enjoy!

Additional assets:
Half-Life 2: Remade Assets part 1,2,3,4 - Project 17/HL2RA Team
Hunter Chopper Remake - ShadowRUN 幸運な, Vladislav Karagodin
HDRI Map Megapack [S2FM] - Harry101UK

Software:
Source 2 Filmmaker
HLA Workshop Tools
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Photoshop
Audacity

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[axolote]

I like the way the engine starts so unnaturally fast, kinda reminds you that this helicopter isnt really human made

[mono-chromatic-symptomatic]

The pre-flight checks, the take off, the background details and not to forget to mention the sound design as well as animation. All of it leading up to a hilarious ending where they barely travel a kilometre just to mow down something in the apartment complex behind them. This is the content you can expect from Parry and I love it.

[loncesponce]

The chatter, the startup, the model... Just everything.

[drenchedinsyrupp]

this is actually just footage of TheParryGod on his way to deliver genuine peak S2FM content to the world

[templarhelmet]

I've always liked the design of the hunter-chopper, it does create that sense that aliens saw a helicopter and said "huh, these monkeys might be onto something". Here you just made everything above 10x better, the cockpit (that actually fits human-sized things), the articulation points, the take-off procedure, it's all way better.
plus the fact you don't really see helicopters in sci-fi materials is a bummer.

[PebsBeans]

the blades looking like they turn slowly because they're conflicting with the camera shutter speed is a stroke of genius

[Volatile]

I just noticed, when the rotor blades reached higher speeds, the curve in the blade flattens. nice touch.

[shockwaveart]

I love how they actually do checkups on the flaps, tail and everything.
Parry focuses on such little details that I love it.

[markusanderlund]

For us Half Life fans it means a lot having someone like you in the community. The sheer amount of talent you have as a creator is mind-blowing and every video honestly leaves me with goosebumps

[BayouBoy]

As the comment about the unnatural engine startup stated, this vid really does a great job describing the combine occupation in a small way. Appears human on the outside, but is actually cross-dimensional/alien when you look under the hood

[T-]

God DAMN.

Call this one of the most detailed and impressive model showcases ever. The background chatter and incoming Combine Transport in the background tell a story as this divinely rendered Hunter Chopper sets up to provide support in unrivalled detail.

From the reveal of the gun to the double layered cockpit to the rotor spinning to life nearly instantly and kicking up a storm as it does, all to handle a building of Anti Citizens.

It also shows a narrative escalation as far as your Half Life story goes, with a less warm colour palette, more robotic sounding troops and the significant escalation of force seen with the introduction of air support. ALL with a singular shot.

Its impressive work, keep it up!

[Mekchanik]

I love the details, like pilot checking his controls before startup at 0:25, such an awesome detail.

[bennyboo]

This guy needs to make a movie or something because on god his animations are actual eye candy.
Edit: Thanks for 1k kings 👑

[хле-цб]

The sound, that sudden startup, the eerily precise and stiff hovering; you really knocked it out of the park with your interpretation of the Hunter Chopper.
It feels so uncannily recognizable, so human in design but so alien in action.

[thatorangeguy]

i love how powerful it feels, like a great beast emerging from its slumber

[ProjectSynapse]

No one ever comments on these video’s hand-crafted level design that perfectly encapsulates a very accurate Source 2 Half-Life world beyond what we’ve seen in Alyx.

[ChanneI_]

Holy, unlike the regular helicopter taking seconds/minutes to get it flying, the heli here just zooms and flys immediently.

[KalayFox]

I love the instantaneous takeoff! It makes the hunter chopper feel like a proper piece of alien engineering that's been melded with a helicopter. Faster, more powerful, like the aircraft version of an overwatch soldier :)

[canadianblt]

God damn the way those blades start up and reach max speed almost instantaneously, paired with the sound design... another banger as usual

Also, that subtle addition of the CP van driving to the apartment in the background. Love your inclusion of "blink and you'll miss it" story details

[evilboy]

Man, everything, from the placement of stuff, the background detail, the custom models. Amazing. Not to mention the animation and, god the sound design. Honestly the thing that absolutely blew me away was the helicopter spinning it's rotors up, such a powerful sequence.