Topic: Romulan Devilhawk Class Bird of Prey (Read 8397 times)

Wicked Zombie · « **on:** September 24, 2008, 10:37:50 pm »

Some mesh tweaks and a new coat of paint for the Devilhawk, plus a totally new bird drawn up by Atolm:

Anthony Scott · « **Reply #1 on:** September 25, 2008, 01:07:05 am »

Wow...some truly BEAUTIFUL work there! I always did like rommies...those paint jobs make excellent aiming points~

Really, excellent work as always!

Semper Fi, Carry On

Rod ONeal · « **Reply #2 on:** September 25, 2008, 01:57:55 am »

Oooh! An early Halloween present.

Thanks for your efforts, guys. Any day that Wicked Zombie releases a new model is a good SFC day.

Rogue NineCH · « **Reply #3 on:** September 25, 2008, 02:34:17 am »

Excellent work as usual WZ! She's beautiful.

Don Karnage · « **Reply #4 on:** September 25, 2008, 06:45:01 am »

what are the circle under the hull?

nice BoP

markyd · « **Reply #5 on:** September 25, 2008, 07:46:28 am »

awsome... such an impovement on an already awsome model

Don Karnage · « **Reply #6 on:** September 25, 2008, 12:29:39 pm »

if it is i didn't know it was able to land?

marstone · « **Reply #7 on:** September 25, 2008, 10:05:21 pm »

Quote from: Fallen_Warrior on September 25, 2008, 05:59:01 pm

In the ships of the line books/calender there's shots of BoP#s flying extremely low over the Romulan capital, they aren't that big and are sturdily constructed so its very possible they could be capable of landing on the surface. Also if the Klink BoP is in fact a romulan design (I personally don't agree with the idea myself) then it would stant that other rommie ships would be as well. I'm going to say landing gear hatches or even a enlarged airdock that could contain a workbee or something that could help effect repair of the ship hile away from dock.

IIRC in SFB the BoP style was able to land. As for how, well if a shuttle that is nothing more then a box can land why not a BoP. I do believe that said they can land and take off, most Orion designs were suppose to be able to also.

FoaS_XC · « **Reply #8 on:** September 25, 2008, 11:22:43 pm »

You know, they could just be stylized aztecs... But really i like the idea of the BoP being able to land. It looks aerodynamic enough - kinda flying wing-like. Even though thats not really needed when you have gravity control.

Shadowfleet · « **Reply #9 on:** September 26, 2008, 08:33:28 am »

WZ - you talent never disappoints. Thanks for yet another great release!

Atolm-Rising · « **Reply #10 on:** September 28, 2008, 07:58:37 am »

Okay let me put your worries at ease here, as those circles (the 3 of em) ARE landing pads.
It has been sited in numerous noncanon sources (novels, schematics, etc...) that the starships known as Romulan Birds-of-Prey can not only enter atmospheres, but also is able to land on planets without any difficulties

Also, don't forget the design itself is a lifting body in its configuration, so that too would lend itself to the idea of the vessel being more than adept enough to land on a planet's surface

.

Dizzy · « **Reply #11 on:** October 03, 2008, 07:59:35 pm »

Bad ass.

Don Karnage · « **Reply #12 on:** October 04, 2008, 07:29:32 am »

i was wondering something on the BoP, if it a pre warp ship, what are the tube at the edge of the wings?

since the impulse engine is under the dorsal wing i was wondering what they are.

and in the tos episode Balance of Terror was the BoP equiped with warp engines?, if not how long would it take to return to romulan territory on impulse?

FoaS_XC · « **Reply #13 on:** October 04, 2008, 08:12:18 am »

Oh come on Don. That has been debated since the 1980s - try google. Or, even better read Ex-Astris-Scientia's article on it.

Wicked Zombie · « **Reply #14 on:** October 04, 2008, 04:10:33 pm »

This isn't a canon Bird of Prey so that tired, rotting old chestnut about the Romulan Warp Drive doesn't apply here anyway.

Don Karnage · « **Reply #15 on:** October 04, 2008, 05:57:48 pm »

Quote from: Wicked Zombie on October 04, 2008, 04:10:33 pm

This isn't a canon Bird of Prey so that tired, rotting old chestnut about the Romulan Warp Drive doesn't apply here anyway.

well i was not pointing to this mod, but a romulan BoP in general, well a tos one anyway.

Vipre · « **Reply #16 on:** October 04, 2008, 06:16:44 pm »

Quote from: Don Karnage on October 04, 2008, 05:57:48 pm

Quote from: Wicked Zombie on October 04, 2008, 04:10:33 pm
This isn't a canon Bird of Prey so that tired, rotting old chestnut about the Romulan Warp Drive doesn't apply here anyway.

well i was not pointing to this mod, but a romulan BoP in general, well a tos one anyway.

The answer is incredibly simple but depends on what pieces of fictional "reality" you accept as correct ones.

Atolm-Rising · « **Reply #17 on:** October 05, 2008, 09:21:44 am »

My head hurts...

GotAFarmYet? · « **Reply #18 on:** October 05, 2008, 03:46:22 pm »

Quote from: Atolm-Rising on October 05, 2008, 09:21:44 am

My head hurts...

LOL,
Atolm just give them the simple answer I told Don at WZs' forums:
Anything with a that big of a Plasma Cannon can be in any Era it chooses, You going to tell it No?

Norsehound · « **Reply #19 on:** October 08, 2008, 07:23:11 pm »

Quote from: Wicked Zombie on October 04, 2008, 04:10:33 pm

This isn't a canon Bird of Prey so that tired, rotting old chestnut about the Romulan Warp Drive doesn't apply here anyway.

Wait, this isn't the same BOP class from Balance of Terror?

The model's fantastic. Whenever I go shopping for BOP models, one of the things I look at are the thinness of the main hull and how the wings are angled. They need to be just right in order to capture my favorite angles of the BOP... and WZ's model captures it perfectly.

That said, compared to the FCA model (A Will Decker re-rexture model) I have currently, she's big. Bigger than what I expected of BOPs next to TMP-era ships. Ah well.

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