Wing Commander ship design inspirations

-danr-

Vice Admiral
@Lilja 's recent thread about the t-shirt with the Raptor-esque fighter got me thinking about the origins of some of our familiar Wing Commander craft. Before that discussion was had, I didn't have a clue the Raptor had an immediate design inspiration.

So I've been thinking about designs, and tributes and here's what I've come up with.

Can anybody suggest some more?

Arrow and A-wing (Star Wars)

EnTL4qS.jpg

Q7swg4g.jpg


Razor and Viper (Battlestar Galactica)

CQjP58w.jpg

JHWGgnH.jpg


Broadsword and Starlancer Bomber

Wcmbroadswordprofile.jpg

MLn4eVl.jpg



Edit: Ahh crap, the movie Broadsword pre-dates the Starlancer model.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Batwing and Dralthi...
900916_press01-001.jpg
howiedralthi7.jpg


Edit: something went really wrong I first tried to insert the image..
 
Last edited by a moderator:
That's a good one! I'd forgotten about the Batwing entirely, haven't really followed Batman since I was very small.

I was going to suggest that the Galaxy has DNA from the Millenium Falcon, but looking at the two side by side I just can't find enough in common.
 
Here's another that probably goes from WC to something else... Strakha to Centauri Vorchan-class cruiser (B5):

upload_2016-7-17_20-44-19.png

upload_2016-7-17_20-44-29.png
 
Back
Top