1. Bob McDob

    The Real Transports of Wing Commander II (June 15, 2025)

    It's not as clear from the in-gamesprites but the Morningstar really is a much more contemporary looking design than anything else in the game, especially the underside. Was it designed by the same artists that did the main game?
  2. Bob McDob

    After Action Report: The Empire Strikes Back (July 25, 2025)

    I believe a lot of the current thinking on the star destroyer length originates from this site many years ago. It's by a man named (Dr.) Curtis Saxton who gained infamy on the old alt.starwars.vs.startrek newsgroup for measuring the explosions from the asteroid scene frame-by-frame and then...
  3. Bob McDob

    The Straith Story (or: Heron Earth) (July 19, 2025)

    This is the greatest thing I've seen.
  4. Bob McDob

    After Action Report: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (July 18, 2025)

    One big difference between the Spacedock and Perry is that it doesn't seem to have any doors on the upper hull. There is the part on the bottom which is shown on the box with a (hilariously out of scale) Centurion docking but the primary hangar seems to be the tunnel at the top (marked TUNNEL on...
  5. Bob McDob

    Most Iconic WC Fighter

    That's interesting, I wouldn't have guessed that because the interiors don't really follow the exterior shape that closely. The part that does is the hangar but wouldn't that have been green screen?
  6. Bob McDob

    Most Iconic WC Fighter

    All the model comparisons have been to Strike Commander, but there's actually a much more relevant one: Wing Commander III itself. I remember when this topic came up before there was some speculation as to whether or not the Realspace engine could handle some of the more complicated shapes...
  7. Bob McDob

    Most Iconic WC Fighter

    Here is a high-res image of the F-16 from the Strike Commander libRealSpace object. As you can see, it handles the model perfectly fine, and it's no more complex than the Sabre. I am absolutely sure that the engine could have handled it. One noticeable difference from later models is that the...
  8. Bob McDob

    Most Iconic WC Fighter

    Maybe it's because Wing Commander was the game that I played last, but I have a hard time treating the Hornet as the "most iconic" fighter of the series. I don't even think it's the most iconic fighter in the game it's in. When it comes to Confed fighters I would probably go with either the...
  9. Bob McDob

    Wing Commander Album Production Update (July 2, 2025)

    Oh I meant the actual vinyl pressings for records. Apparently because the format stayed popular there longer the factories stayed open and were able to take advantage of the boom that happened fifteen years ago or so.
  10. Bob McDob

    Wing Commander Album Production Update (July 2, 2025)

    Not surprising, I think most of the world's vinyl production comes from a single factory in Japan?
  11. Bob McDob

    Hungarian Folklore (June 25, 2025)

    They should have put ten or so winning stories on the demo disc. I always find the runner ups in a contest like this to be more interesting than the winners, especially if it's decided by jury. Also, Behemoths and a Kilrathi outlaw? Sounds like False Colors!
  12. Bob McDob

    3D Printed Privateer ships.

    You should do the New Detroit pad and mount it on your wall like a shelf. The Gladius in Armada is 36 meters (in length). I have no idea if this is a feasible scale or not.
  13. Bob McDob

    3D Printed Privateer ships.

    How big are the Galaxy and Centurion? It's funny how small the Dralthi is. If I'm reading your scale correct the actual size of the Tarsus should be around 28 meters, which would make them the same length. That is, if the Claw Marks figure stands -but then, the Privateer Dralthi is the same...
  14. Bob McDob

    3D Printed Privateer ships.

    Sorry, I didn't phrase that right. How tall is the figure meant to be in 'real life' (e.g. 180cm)?
  15. Bob McDob

    3D Printed Privateer ships.

    Yeah, if I had to pick an Orion model to use it's the larger one that you're currently using. It just looks better, and it's used more often in the game. It looks like you were pretty close with the Talon? Only slightly off with the scale. How tall is the pilot figure you're using meant to be...
  16. Bob McDob

    Starsector Wing Commander project

    Hmm, if anything I would think the cruiser class was underrepresented. The Gettysburg, Plunkett and Concordia are all large enough that they really are capitals (the Concordia in particular is described as "the largest battleship in Confed's fleet"). Arguably the Hades wound count as a capital...
  17. Bob McDob

    3D Printed Privateer ships.

    EDIT: My original post was me saying that you were totally right, until I was looking through the Orion models and saw that one of them (TUG-TO) used the smaller, squashed version from the ship dealer. This doesn't necessarily mean anything (in the first place we don't even know what most of the...
  18. Bob McDob

    Starsector Wing Commander project

    Is there a reason you made the Waterloo a destroyer?
  19. Bob McDob

    3D Printed Privateer ships.

    All of the ships in that post are from the equipment dealer screen, so CLNKGEAR, TUGGEAR, FIGHTGER and MRCHGEAR. They're also in scale with the dealer hangar. The Orion z-axis distortion is interesting and I don't think anyone has ever noticed that before. I wonder if it was to fit the art on...
  20. Bob McDob

    Starsector Wing Commander project

    It gets stated a lot but it's worth remembering that the Crossbow was originally designed as a corvette but repurposed as a bomber: