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I was a big fan of Star Wars growing up and in anticipation of Episode VII, I decided to create some new vehicles. My main goal was to stay faithful to the original designs and for my concepts to resemble a studio model created by the ILM model-shop circa 1980.

This time around, I decided to update the Cloud Car. After re-watching “The Empire Strikes Back”, my take on Bespin design consists of the following: 1) Use of clean and formal looking shapes, 2) Surface development based on nautical forms and 3) Bespin design is driven by Art Deco influences with a bit of Jetson’s retro-futurism mixed in.

I wanted a more aggressive looking design for the Heavy Cloud Car since they basically function as police cruisers. In order to do this, I added an extra gun to each pod for more firepower. I also put mini- thrusters throughout the fuselages to improve handling. Finally, to get that “heavier” look, I placed a spine-like cowling in front of each canopy in order to bulk up its silhouette. The last 2 elements were important since I added a towing function to the Heavy Cloud Car.

The Heavy Cloud Car is more of a minor redesign than a new one, but I decided to show it first because my later designs are based off of this one. More concepts to follow.

I designed and modeled the Heavy Cloud Car in 3DS Max and rendered it in Keyshot.

Description

I was a big fan of Star Wars growing up and in anticipation of Episode VII, I decided to create some new vehicles. My main goal was to stay faithful to the original designs and for my concepts to resemble a studio model created by the ILM model-shop circa 1980.

This time around, I decided to update the Cloud Car. After re-watching “The Empire Strikes Back”, my take on Bespin design consists of the following: 1) Use of clean and formal looking shapes, 2) Surface development based on nautical forms and 3) Bespin design is driven by Art Deco influences with a bit of Jetson’s retro-futurism mixed in.

I wanted a more aggressive looking design for the Heavy Cloud Car since they basically function as police cruisers. In order to do this, I added an extra gun to each pod for more firepower. I also put mini- thrusters throughout the fuselages to improve handling. Finally, to get that “heavier” look, I placed a spine-like cowling in front of each canopy in order to bulk up its silhouette. The last 2 elements were important since I added a towing function to the Heavy Cloud Car.

The Heavy Cloud Car is more of a minor redesign than a new one, but I decided to show it first because my later designs are based off of this one. More concepts to follow.

I designed and modeled the Heavy Cloud Car in 3DS Max and rendered it in Keyshot.