[Vic Viper] Felineki, I'm coming for your ass! >:D

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-05-25 01:43am

My take on the Vic Viper from the Gradius series. It incorporates a lot of design features from canon Vic Vipers, as well as a pretty nice dose of this Avro Arrow MkVI design mixed with XF108 Rapier.

This is very much still a WIP.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2006-05-25 01:55am

Ah, but can the weapons and engines detach for upgrades on the fly?

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-05-25 03:09pm

Darth Raptor wrote:Ah, but can the weapons and engines detach for upgrades on the fly?

Uh, sure I guess...

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2006-05-25 03:22pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Uh, sure I guess...

You've... never played Gradius? I'm becoming felineki with obscure game references? NOOO!!!

*jumps out of window*

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-05-25 03:25pm

Darth Raptor wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Uh, sure I guess...
You've... never played Gradius?

...wat? Of course I've played Gradius! That's half the reason I'm designing this thing! LOL

Darth Raptor wrote:I'm becoming felineki with obscure game references? NOOO!!!

*jumps out of window*

No, you could never hope to become Felineki. You'd have to post GOFER in every testing thread ever and become annoyed around sex threads; something I can't ever imagine you doing.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-05-25 06:12pm

Added upper vertical stabilizer fin and high-temperature alloys on leading edges. Also roughed out radome and cockpit, borrowing heavily from the F22 Raptor.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2006-05-25 06:50pm

You know, it reminds me a lot of the YF-23 from Macross Plus, though with the addition of the forward protruding bits.

Still, nice work though.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2006-05-25 07:52pm

You mean the YF-21? The YF-23 is a real plane, which sadly does not turn into a robot. (though I'm sure if it had it would have won the ATF contract).

The shape of the trailing edge of the wings is a little similar to the most common YF-21 look, but the YF-21/VF-22 can vary it's wing shape, so they don't always look like that. (Here's a pic of two production VF-22s with their wings in different configurations)

The YF-21's engines also stick out much further at the back. The wings actually terminate about 1/4 of the way from the back of the plane.

felineki · Post by **felineki** » 2006-05-25 08:16pm

Ooh, that's very nice! I've actually thought about doing something similar to this (my pixel art skills are getting a bit rusty, it would make for a good exercise), I'll post it if I end up doing so.

The design's very interesting, it's recognizably the Vic Viper due to the dual protrusions on the front (do those things have a name?) and the fin, but the different wing shape gives it a look that's distinctly different from the original Viper.

Think you might draw the different weapon configurations? You know, the standard gun, laser, ripple, etc.?

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-05-27 11:07pm

Added main wing guns.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-05-28 01:54am

Moved main guns to mandibles, added gatlings in their place on the wings.

Kenny_10_Bellys · Post by **Kenny_10_Bellys** » 2006-05-28 07:28am

Dammit Einy, get your lazy ass using Sketch-up!

You keep drawing top-down views and nothing else, you need to start drawing side views of all these things or join the 21st Century and move into the third dimension.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-05-30 11:36pm

Viva La SIDE VIEW!

I also redid the engines to their final versions.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-05-31 01:50am

Touchup Time!

Added wing gatlings to side view and did up the radome, too.

Mr. Coffee · Post by **Mr. Coffee** » 2006-05-31 02:02am

I name this ship the "SS Mighty Penis".... When it blows it's load, people die...

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2006-05-31 11:25am

See Ein, that's another person who told you to start using sketchup. The program is ridiculously easy for mechanical stuff.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-05-31 06:28pm

I toldja guys, I already tried Sketchup and I didn't like it

Anyways...

Wheeeee!!

I thickened up the spine aft of the cockpit and added phased-array sensors in the catamaran bows.[/url]

EDIT: Fix URL...

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-05-31 06:31pm

Einy what did we say about the wing guns?

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2006-06-01 08:53am

I can never fail to like Einy's paint art.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-06-02 02:23am

Details Details

Modified: Moved Spittagunz a bit inboard; enlarged the lower underwing vertical stabilizer surfaces.

Added: Couple panels, small comm antennas both dorsal and ventral, and navigation lights!

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-06-02 07:27pm

And More Tweaking

Modified: Thickened up thermal-protection material on vertical stabilizers, moved Spittaguns upward (shortened their underwing mounts in the Z axis), revised intakes to a more realistic twin-duct design, and a few other tweaks.