That's pretty, more than I could come up with. I wish I had the money to hire some of the great anime mecha designers.
I'm thinking of setting it to AdamKop and seeing what he can make out of it. he did the 3D models for the Sharie and Eikan.
>3D
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Wes, you baiting me?
Not really keen on a lot of your core concept but I did get a sense of what it was meant to be: To take biological shapes then funnel them through technological design.
I figured I'd do a quick 3D sketch and sculpt rather than do a long-writeup that you probably wouldn't read.
Techsplination:
While highly prepared for the rigours of space, the majority of StarArmy of Yamatai ships -- while perfectly capable of entering dense planetary environments (typically those of gas-giants and oceans) they were subject to a number of operational problems, especially during long missions.
Given the nature of deep-scanning equipment and its failure to penetrate many ocean-worlds and gas-planets, a specialised vessel would allow the SAOY to not only ferret out threats hiding in these environments but also conceal supply depots and research bases far away from the prying eyes of outside threats.
You could go with a segmented dome roof on the top and then another further ahead on the bottom giving it a kind of "orca, fighter-jet and a lancaster bomber had a baby" look, kinda like the cockpit/control area of the Outlaw Star.
Yes, its to scale. Yes, it sub-divides neatly. Yes, you can have the geometry if you like.
No, I don't expect to be paid for this. Yes, you're welcome.
And now time for song!
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Kinda crude but some ideas about turret placement: Could be worth putting a pair of light turrets on the tips of the "shoulders" and then a third on the bottom like your original sketch.
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Okay, since you don't like that how about something closer to the original concept art?
I figure the bottom front pods swivel out and have landing gear in them. The back set work similarly, swivelling down and then extending plane like landing gear. The body of the top front pods would probably have missile tubes and the top fin and rear boom would have ECM/ECCM, flares and communications gear.
Entry and egress either occurs through the topside or through a hatch in the back with the container. The container would have those big swinging doors you want, but also mean you could spec this for a mission.
I'm debating adding a very simple set of arms in the front underneath the front dome so it can do minor repair and construction work.
If you don't bite again, I'm probably going to try and produce something civilian out of this one.
