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PrinzEugn — Space Fighter Design Montage
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I did all these designs today for a new game we're gonna make(our plans change often as of late).Most of them are heavily modeled after various 1950's era jets,
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cool, Vulcans and Hustlers and shooting stars oh My.....
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Well, damn, there goes the novelty of my setting.
Which was also supposed to have space fighters modeled after fighter jets. Case in point, the F-104, and I'm pretty sure that's a F-101 next to it.
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Cool things will attract cool ideas... for this, I literally went through an aircraft guide book from the early 50's and sketched up one or two "space" fighters based on each one that looked interesting.
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I'm going to do some 3D Models based on these drawings if you don't mind. I'll drop your link when I post the model. Is this cool? Thanks!
-Chris-
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I recognize all of these, and I love how they've been revamped! Great job!
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I love your designs, upgrades from the 50's.
Lets see... u upgraded a Draken, Mig-21, Thunderbolt, Starfighter, Mirage III, An-114, Vulcan and others might be from Macross Plus?
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Brilliant pictures! 
Hey I'm trying to make a video game, would you mind if I used some of your designs in my game?
I can write the program fine but I totally suck at drawing the images.
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Sure, go for it! Just throw a credit in there, preferably with a link to my DA page.
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Certainly will. Thanx a lot!
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Nice disign's is it ok if I use this sheet to train my Modeling skil's?
I have been trying too make good looking fighter's but its not my stongest side, So this could help me out alot. ^-^
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Nope, I think you might be looking at the BAC Lighting
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Hmmm...I see a couple of SAAB Drakens...a few De Havilland Vampires...maybe a Sea-Vixen or two...ditto for some F-5 Tiger II's...and maybe a few B-58 "Hustlers", B-47s, and maybe an Avro Vulcan...
Very nice!
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Wow, I'm impressed! Not many people here could identify any of these.
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Thanks! XD
Was I right about any of them? And is the B-47's nickname, the "Canberra"? I can't remember if it is or not...
I do know that the crews loved it because it was a "bomber that handled like a fighter". I guess that would be true, since "fighter" at that time probably still brought planes like the P-51 or the Spitfire to mind.
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Canberra would be the B-57, but that was also a very popular aircraft. It had a big enough wing that it could outmaneuver smaller fighters at high altitude. The B-47 Stratojet was mainly just really, really fast for a bomber at that time. I think it could outrun any operational fighter when it was introduced into service. I think it also had fighter style-controls and a fighter-like cockpit.
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Oh, ok. Thanks for the correction.
Yeah, I read a story about the B-47, something to the effect of when they were test-flying it, it accidentally outran the chase plane, a P-80 shooting star.
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I thought it was an F-86, but you're probably right. I'm pretty sure Chuck Yeager was flying it and was somewhat embarrassed to have his ass proverbially kicked by a bomber, being a die-hard fighter pilot.
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Yeah, a bomber being flown by a CIVILIAN PILOT no less. XD
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Ah yes, one of the Super-Duper P-38's. I'll have to flesh out the design more one of these days...
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Personally, I don't think intakes are useless in space. In fact, I think the best engines would work both in the air and space.
A good example of this would be the Scimitar ([link] ).
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These are nice but I see one problem: Several fighters appear to have air intakes which are useless in space.
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Yeah, most of these are explicitly modeled after aircraft, so they will look like aircraft. I definitely can do more "realistic" space fighters, but these were a lot of fun to do.
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A starfighter modeled after THE starfighter?!?
.....GENIUS!!!
That is what 14 is, right? The lockheed F-104 starfighter?
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Yes, most of these are modeled after aircraft.
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uh, space fighters don't need wings... cuz there isn't anything to use them on... you know, no air for generating lift.
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Sure space fighters don't need wings for space combat, but what about atmospheric combat?
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Artistic license, bitch!
Besides, wings on these suckers serve as places for weapons hardpoints, and the ones I did later on all have thrusters on the wings for maneuvering(the little circle things)
I'll be doing a lot more designs for bigger ships that won't be based on aircraft.
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Woah awesome designs. Number 3 looks hench. Love the b-58 hustler look alikes. and the p-37 's look realy kool in that style. starfighters, Draakens mig 21's and ooh buckaneers.. awesome designs man they look awesome
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wow this is beautiful !
did you do them with a tablet ?
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Nah, pencil on paper. They were done on different sheets, so I put them together with Photoshop, which I also used to mirror them to make them symmetrical
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