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The xipho thingi Looks More like a modern jet

 winterwind85 wrote:
The xipho thingi Looks More like a modern jet

Have you even seen many Modern jets? It looks very different than a modern jet. It looks much closer to the Colonial Viper (also VERY different than a modern jet).

 ImAGeek wrote:

 thegreatchimp wrote:

 ClassicCarraway wrote:
At least GW's marine flyers tried to do something a bit different

Like cause nausea upon viewing?

I know what you mean about directly copying elements. Though having sketched and modelled a fair few ship designs myself, I can tell you that it is very difficult to come up with something that's truly 100% original. A considerable amount of the inspration for my designs comes from studying shapes of vehicle and vehicle parts from a big library I keep of my favourite existing designs. Though in this case I will admit, the similarites are perhaps a bit too glaring.

Well that's the thing really, there's only so many shapes you can really use because only certain shapes will fly, efficiently at least. So you are a bit limited. I really like the Xiphon, probably my favourite flyer, definitely my fave SM one.

I think its well established that GW doesn't really care about aerodynamics when it comes to Imperial vehicle design. Personally, I grew to like the front heavy designs for the Stormtalon and Stormraven, once I got what they were going for. Its clear that those two flyers were based off of helicopter designs more than jet/plane designs. Basically, if you view them as VTOL-engine equiped helicopters, they make a bit more sense in form and function. While its not everybody's cup of tea, at least it shows they are TRYING to be a little different.

I don't think sleek, "aerodynamic" jet fighter designs ( like Eldarish ) would even fit the Space Marine aesthetic. I sure can't imagine it looking good at all.