OriginalPhoenix
Professor Emeritus
According lead designer Chris Douglas, the Confed ships in WCIII were all based to varying degrees on contemporary aircraft. For example, the Excalibur is clearly derived the YF-23 Black Widow (the loser to the YF-22 Raptor in the USAF ATF competition, despite being an overall better craft). The Longbow gets its roots from the B-29 Superfortress, the Arrow from the A-7E Corsair II and F-8 Crusader, etc.Originally posted by Eder
As for ship designs, my favorite is WC2, Privateer gets second place (close call!)... I really liked those cartoonish ships, I think the necessity for low-poly models in WC3-4 made the ships kind of lose their characteristics IMHO... Sure, the Banshee, Bearcat, and Excalibur are nice, but the Arrow is just a prism with winglets, and the Longbow is SOOO boxy!