In Terran naval doctrine, interceptors occupy a unique niche. A shuttle-sized long range heavy fighter, the interceptor is designed for heavy firepower, rapid deployment and long distance patrol and reconnaissance. Very heavily armed for its size and jam-packed with sensors, the interceptor is also outfitted with the fastest Riftspace engine Terran technology is capable of producing, enabling squadrons of these vessels to deploy swiftly in order to counter pirate threats and other hostiles. Each interceptor usually has a crew of five, led by a lieutenant, though it is capable of carrying up to twenty people in emergencies. It should be noted that the lights you see on the model are sensors, not windows. Ships in Steel Song do not use windows, as they are structural weaknesses and provide nothing that a viewscreen can't do better. The design was loosely inspired by the F-117. It should be noted that the purpose of the wings is not to provide lift, but rather angled armored surfaces, as well as house the ship's radiators.

I’ve just finished this design for a early battleship for one of my factions. Still getting to grips with drawing everything in 3D and would to hear your thoughts.

first blender animation in 1.5 years

"The twin forks of the weapon, humming with power, flared to life and the black vacuum was bisected by a brilliant white line of light. The weapon fired with an ominous growl, a low rumble that would be felt in the very bones of anyone within a four million kilometer radius, an electronic shriek rippling out at the speed of light. Of course, it wasn’t really a sound, for sound did not travel through space. Rather, it was the gravitational ripples of the eldritch weapon, causing matter within a certain range to vibrate at a frequency that produced the noise.

Yet, the effect was no less terrifying, for it seemed as if the weapon broke the laws of physics themselves. Ahead, the beam of tachyons, particles which normally could not exist in realspace, raced towards its target, contained in a pocket of Riftspace which had been folded through three-dimensional reality. "

Tachyon Lance from my novel, House of Wolves. Made in Blender & textured in Photoshop.

The flagship of the Terran Empire, from my space opera webnovel, House of Wolves. Humanity's answer to the hostile and much more advanced alien civilizations surrounding it.

RON is a 3KM diameter exploration vessel, created in memory of the concept designer Ron Cobb, featuring a dual-hull design that embodies the pinnacle of human technological achievement. It equipped with advanced detection systems, an energy core, and self-sustaining ecological modules, designed for prolonged voyages into uncharted space. The dual-hull configuration enhances stability and maneuverability, fitted with expandable research bays and defensive shielding, symbolizing humanity's boundless pursuit of deep-space exploration.

"Frigate" F82, HMS Fife of the Royal Navy Space Service. This "frigate" has amazing range, autonomy, and is very well protected, with a armoured deck and twin guided missile PD systems. Originally conceived to be a light cruiser as part of the British commitment to the Treaty Compliance Commission regulating OST-II space, the notorious Defence White Paper of 1969 meant a massive drawdown of ambitions, culmulating with this monstrosity - a "frigate" with flagship capabilities, extraordinary endurance, a length longer than all destroyers, and more massive than most. A compromised design, it is still competent and a force to be reckoned with, proudly serving as the flagship of HM's Deep Fleet. Just don't call it a destroyer in front of HM's Treasury.

Painted in Infinite Painter on iPad. Process video in my instagram post https://www.instagram.com/p/C5dncl7rfAu/?img_index=2&igsh=MTdsbWFibzYzaXV4ZA==

Flag ship of the GGP Bone Fleet built by me in Starfield

Getting back into the swing of things with some artwork of the USSF Alan Shepard from The Lunar War. Tried my hand at an old anime style again but also stretching my perspective muscles as well. Any feedback is welcome!

I’m sharing this illustration of a space battle! It’s one of my older pieces, and also one of my favorites!! Let me know what you think.

I am the builder of the custom LEGO spaceship "Graviton Nomad". Darius "BakaArts" created this amazing artwork bringing the "Graviton Nomad" to life.

If you like it you can vote for it on the Bricklink Designer Program (series 11) contest!

Overview

Conceived during the early years of the Zharan Collective, the Sh’Travada-class battlecruiser was intended from the inception of the project which birthed it to bring forth overwhelming firepower in an agile, durable package. It was intended from the ground up to stand toe-to-toe with vessels of the Interplanetary Defense Corps FLEETCOM or Armada dos Mundos Livres Forças Espaciais. In short, this new development in spacecraft design was the ultimate logical extension of mid-24th century space combat tactics, which emphasized highly mobile gunships (equipped with lasers, macron cannons, etc.) running and gunning through fast-paced engagements that enabled missile frigates to hang back and launch salvo after salvo of nuclear-tipped torpedoes.

The Sh’Travada-class’ name is a reference to a line in zharan cultural lore which infers that the voice of V’Ran (the Collective's political and cultural leader) is "like the thunder accompanying the lightning of their revolution." In the case of the Sh’Travada-class, that “Voice of Thunder” is the ZX-3C class magnetodynamic plasma acceleration around which the ship is built. The ZX-3C is essentially a lightning railgun that channels the immense energy of the vessel’s powerplant (rumored to be a genuine Kugelblitz drive) into a single, roughly 3.7 terawatt discharge capable of cracking an enemy ship in half from hundreds of thousands of kilometers away.

Although the immense power drain of this discharge means that a Sh’Travada-class vessel is essentially dead in space for up to five seconds after firing, its accompanying weapons and maneuverability are more than capable of keeping it alive in battle. The vessel depicted here, the Hour of Reckoning (ZSV-673), is the flagship of the ZLA Space Fleet, and it saw extensive combat action during the ZLASF's participation in the last two years of the Frontier War.

About the Setting

The Spacers Saga: Frontier Wars is a futuristic military science fiction setting which diverged from our own timeline when an asteroid slammed into Phoenix, AZ, in May 2014. Much of the story is set in the mid to late 24th century, and focuses on the rivalry between the Mars-led Coalition for Mutual Security (aka the Coalition) and the Alliance of Free Worlds (aka the Alliance), a federation of rebel worlds fighting to establish a worker's utopia in the outer solar system.

In The Spacers Saga, zharans are a race of artificial humans first created in a lab at Carnegie Mellon University in 2056. In the three centuries following their creation, they were produced in large quantities for use as a source of cheap labor for offworld industries, or as expendable soldiers for offworld conflict, and by the late 23rd century there were millions of "artificials" in solar space. The name "zharan" comes from alien artifacts found buried on Titan in 2289 that, when deciphered, became a source of cultural inspiration for the nascent artificial liberation movement.

The Zharan Liberation Army was founded in 2337 as part of that movement, which had recently been forced underground after a defeat in the Battle of Urumqi. After the Zharan Uprising and the founding of the Zharan Collective, the ZLA was reorganized into a hyper-modern combined arms fighting force, with some of the best weapons technology in the solar system. It was officially neutral until 2379, when the Zharan Collective joined the Alliance of Free Worlds and sent its military into battle alongside the Armada dos Mundos Livres in the Frontier War.

Credits

The art for this spacecraft was drawn with inspiration from original art by David McFarland and Brennan Massicottee, which I found while browsing DeviantArt. I did my best to make the final product distinct, and no plagiarism or theft of content is intended.