2008.018 (January 18, 2008)

The Phantom Gets Its Day

Deacan has found a new paper model that wasn't featured in last week's paper round up. The fighter is a Confed Phantom, one of the ships that only appeared in Wing Commander Armada. It was overlooked earlier because it's featured at Péricles' personal online journal instead of his section at Paper Inside. The Phantom is certainly an interesting choice. Its performance is somewhat notoriously underwhelming, so it's nice to see the ship get some attention at last. You can download the paper ship blueprints here. In addition to the textured model, a blank white alternative is also included. You use the Pepakura viewer to examine the included .pdo files.

The Art of Wing Commander Arena - Part Fifty-Six

Everyone has seen this splash image in-game, but now you can make it your desktop! It was originally a gameflow screen which would have presented information about ship upgrades, available missions, etc. It's a beautiful image, regardless of what it's doing.

This is part of a series of beautiful Wing Commander Arena concept images graciously provided by Gaia Industries. You can find the original article here. You can thank the guys at Gaia by picking up Street Trace NYC on Xbox Live Arcade!