BSG Vipers

[Darth Malice]

Yeah, nice work...

[Talos]

Very cool, I like it!

[Spry]

Quite sexy, and original! Im glad you didnt just copy the blackbird design straight out.

[Sanjurjo]

That's a good work, man, i love the designs, Mark one, those variations...
That version for Mr. Hatch proposition is very nice... and looks a little like a Mk.7, but it has its classic roots.
Heh.... i just bought the complete classic Series Dvd set... i'm just beginning to see it and i love it... good remembrance from my childhood
I'm enjoying this thread more than a pic in the mud...
and also.. all thos nice USAF, Navy and Russian markings... looks like the Vipers would look if Galactica arrives here and the Colonials begin to share their tech with us... lovely... a carrier full of Mark.II and VII.

And a camo scheme example could be a digital disruptive pattern... like the digi-camo of the marines or now the US Army... or a complete black camo, to blend with the space, with white dots to look like they're stars! weirder things i saw... Oh... and how about an US Marines one?
If i had the time and the soft, i could do one in Spanish Air force(Ejército del Aire) insignia... with the cool red-yellow-red roundel and St. Andrew's cross on the tail...
A big kiss to your family! hope your daughter is right now.
*now time to devour all those nice images and dl. them!*

[Safe@2nd]

I've only ever seen fuzzy screencaps and some... drawings. This is fantastic!

I think your take BJ, even if it is minor variations, is an improvement on the original.

I must say, I've never been a huge fan of the original design. I think they should've approached some of the members of this site for the Blackbirds design. You guys would've come up with something better.

[B.J.]

Yeah, I had issues with the Blackbird as well. To quote myself:

I thought the Blackbird stealth ship that we saw in BSG was okay, but it never set right with me. So I've done up what I think a BSG stealth Viper should look like. It's faceted like the F(sic)-117 and not smooth like current stealth aircraft because this would need to be an all-aspect stealth ship (3D space, right?), and current aircraft are really optimized for their mostly 2D environment. The inlets are also covered with a mesh (similar to F(sic)-117) to protect the engine face from DRADIS scans, since the inlets on Vipers are not nearly long enough for a serpentine inlet. I also took some design cues from the F-22, the Boeing Bird of Prey, and the Super Hornet.

If you'll notice, I didn't put any guns on it, which would frak up its DRADIS signature. But I did include a small bay between the gear for ordnance, so its mission profile is kinda like the F-117 or B-2 to get in, drop yer load, and get out undetected.

[Sanjurjo]

Look what i've found while searching for BSG stuff in DeviantArt...



Another nice Mark.II named Isobel done by clever-screen-name. I reduced the image scale to post it here. You can find the big size version on the page.
Look at the nice worn-out and used look. Nice, isn't it?
Here's the link to clever-screen-name DA page:
clever-screen-name on deviantART

[B.J.]

^ Interesting image there, Sanjurjo. It is quite obvious that they just took the rendered image by Zoic, changed the stripe color and added a couple other markings. I think it would extremely difficult to apply a completely different scheme. In the end, you'd be better off redrawing it from scratch!

[B.J.]

In other news, I've been experimenting with some new techniques that I've recently learned, mainly to increase the realism factor. This goes way beyond the simple vector-only stuff I've done so far.

I've been lurking over at military-meshes.com and picking up on some the techniques they use to produce some amazing looking profiles. I'm just trying to see what I can do with that.

That said, it'll probably be a long time before I come up with a completed Viper using these methods. Like I said, I'm just experimenting and learning right now.

[backstept]

sweet!
can't wait to see what you come up with