Kilrathi Comcon Makes Sensors Cool (October 3, 2012)

[ChrisReid]

The latest Roberts Space Industries posting is a concept art drawing of the Kilrathi Comcon from the Wing Commander Movie. There's also some background information on what else the ship was used for in the film. The Thrak'hra class design is very eye-catching, and it's certainly one of the most imposing reconnaissance craft out there. It even seems to share quite a bit of style in common with kat ships from the games. You can find more early sketches of the Comcon in our archives here - the final design is much closer to today's sketch than the original storyboards.

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In the original movie as shot, the concom is the setting for the film?s climactic showdown, a knife fight between Blair, Gerald and a Pilgrim traitor revealed to be Admiral Wilson of Pegasus station. Test audiences found the reveal confusing and Wilson?s role was removed from the finished movie.

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Original update published on October 3, 2012

 

[Wojo]

Funny how this design looks a lot more 'kilrathey' than the other movie kilrathi capships. Closer to wc3 style than any other. I wonder if there were more asymmetrical and angular sketches in the design process for the other capships in the movie?

 

[AD]

Funny how this design looks a lot more 'kilrathey' than the other movie kilrathi capships. Closer to wc3 style than any other. I wonder if there were more asymmetrical and angular sketches in the design process for the other capships in the movie?

I haven't seen many concepts of Kilrathi capships other than the ones seen in the film... There was some early work done to make the game designs more movie-ish, but it's hard to say what happened to those. Ron Cobb did a bunch of illustrations that haven't surfaced though that awesome rapier render we have was from early on but done by someone else. They made a teaser trailer with that Rapier to "sell" the film and raise money. We're still trying to track down that footage too . It wouldn't surprise me if there were some early Kilrathi concepts out there based more on the game designs.