2006.041 (February 10, 2006)

Command Staff Moves Into Unified Bengal Design

Lars' fancy hybrid Bengal now has a detailed command center. A variety of bridge and corridor windows have been added, and various sensor and communications gear is visible. There's also a colorful rendering by Marc below. It helped shape Lars' design and contrasts with the untextured Bengal's current metallic gray. The design is really shaping up. Hopefully the model ends up seeing some use in exciting projects or wallpapers down the line.

I've done some little things to the bridge part again. Added windows and armor to the side and added some details to these little wings. Still I am not very happy about the antennas. I will have to remove or replace them.

Heads Up!

It's no secret that the characters in Origin's "talking head" games were frequently based on real people. Here's a story about Sean Murphy as Zach "Jazz" Colson in Super Wing Commander (a questionable honor at best -- luckily he's also Space Quest's Roger Wilco). Now here's a second Wing Commander cameo... it's series creator Chris Roberts as RAF Lieutenant Edmond Skikes in Wings of Glory. Wings of Glory was Origin's penultimate RealSpace engine game, using technology that was also featured in Wing Commanders Armada, Heart of the Tiger and The Price of Freedom.