New Heavy Fighter Sketch Ready to Smash Some Kilrathi (June 17, 2024)

[ChrisReid]

CountvonSchnaps has another tough looking design to share. His latest creation is the Thunderbolt VII from Wing Commander 3. It's got lots of detail with vents and ports throughout. The forward area with engine intakes, guns and a translucent cockpit are particularly nice. Sharp-eyed fans will note the "301" on the tail, which is a deep cut. It follows the naming convention from the Heart of the Tiger novelization where Blair is assigned Thunderbolt 300. Check out the rest of his gorgeous art here.

I tried to stay close to the previous Longbow design esthetics wise and I think it turned out all right.

Always liked this fighter, albeit not so nimble it had a powerful punch and a rear turret against those Kilrathi that outmaneuvered me. This and the Arrow were for me the favorite craft you could fly in Wing Commander 3.

Seeing that someone was, again, so kind to provide me with a core membership I guess a new poll is in order as well. Need to think what should be made but will post that one as soon as possible.

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Original update published on June 17, 2024

 

[Knight26-77]

Love his reworks, can't wait to see more. Now, if only they were 3D....

 

[Bandit LOAF]

Love it, truly captures the essence of the Thunderbolt. Which is, I think, the platonic ideal of that Chris Douglas-directed 1960s carrier attack planes in space aesthetic.