Seiko SKX009

Watch modelling! Something real this time, the excellent Seiko SKX009 diver. Owning one myself, in combination with a good pair of calipers, made dimensioning and modelling much easier overall.

I always loved the Psygnosis logo, as well as their awesome prog rock covers.

Laser strike!

Kingfisher takes a hit from Void Shark's laser.

Laserstar

Military Laserstar, i.e. a large warship carrying a single laser weapon as its primary armament. You're looking at a high-energy laser generator firing through a 34 metre multisegment primary mirror. Some liberties taken for a dramatic action shot in the second image, of course in reality no beam would be visible in the vacuum of space. Propulsion is a inertial-confinement fusion engine that also generates power for the laser by magnetohydrodynamics. The large mirror, 500 MW laser generator and UV-band laser make it good for a million kilometres or so max range. Large radiators help dissipate the vast amounts of waste heat generated, in conjunction with an internal heatsink. Paintjob is somewhat whimsical and based on the works of Chris Foss.

De Tomaso Pantera Group 4 Competition Coupe

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Void Shark

Space pirates! First in an ongoing series of speculative spacecraft designs. I wanted to do a "realistic" take on a vessel for space piracy. Envisioned as a converted civilian craft (Kingfisher, second image foreground) cargo vessel powered by a NERVA-type solid core nuclear-thermal rocket engine. The pirates have added high-power radar, uprated RCS, armour plating, 20 MW laser generator with three beam directors, and large radiators to handle the excess heat. Oh and a sweet skull-and-crossbones paintjob to strike fear into the hearts of their enemies.

Nuclear transfer vehicle

Nuclear-thermal transfer vehicle for translunar missions, with a solid core NERVA-type engine. Based off a Pat Rawlings painting depicting the vehicle about to dock with a lunar lander.