Bengal Class Given the Late Kilrathi War Treatment (December 29, 2024)

[ChrisReid]

Alan Baker has been working with the Tiger's Claw, and the results have been interesting! He's attempting to make the Claw fit in with the visual style of WC3/4. I love the colorful tones and textures of WC1/2, but this kind of works. I especially like those WC3/4 era turrets. He's also paired the carrier with Klavs' Scimitar and Hornet to make a nifty vertical phone wallpaper.

Playing around with a concept for the Tiger's Claw from the first Wing Commander game, aligning it closer to the aesthetic of WCIII/IV.

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Original update published on December 29, 2024

 

[Mr_Blastman]

This is damn impressive.

 

[Deathsnake]

Very nice. With a rear entry is new.

Also if we speak about the Bengal... See the Citcon Sq42 Prologue Video?
The Argus CVE in SQ looks like a 90% copy of the Classic Bengal. Also in size. The SC Bengal is 990m - in WC the TCS Concordia. The Argus should be around 700m - thats the old Bengal size too!
Also i see the news about the Gettysburg, in 2003 Prechtls of the WC Saga Team build one - also news here - in SC we see now the CA - Cruiser Corvus - look like the WC Saga Gettysburg! Also should be around 700-750m

https://imgur.com/qR62KJn

 

[Bandit LOAF]

Oh yeah - Saga did like an elongated Exeter for the Gettysburg, right? It looked good!

 

[Knight26-77]

That looks great. It gives the design some more bulk to meet the more WC3 aesthetic. I would love to see some more views of it.

 

[Bob McDob]

I'm a bit torn on the design used in Saga. From a distance it doesn't have a particularly distinctive shape, it looks a bit too much like someone else's sci-fi spaceship; no wonder it resembles something from another series. It looks more like a Confed ship on closer inspection but then I think it scans too much as a Bengal, rather than something distinct. Well, I guess that was the whole point so I can't fault the artist for that.

The Bengal artwork is quite nice although I think the original design already fits well with the later game aesthetic.

 

[Deathsnake]

I'm a bit torn on the design used in Saga. From a distance it doesn't have a particularly distinctive shape, it looks a bit too much like someone else's sci-fi spaceship; no wonder it resembles something from another series. It looks more like a Confed ship on closer inspection but then I think it scans too much as a Bengal, rather than something distinct. Well, I guess that was the whole point so I can't fault the artist for that.

The Bengal artwork is quite nice although I think the original design already fits well with the later game aesthetic.

That is not a Bengal - its the Gettysburg Class - a Battlecruiser own design. But never used in Wing Commander Saga.
And CIG make with the RSI Corvus CA a good copy of it


Scooby Doo from WCSaga do a Gettysburg Class for me with WC Saga Assets:

and the Bengal: