Odd Inspiration For a Ship Design

[scott]

This may be weird, but when I looked again at this picture I took at the natural history museum in DC of a model of a Devonian fish, my first thought was that it looked like a cool Traveller ship design:

(Pardon the crappy picture -- it was pretty dark in there, and I couldn't use a polarizer to kill the glare without blurring the picture.)

 

[Meteoric Assault]

Did you see the Zhodani agent hiding in the background..... yeah I do what you did when not weighed down with the cares of the world I find inspiration for my gaming hobby.

Silly me I still want to convert a CR90 (Tantive IV) Corvette from Star Wars to Traveller.

 

[Gojifam58]

This thing looks like a Cardassian small ship. Many things can serve as an inspiration for a futile mind in search of something new. Several of my Lt fighter designs came out of German research and 1st and 2nd generation jet designs. Some other sources can be things like anime, sci-fi shows, and even other games.

This just show's that idea's can come from anywhere when you keep you mind open.

 

[robject]

Alien ships in Babylon 5 were inspired by sea creatures; the more advanced the people, the more 'streamlined' the ships looked. Narn ships looked vaguely like rays. Minbari ships looked sort of like angelfish et al. And Vorlon ships looked squidlike (radially symmetric with 'arms').

 

[sabredog]

Looks like a good start on a scout-like spy ship designed for use underwater and in the air.

 

[Evil Steve]

Looks like the Cometine Empire fighters from second season of Space Cruiser Yamato.