[TopAce]

Will this be a light freighter a la the Millennium Falcon (there are two n's in Millennium, by the way) or a transport such as the Rebel Medium Transport?

[bobbtmann]

I suppose it is sort of becoming corellian in nature. I hadn't really considered it, though it will be bigger than the Millennium Falcon. I figured people must live on it quite permanently, since in the movie it's just floating out in space with the fleet. The crew would work out of one pod, passengers and rebellion personnel in the second.

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[headdie]

I suppose it is sort of becoming corellian in nature. I hadn't really considered it, though it will be bigger than the Millennium Falcon. I figured people must live on it quite permanently, since in the movie it's just floating out in space with the fleet. The crew would work out of one pod, passengers and rebellion personnel in the second.

random idea, mobile rebel listening post.  lets face it to work effectively the alliance would need a means to monitor Imperial activity, they dont have re resources of the empire to dispatch hundreds of expendable probe droids, fixed installations can be easily detected so why not a mobile platform that could change position to avoid detection, improve its chances of  and move area of operation faster than it would take to set up a fixed listening post there would also be all sorts of explanations as to why its moving around the fleet such as repair, replenishment, crew change.  The pod thing at the side would be where all the mission equipment would be kept and at the size you are on about it could be feasible for long periods in space

[brandx0]

I dunno, I think that our shipset would be better bolstered by more transports rather than a listening post.  Especially considering one could easily chalk up the rebellion's knowledge of Imperial movements to spies and sympathizers on thousands of worlds, along with all the freighter captains and smugglers that are secretly helping them out as they pass through various systems.

[headdie]

fair enough, in my defense it was 1.30 am when i posted that lol so not exactly firing on all cylinders

[Col. Fishguts]

There are many weird vessels in the background around the Nebulon-B in that scene



I remember a whole web page dedicated to them somewhere... but it seems to have shut down.

[headdie]

hey look and at the same angle in relation to the camera

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[TopAce]

From this angle, it looks like a messed up Y-wing.

[Aardwolf]

Considering that scene was part of a movie, shouldn't there be at least several other frames showing that ship, some of which ought to have at least slightly different angles of it?

[headdie]

Considering that scene was part of a movie, shouldn't there be at least several other frames showing that ship, some of which ought to have at least slightly different angles of it?

i blame accountants

[Scourge of Ages]

Considering that scene was part of a movie, shouldn't there be at least several other frames showing that ship, some of which ought to have at least slightly different angles of it?

Indeed, you are correct sir. So, I popped episode V into my computer, scrolled on over to the end of the film and grabbed some screens. I think you'll all be pleasantly interested.
The first three shots are as the camera gets closer and the angle changes. I blew each capture up to the same size, which is why the first two seem blurry.
The fourth shot was captured after Luke and Lando have their dialogue and the Falcon departs, immediately before the credits roll. I believe that ship above the frigate's spine is the same transport, but from behind.
EDIT: Really, this is not to poo all over bobbtmann's excellent imagination and work on the freighter so far. Just to satisfy anybody's curiosity.

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[swashmebuckle]

That 3rd shot is pretty nice, Scourge; looks like a kitbash made with a couple corvette heads to me.  Does anyone by chance have the high res version of ESB that way floating around a while back, I think with Adywan's color corrections?  Just curious, cause this scene seems to have a collection of unknown original trilogy ships, and it'd be cool to see them with a bit better definition.

[bobbtmann]

Considering that scene was part of a movie, shouldn't there be at least several other frames showing that ship, some of which ought to have at least slightly different angles of it?

Right. That was what I was refering to parallax motion. Unfortunately, I don't have my copy of "The Empire Strikes Back", so youtube was providing me all my reference. I must say that Scourge of Ages third screenshot is very nice and clear.  It also looks like my original sketch was more accurate than my post-video watching version. Oh well.

[bobbtmann]

An update:

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[Thaeris]

That, Sir, is glorious. 

[brandx0]

I like everything about it except for the globes at the front.  They just don't seem to jive with the rest of the design or with SW designs as a whole, in my opinion.  Not quite sure what I'd do with them though, unfortunately.

The rest of it, however, is fantastic, can't wait to see it fully textured with greebles and everything!

[swashmebuckle]

Maybe shrink them down and use some sort of variation on a WWII bomber nose canopy?  I think that was the inspiration for the Falcon's cockpit, so it would be in keeping if this were a Corellian design.  I agree that the bubbles are a bit out of place for SW, but I like the rest of it a lot.

[newman]

Maybe use more ww2 bombers for inspiration? If they're spheroid thingies, maybe take inspiration from a b-17 or a liberator ball turret? Something along these lines? http://www.untoldvalor.com/images/ball_turret_ad_great_shot.jpg
Don't even have to be turrets, mind you - just throwing ideas about.

[bobbtmann]

The world war II bomber solution seems to be popping up a bit. My girlfriend also suggested a similar solution. I'll try breaking up the expanse of the bubble with some bracing elements.

[Scourge of Ages]

All that and it's in-game too! Good job!