Competition #13 - doylle

[doylle]

Alright, very early concept scetch...



My idea is to make a pod racer type of craft. Two of these fighters will "drag" the mothership through space... I like WW2 planes very much, so expect a WW2 Spacecraft...

[benclark]

I like the tugboat idea, but I would maybe give it more width in the engines

[chris89]

Lovely concept, really.
Though i notice some things that might make the concept a tad more powerfull. The proportions of certain parts, to me, look a bit off.
For example, the hump in the bottom could be more roundish and more fat to give it that extra exaggerated look. And the wings (although really unclear in the concept where they are on the side) might need to be a bit longer/thicker/curved to fit with the rest of the ship.
Hmm, pherhaps the front view of the plane is a bit lacking, maybe just scale it sideways for about 150 - 200%

The side concept looks amazing though! I wish you lot's of luck

[BloodRobot]

Yo Doylle,

I too dig the idea of "tugboat" spacecraft for the mothership. My first thought... What about having large "sails" to catch the "space winds" instead of engines? Am I stealing that idea from a movie? Don't know. Maybe have spacecraft that "orbit" the mothership like the moon orbit earth. OK.. enough of my ideas, I need them for my entry. Cool concept...GL!

[Kyle_Katarn]

Very nice idea mate. Although the front view does remind me a bit of a B-Wing from Star Wars (which is a good thing in my eye =D, lol), it looks awesome.

[doylle]

thanks guys. I'm still working on the design as we speak, i'd like to get some 'open' parts in it. i'll post updates soon

[Grizzly3D]

Nice concept doylle! I have one crit, which is that the stubbly wings on the side, i think, need to be a bit longer, not a lot, but at the moment the whole thing seems a tad thin. Looking good though, if the mothership has that awesome bottom fin or something along those lines i think that will be a winning concept!

goodluck!

[myles]

Hey Doylle,
Loving the idea, maybe there needs to be a very clear way for the fighter to 'drag' the mothership, maybe by some kind of strong wire. But even better would be for the fighter to actually dock onto the sides of the mothership and connect with the ship giving more control and somthing different.

The desighn really is quite lovely, but what is the handel thing bellow the craft?
Good Luck!

[retardedmonkey]

Dude! I really like that concept so far

For some reason it's got your name all over it, maybe because you drew it?

Only thing I would say about the concept is the bottom wing. Personally I'd like to see some more curves on there. The rear side is quite flat in comparison to the curves just above it on the bottom of the body. Not sure if that made sense :S

[doylle]

Some updates, been drawing all afternoon







I like the lower left one on the last picture. That's probably the one i'll use, but i still need to tune everything, so that it looks credible...


@ grizzly: yea, the wings were a bit to smal. but i kinda removed the engine parts anyway, so they don't matter anymore. thanks though

@ myles: the wole "drag the mothership" idea is something that i have yet to work out. But i'll probably look for that when i start with the concept of the mothership...

@ RM: cheers m8 . I know what you mean, it looked a but to "ordinary" for a bottom wing, if you can call it ordinary. but i don't think i'll add one to the final...