This Ship was used in the Comic, "Riders of the Void". way back in 1980... Google it, you'll find it. I read the comic when it first came out and couldn't get it out of my head, finally saw it again today. So started a new Thread for it.
Thought you might enjoy...
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http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars_38:_Riders_in_the_Void
The ship looks cool so far. I like the design.
Here is a ref image:
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From post #1 which I can no longer edit:
I'm thinking the antenna rotates up between the two halves of the hull.
Wookieepedia literally just calls it an odd U shaped star ship.
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Only iffy thing with the design as it stands so far is that the landing gear struts rise up into the hull and intersect exactly where you'd expect the engines to be seeing as the thruster nozzle is directly behind it, so you might have to do a bit of creative license with the design on that detail and perhaps shift either the thruster nozzle or the gear slightly to one side so they don't intersect.
Stonky: I agree lots of creative stuff in the old comics.
Knight26: I believe you are correct, Michael Golden wrote and penciled #38 and he created the Micronauts comic series . I had quite a collection of the toys back then...
evil_genius_180: Maybe we can figure it out then... Looks like a cross between the Falcon and a YWing...
TALON_UK: well... hope I can keep your interest then, I agree with what you are saying about the engines. In fact, I had moved the landing gear forward and away from the rear of the ship already, just cant see it too well in those renders, the new ones may help, Creative license firmly in hand as I proceed with the rest of the ship...
Here are some concerning room for the motors...
It is tight but I think it works, the original comic had the gear in the four corners...
Also taking my license to the max with the workings of the bridge, It looks like there is only a pilot seat in the images I have seen so, this is what I'm coming up with.
And some general progress renders...
It looks like mine is a little flattened not quite as tall as the original
Nice work so far, and, yeah, the original artists from the various comics didn't always (read: ever) think about function as regards to form.
The only thing I'm not sold on is the curvy upper deck / cockpit -- it looks a bit like someone slapped half of a car on top of the hull! Have you considered making it a little more angular like the Y-Wing (since you already have the Y-Wing-esque engines on the back it stands to reason you'd see more such design cues)?
Thanks so much, first time I actually created paneling in geometry usually use a bump or displacement map...
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Heh, I wish my early attempts to do paneling with geometry looked this good.
If you got any tips or tricks on making it less labor intensive, I would surely appreciate it!
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Got to play...
Yeah, I think it fits the universe...