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  1. Bandit LOAF

    New take on Hellcat V

    That looks awesome!
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    The Nephilim Manta: From Concept to Execution (March 14, 2024)

    Aligned Peoples’ Manta-class heavy fighter. Initial concept by Mark Vearrier, finished concept sketch by Syd Mead... Initial mesh blockout and then Alias "cinematic" model renders... Final in-game assets for both the standard fighter and the deadly "red Manta" bomber variant...
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    Learning More About the Privateer 2 Factions (March 7, 2024)

    Thinking about the Privateer 2 pirate factions today. Do their VDU images match the lore? I think so! Chirichan - cyborgs Jincilla - hackers & small time criminals Kiowan - new age hippies Papogod - mutants The official guide has two that aren’t in the final game, too: an evil Crow T...
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    Wing Commander at 25 (March 12, 2024)

    That's kind of you to say! It's nothing like that, just the same things I think we're probably all going through to some extent (sick parents, fears for the future, trying to figure out the unknowable nature of the universe, all the usual stuff!) (I left Star Citizen back in 2022! It was a...
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    Wing Commander at 25 (March 12, 2024)

    The somewhat amorphous length of a generation is, give or take, about twenty-five years. This means that as of today, the Wing Commander movie is a generation old… and, it follows, so are those of us that once eagerly anticipated its coming. I've written extensively about whether or not it was...
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    Confusing Carrier Confirmed! (December 8, 2022)

    That is wonderful to hear! I ended up finding a copy of the poster on eBay by searching for "USS Nimitz" poster for a few weeks.
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    Examining the Colors of Academy Pilots and Their Ships (March 11, 2024)

    I have watched Wing Commander Academy hundreds of times but I somehow never noticed that the pilot helmets are color coded. They nominally match the Scimitars: blue for Maverick, red for Maniac, purple for Archer, etc. It looks like they're forgotten or wrong a LOT... just like the ship...
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    A Closer Look at the Original 12 Cadets of Wing Commander Academy (March 10, 2024)

    The Wing Commander Academy press kit says that there were twelve cadets transferred to the Tiger's Claw. Can you name them all? Alright, let's see if we can find them! We're looking for the original twelve cadets transferred to the Tiger's Claw's command school. So Victoria/Viking here and...
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    Learn About WC2 Demo Differences in the WCPedia (March 5, 2024)

    I added a WCpedia page for the Wing Commander II Demo with all kinds of neat history: -- Original update published on March 5, 2024
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    New WC Ship Silhouette Discovered in Hebrew WC2 Translation (March 4, 2024)

    It's the first one in the post! I agree it's probably supposed to be a Broadsword. But... why? What prompted a licensor to create a new piece of art in the same style as the ones in the manual?
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    New WC Ship Silhouette Discovered in Hebrew WC2 Translation (March 4, 2024)

    Super cool news: Christian Klein discovered a piece of Wing Commander ship art previously unrecorded by history! Check out this cool silhouette art from the cover of the Hebrew translation of the Wing Commander II manual! It's done in the same style as the "World War II" silhouettes in the...
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    All of Privateer 2's Booth Ship Images Organized (March 3, 2024)

    Tonight’s little project: a spreadsheet of all the ship graphics that appear in Privateer 2’s booth and which palette they use! Find the full link here (second tab). -- Original update published on March 3, 2024
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    1999's Hottest Double Feature Combo (March 1, 2024)

    Fresh off the boat from Australia! I love weird compilations so much. -- Original update published on March 1, 2024
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    Fighter/Bomber In-Service Dates Visualized (February 29, 2024)

    Here's a quick graphic showing the known service dates for Confed fighters from the games (2654 and after); as you can see, it's largely not a case of designs replacing each other between WC1-3! -- Original update published on February 29, 2024
  15. Bandit LOAF

    Save Archive: Wing Commander IV (January 5, 2024)

    Whoops, not sure how I messed that up! Corrected version is posted.
  16. Bandit LOAF

    Is there any information available on how WC1 & 2 in space gameplay/graphics were created?

    I would say I field one or two requests for information from folks at EA each year, which ranges from 'do you have any source code' to specific questions about the lore or how the games were released. It's rarely the SAME people year to year but it's still pretty interesting.
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    Quick Recognition for the Lovely Art Style of Secrets of the WCU (February 27, 2024)

    Shout out to the wonderful fan ship illustrations in Secrets of the Wing Commander Universe! They're credited to Elizabeth Creegan. -- Original update published on February 27, 2024
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    Learn About Privateer's Background Vehicles (February 24, 2024)

    Now let's take a look at some of the background vehicles that did make it into the game! This is TRUCK, CART and CARGO which drive through Perry Naval Base. Truck and cart also appear on the mining base. LOADER is a variant of truck that appears in the ship upgrade room. From the dev...
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    Artsy Diorama Shows Off Classic WC Scene (February 20, 2024)

    Yeah it feels like a narrower shadowbox would work really well for this scene. And I'd separate the VDUs and the hand so they're in front!
  20. Bandit LOAF

    Focus on the Wing Commander II Demo (February 16, 2024)

    I believe the Bloodfang model here is Jake Rodgers and that it's the first ship done with Autodesk. I suspect the Star Post was sourced from material they already had on hand. Mary had told me that she didn't do anything beyond the original set of ships; her credit in Secret Missions 2 was...
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