Knight26

The Animeigo MAcross boxsets are black, the new robotech remastered boxsets are in a silver/gray. If it is not one of those it is likely a bootleg.

As most have you have probably seen I have been on a redesign kick of late. Well I have a two week underway coming up and so I figured I would work on some of the ships that seem to need more work to me. Some of the these are just very old designs that just need an update, others are ones I never put much time into. Others just need little tweaks in my opinion, those will be detailed here in. So onto the candidates: GF Brekhov Class Destroyer: One of my earlist designs, it has been repeatedly remodeled but may be up for a complete tear down and rebuild. The crescent shaped main cannon arms will be retained in the final design no matter what. I think the biggest problem the design faces is lack of hanger space and way too small engines. http://nocturnalknight.blogspot.com/banshee-4.jpg GF Mitchell Class Light Carrier: Another old design up for a complete tear down and rebuild. I still like it and the overall concept but the design no longer stacks up with the later ships I've come up with, some of which are suppossed to be older. These ships are intended to be light, cheap and turned out in large numbers. http://nocturnalknight.blogspot.com/mitchell-4.jpg GF Star Stallion Tactical Dropship: Ok, this one well it just sucks, I can say that honestly. I never put much time into it, just wanted a smaller version of the Galaxy-3 strategic dropship. Nothing on this design is safe. http://nocturnalknight.blogspot.com/gftactdrop-4.jpg GF ex-Tenrack now Vakyrie-II Bomber: This design I actually like, but it needs some tweaks and a detailing job. I'm looking at redoing the engines to be more like those of the recent mosquito redesign and to put weapons hatches over the torpedo tubes, etc... http://nocturnalknight.blogspot.com/tenrack-4.jpg UCSB Feral-F Bomber: Like the Valkyrie I really like this overall design, but it need some tweaks, engine vanes, torpedo covers, new turrets (hate the current ones), new wings, reposition of the engines (maybe). http://nocturnalknight.blogspot.com/ferlf-4.jpg UCSB Medium Tank and Derivates: This one, well it was a quick thrown together job, tanks have never been my specialty and I think it shows in these designs. These are hover tank designs, I think the textures more than anything kill it, but the design still needs something. The AAA version is also very top heavy, a definite cmplete tear down. http://nocturnalknight.blogspot.com/medtank.jpg http://nocturnalknight.blogspot.com/ucsbaaa.jpg UCSB Heavy Tank: This was my first hovertank design, once again it shows. I've also been told that it bares a striking resemblance to the tanks from Tron. Once again this is a complete tear down and rebuild. http://nocturnalknight.blogspot.com/tank3.jpg IF you vote please explain why you chose what you did, if you think several need it please comment on that but vote on the one you think needs it most. I appreciate all comments and suggestions on what needs work and will take comments into consideration. I leave tuesday so the voting as of monday night will determine how the redesign order will progress. I will post the redesigns when I get back.

lol, I forgot that was the texture on it, lol.

Almost the whole confed line up together, just need the slugg throwers now, and then the custom weapons. FRom front to back we have the Heavy Repeating Plaser (HRP), Sniper Varient, Assault Rifle, and the Light Attack Rifle (LAR), basically and SMG, plus the sidearm. SO, any comments?

The Sniper Rifle Variant of the maina assault rifle. Once again the mass driver has bene removed, but this time the foward reciever acts as another heat sink and emergency gas vent. A secondary plasma injector is also featured on the external barrel, which also has two barrel heat sinks, and a magnetic accelerator. This beast uses more power per shot then the standard rifle to propel the round up to four times faster and much further down range. The new scope is larger with better optics and digital zoom capabilities. The foregrip now contains a mini-de-grav generator/inertia damper to steady the rifle and cancel the recoil, this is not on the standard rifle, but is on the heavy repeatin Plaser. The design is almost finished, just needs the bi-pod.

There is another board I lurk on occasionally where people actually prefered the movie to the book, and like the second SST movie as well. They all have some serious issues. I would love to find the SSt anime though.

Freaking Sweet Gonzo.

Nice I;m assuming a space only fighter?

*trumpets and fanfare plays* Ladies and gentlemen except for the details and textures the dropship is completed. All the major structures are in place including the docking mounts. I actually like the temporary texture, will probably just tweak it. I will also be making seperate models for the cargo packs. Right now it has the standard large cargo pack installed. The Next will be the personnel cargo pack, it will be shallower, cutting off at the bottom of the engines, it will be short for many races except the human sized ones. Also, I have come up with the name, meet the new Ferine Class Strategic Dropship.

The space configuration, the wings are now retracted, the atmospheric engine intakes closed, and the retro thrusters extended. While the retraction mechanisms may seem overly complex there are back up systems to extend or retract them pirotechnically just in case, and in case those fail, manually. As always comment are appreciated. I am still leaning towards Abominable or Ferine for the new name, any other suggestions? (and brick, rock, and mule have already been rejected folks)

You could see it in the last picture but this one shows better that the retro thrusters are now covered during atmospheric flight, and the main wings have a longer chord. They will recieve a slight reshape and I am looking into how to lengthen them, have to make them retract into themselves for that otherwise they won't fit in the fuselage.

This picture shows the under side. To the front of the bay you will see 24 iris hatches and 12 "glop" guns. These are used to fire troops into a hot LZ without the dropship coming to range of hostile fire. Basically the drop troops are fired out of the ship while encased in anti-inertial impact gel. The guns fire a blob of the sister component onto the ground that the main tube launches the soldier into, similar to what was seen in Final Fantasy Spirits Within. The second gel is a rapidly expanding type so even just a little dab will do you, lol.

Just a quick update, other then the detail work only one major structure needs to be added, the upper docking mounts. I also need to add a small emergency hatch behind the cockpit, but that really is more of a detail thing. Anyway first picture shows the interior of the main bay. There are now structural/cargo mounting girders on the side and foward walls as well as the ceiling. The mechanisms for lowering the lower ramp are also present. As well as the twenty four iris hatches in the deck for the drop tubes.

Holy Mother Loving Shreg, that thing is gorgeous, and you have just elevated yourselves to super fans. Will you be making molds to recast it? Now if you want to be promoted to godhood you'll have to find a way to make that beauty transformable.

No, it basically just uses blasting caps, all internal.

Very nice, almost looks like what a tomcat and hornet look like.

Very Nice, two thumbs up

It's a pirotechnic charge, fires once to throw the round out and again after it is released to pull the rod back. Rail fired missiles do the same in reverse with their hold back latch.

Ok, I am not normally one to ressurect old threads but I've made some developments to the weapons featured here. I realized I did not have enough weapon's diversity so have started making variants on the weapons. This one is the Heavy Repeating Plaser Variant, basically a future SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon). The Mass Driver is removed, the forward reciever modified, the back Plaser magazine mount removed. The interior is much different with dual Plasma exciters, one in the butt stock and one in the for grip. It also features a larger caliber longer barrel, with numerous external heat sinks. There is a second plasma injector in the forward barrel, giving the weapon some serious kick, enough to pierce lightly armored vehicles skin. The new forward reciever takes the larger dual drum PLASMA/Energy cell. I may go to a single drum, I have not yet decided. I'm going to make additional modifications, more heat sinks, gas vents, etc... Mostly in the butt stock. Let me know what you all think.

What Nike endorsement are you talking about? Heck I look forward to the day that I see a spacecraft launch with a big old nike swoosh or adidas tri-stripe on the side.

Exactly, private space flight is the way to go. Come on Burt get space ship one up to 100km as soon as you safely can, give everyone else a swift kick to the ass.

Guess what another update. I added the dorsal turret, it is one of the ball turrets, and four retractable anti-personnel turrets on the detachable bay. I also added a pair of doors to the front of the bay. I still need to add the upper docking mounts, lower iris hatches to the bay, and the bay interior, then the details and textures. I am also thinking about changing the shape of the forward engine mounts, make it so that the retro thrusters can be closed off during atmospheric flight. It is definitely coming along. I should have done this a long time ago considering how much of the books take place in these things. As for the name I am leaning towards either, Abominable, Ferine, or maybe Dromidary. Well keep the comments coming. Oh, and while a brick may be an effective weapon, it is not an effective weapons platform.

Who told you that? I know many vietnam veteran pilots and none of them said anything about doing something so blatantly stupid. Once a bomb is pickled off there is nothing holding it there, and with some ejector racks a plunger actually fires to push it away just in case one of the hooks fails to disengage. Releasing a bobm upside down would result in it falling off its rack onto the plane immediately. I think that what you are quoting is an urban legend based on observations by ground forces who didn't know what they were seeing.

I will consider the dorsal turret, however due to space constraints it will probably be similar to the chin turret, ball turrets need a lot more interior space. Either that or a smaller ball turret, probably mounted spine mounted, either in front of or behind the boarding tube. If it takes an EMP all of its electronics will be dead anyway and it will be unflyable. The craft is somewhat EMP shielded though, the most critical components anyway. I may look back into viewports under the chin but I doubt they will do much good really. While a level of redundancy past the loss of the SIS is a good idea, it may be too restrictive in the long run unless a cockpit redesign is initiated. THat might not be a bad idea though. That is still an idea I am toying with, the question just becomes a matter of where, maybe a pair of small antipersonnal guns on the front and back, they would en closed at all other times though. And yes, the bay will be detachable, but it will have only limited power and locomotion capability, it will not be able to be used as an assault vehicle. I would like to keep an adjective name, brick and mule may be good nicknames, but for an official ship class name an aggressive name would be more appropriate. Do you really think that any current aircraft really would have been appropriated if their unoffical nicknames were their official names? (Well maybe the Warthog, but that's it.)

Warrhead: The name will be changed, I have put together a list of possible new names to review, will post those at the end. The turrets will likely stay where they are, their field of fire is actually quite good when in space, when the wings are folded in (if they stay that is). In atmosphere they would be used for clearing the LZ, so being limited to a downward firing angle will not impact them to greatly. AS for the a glass floor, there is no need for that, the ships is equipped with and SIS (Sensor Imaging System), basically think the floor and side panels on the YF-19. These panels are integrated into the entire cockpit allowing the crew to "see through" the walls and floor. I was looking at putting an actual window in the floor, but it would have been very obstructed, so the SIS, which is on many other craft as well, was a good idea. The ship currently has an anti-personnel turret under the cockpit in a chin turret. Missile racks will be added to the main body, just have not determined or modelled their location yet. These missiles will be used for defense and LZ clearance. As for the aby doors, more will in fact be added. The front will recieve at least two hatches under the landing legs, not enough room on the side right now. The ramp will likely stay but will get some modifications. There will also be iris hatches in the belly of the bay module that will allow for drop deployments, basically shooting the troops out of the belly during a high speed pass. I will probably add additional anti-personnel turrets to the rear to protect the main bay entrance though, through which tanks, and APCs will be deployed. There will be multiple cargo packs, but I started with the largest one for carrying cargo so I could set the landing gears and their stance. A lower profile one will be used for human sized troops, expanding ones for construction, etc... Now back to the name issue, the dropship is designed and produced by ASF, the same company that produces the Feral Bomber, so I decided that a similar name should be employed. I have come up with the following list, what name do you think would be best from it, or that is similar? Man I wish I could add a poll here, lol. Anyway onto the names: Beast/Bestial:_____ Brute:_____ Corporeal:_____ Untamed:_____ Abominable:_____ Barberous:_____ Carnal:_____ Ferine:_____ Savage:_____ Lupine:_____ Predatory:_____ Relentless:_____ Vehement:_____ Voracious:_____ Fierce:_____ Vicious:_____