Knight26

Oh here is the Switchblade I was referring to earlier, definitely looks like they took the basic concept of the design and crappified it. Having Flashbacks of the B-3 in Broken Arrow.

A few more comments from looking at the cockpit design, poorly designed cockpits are a pet peeve of mine. FIrst off the flight suit: THat helmet is crap there is no kind of visible forced air system in it, how the Sheol is the pilot suppossed to breath in that thing, especially if they make any kind of high-G manuevers? The flag on her shoulder is on the wrong shoulder, the flag goes on the left shoulder, except in rare cases where it can be found on the right. Even then the flag is facing the wrong direction, the star should be at the front. Now onto the cockpit: Fair to good forward visibility from what I can see here, complete lack of rearward visibility, common in sci-fi designs, but if this is to be a near future aircraf then it is a bomber. There is not even enough rear canopy to allow for an over shoulder upper rear quarter view, very bad, very sci-fi, not very real. The cockpit must be a podded ejection, should be interesting to see if anyone ejects. I say this because for one thing, that seat would never clear the aircraft if it were to eject, and second the seat is imbedded into the rear wall of the cockpit. Whoever designed this POS must have no experience with fighters. It almost looks like it was intended as a two seater, the hump behind gives that impression to me. Also, maybe it's just the angle but that instrument panel looks way too high to me, the top looks to be eye level with MS Biel, hmm maybe forward visibility isn't that good then. Man this movie looks like it will suck.

The plane looks similar to that "Switchblade" concept that Pop-Sci reported on a few years back. Hard to tell really, but if that thing could actually fly it would unstable as SHeol and no way would it be a fighter, maybe a bomber. THe helmet is pure hollywood sci-fi crap, it's just so you can see the pilot's face better. THought I have to agree that Jessica Biel in any flight suit would be just yummy. I would like to see more of plane from these few shots it looks terrible, too bulky not veyr aerodynamic, a nice planform view would help greatly. If it based on the switchblade concept those wings will fold back into an FSW shape. The design just really doesn't look aerodynamically clean to me, too many protrusions, more like some kind of space fighter really.

Interesting, very good piano player. ANd Exo you really think this guy has ever seen a woman off a computer screen, come on bro, maybe if he was playing some rock or Jazz.

Interesting comparisons there. It actually is semi-common practice amongst sci-fi writers who work with the theory that man evolved from alien planted seed to make the references somewhat biblically explainable in nature. A lot of sci-fi writers also tend to point at ancient legends as evidence of alien contact and visitation, I know I do in my books. Some of the connections are very stretched I agree, but it is still interesting to see. As long as this doesn't turn into a religious debate this should be a fun topic. Revelations is fun to try and interpret, and can be intrepted in numerous ways, heck according to Revelations my dog was the anti-christ, lol. Man if GodMedia was still around he would have field day with this one.

I like the signal idea from the Aphos. If memory serves in the first episode of the original SDF Macross Exodore and Breetai (sp?) mention a signal originating from Earth that they tracked there. That could possibly be how they find the Earth to begin with, maybe those two will have a brief cameo where they pick up the signal? hmmm

need more pics, show how you did it.

Maaa Fetch me my whooping stick, someone done brought up a beat to death stupid topic again.

Interesting, since camo is only effective in a visual battlefield, maybe this means a return to close in combat training. I believe the digital camo may actually be a throw back to an old WW1 submarine camo scheme. Back in WW1 the brits discovered that by painting their subs in multiple shades of grey that where the colors were all in sharp geometric patterns that it threw off visual tracking. It made it much harder for attacking sub commanders to get a good distance estimate or keep good eye tracking on the target. Seems almost a little pointless considering that even gun engagements are made a distance where those patterns won't really be visible, and modern gun reticles make such a scheme pointless as well IMHO.

I'll be there, we made up some bullshit excuse meeting for everyone at the office to go too, lol, should be great.

It actually is a recquirement that to have a pilots liscence anywhere in the world that you be able to speak and understand english well. For air traffic controllers as well.

Damn it man, my jaw just hit the floor so hard it broke, must see more.

I got a little time to work on the rifle designs while I was underway, did a lot more writing though. Anyway I made some small mods to the H-R-P, including a remodeled stock and adding hte bi-pod to the front. I didn't go with the CLubbed Foot Stock though becuase it would not have allowed room for the internals that this beast requires.

Very nice but I still think that wing joint looks way too flimsy.

very nice, can't wait for it to come out. Not wild about the Battroid mode, find it unnecessary really, would rather just see a dual mode verion with a better looking Gerwalk/Destroid mode. very nice overall though.

Uh did I miss something during my three weeks out at sea? Would one of you Pollywogs care to explain to you trusty Shellback just what in the world is going on here?

Or how about an alchohal fueled engine, very clean burning, primary emmission is water, oh and the only thing that needs to be changed in order to convert existing gasoline powered cars is replacing their fuel lines and adjusting the carberator. The entire US could be converted in 10 years if we didn't have a president and congress in the back pocket of the oil companies.

The bi-pod will be added to the HRP and the sniper rifle, and for some reason I am blanking on what a clubbed foot stock is, I should know this but its been a long day and I am blanking.

I've started work on the redesigned Brekhov Destroyer. Been a pain trying to figure out the reconfiguration and new engine placement, etc... I may add another set of engines, this thing is much large now, which I wanted. I still need to add the external fighter docks to the underside as well as the dropship hanger, those will be ventrally mounted, but I think it needs something topside, I just figure out what, maybe some superstructure and large turret gauss cannons, I dunno. I am still not entirely set on this reconfiguration though. Any comments on it before I leave and it becomes much more set? Here is a picture:

Jeans

THose are down the line, right now the only heavy arms I am getting ready to do is the redesign of "Big Red" which one of my characters uses. Basically it is the plasma excited off a destroyed fighters Plaser cannon adapted to be carried by a single man. In more modern terms he would be walking around with a 30mm Defa or similar single barrel aircraft gun without the barrel and only the breach with loading mechanism.

The Beer cannon missile was explained at last years anime expo macross panel. One of the animators commented that the missile looked like a big beer can, so as joke during the drawing process they sketched a budweiser label onto the can and thought htat would be the end of it. Well the inker then saw that and inked it in and so when the colorist got it he painted it in so what started as just a quick joke amongst the animators became animation easteregg gold.

The man is quite good at what he does, I wish I had that much artistic talent, heck everytime I draw my craft they end up looking fairly amateurish, or undetailed, unless I am working on designs of them. I like that Kawamori and I have similar backgrounds, going into writing/entertaining from an engineering school perspective.

Very nice looking design, has a nice intimidating shpae, though it does look a little fragile as well. I like to cockpit design as well, can't wait to see more.

yeah they were diecast with rubber heads