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One of my favourite books when I was young was Galactic Tours, a fake Thomas Cook (UK travel operator) travel brochure about excursions you could take around the galaxy. I’ve since found out that the artist for this, David Hardy, is up there with Foss for doing properly alien vistas and worlds. And this book is just packed with gorgeous, evocative art like this:  https://twitter.com/davidastrohardy/status/1268456869183586304 https://twitter.com/davidastrohardy/status/1033334249561223168 And I didn’t know about this theft! https://twitter.com/davidastrohardy/status/1232992673692356608 https://twitter.com/davidastrohardy/status/634996506475528192 And this isn’t from the book, but is by Hardy and I love it. 
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Those are loving sick and I need them airbrushed on my walls. Also airbrushed came up as a suggested word after typing the 'a' after sick. Don't think I don't see you Google, get your own account.
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Jun 4, 2020 22:54
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John Berkley art on the cover of this book that I loved as a kid and still do:
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Jun 4, 2020 23:32
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I think I miss sci-fi that makes the universe feel mindblowingly vast and empty.
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Jun 4, 2020 23:36
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The_Doctor posted:I think I miss sci-fi that makes the universe feel mindblowingly vast and empty. One of the things I enjoy about The Expanse is it regularly makes a point of this.
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Jun 4, 2020 23:59
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nine-gear crow posted:Also for those who don’t know, the TTA books inspired the visual look of the Homeworld games. The rebel Taiidan captain who helps you out at the end of the game, Captain Elson, is actually named after one of the more influential TTA artists, Peter Elson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Elson
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Jun 5, 2020 00:59
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Tochiazuma posted:John Berkley art on the cover of this book that I loved as a kid and still do: I loved checking this book out in the library in elementary school. I tried to track down a copy of it later to own and wasn't able to. Might look into it now though. Thanks for reminding me it exists.
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Jun 5, 2020 01:14
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Tochiazuma posted:John Berkley art on the cover of this book that I loved as a kid and still do: I always tried to sort out how his ships were formed and how they would function.
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Jun 5, 2020 01:46
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Sodomy Hussein posted:The Romulan D'deridex Warbird is basically the coolest ship there is, with only the star destroyer holding a candle. It is indeed in the top echelon of Cool rear end Space Ships There's a part in the beginning of Star Trek : A Final Unity where a Warbird decloaks almost on top of a refugee vessel and that experience must only be pants-making GBS threads for the poor folks on board the little ship... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8qbc0WjByw
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Jun 5, 2020 02:12
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I didn't browse all 6 pages so sorry if someone already mentioned them but: Culture Ships They're not the most aesthetic design of ships but the whole idea of ships that are basically floating continents wrapped in fields is super cool. No official art but some good fanart out there:  
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Jun 5, 2020 02:19
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free hubcaps posted:ever since i was a lil' hubcap and found them in my school library ive had a love for the terran trade authority books and their very foss-esque spaceships Those were dope. My primary school library had the first one (Spacecraft: 2000 to 2100 AD) and it was pretty much permanently on loan. I've managed to get the whole lot for about $10 each which is a steal. This is another book in the same vein and it's worth picking up too:  Funnily enough it has a page with the Enterprise on it as a replica of a ship from an ancient Earth sci fi show.
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Jun 5, 2020 12:13
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twistedmentat posted:One cool thing about Expanse Ships is they're built like a building, not a ship. That's why I love the early Alliance ships we see in Firefly:  Ships in Firefly have artificial gravity, but it makes sense for a ship that's only ever going to be in space to just be like a mini office complex...right?
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Jun 5, 2020 16:51
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It definitely reinforces the "order above practicality" vibe they're shooting for with the Alliance. It suits them very well and makes them stand out-- in a bad way-- versus other ships we see. My only problem is that we don't get to see more Core Planet ships in the show itself to contrast it with.
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Jun 5, 2020 19:30
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The_Doctor posted:One of my favourite books when I was young was Galactic Tours, a fake Thomas Cook (UK travel operator) travel brochure about excursions you could take around the galaxy. These are so so good
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Jun 5, 2020 23:01
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mind the walrus posted:It definitely reinforces the "order above practicality" vibe they're shooting for with the Alliance. It suits them very well and makes them stand out-- in a bad way-- versus other ships we see. My only problem is that we don't get to see more Core Planet ships in the show itself to contrast it with. That was one of the things that disappointed me when we got to Serenity was that when we see the full Alliance fleet assembled at the end of the movie, it's just a bunch of generic space ships that blend together in boring mass like the end of Rise of Skywalker or Star Trek: Picard. The flying office building at least had some personality to it.
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Jun 5, 2020 23:49
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nine-gear crow posted:That was one of the things that disappointed me when we got to Serenity was that when we see the full Alliance fleet assembled at the end of the movie, it's just a bunch of generic space ships that blend together in boring mass like the end of Rise of Skywalker or Star Trek: Picard. The flying office building at least had some personality to it. Yeah, shoulda been basically Manhattan coming thru space to gently caress them up
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Jun 5, 2020 23:53
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Brawnfire posted:Yeah, shoulda been basically Manhattan coming thru space to gently caress them up 
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Jun 6, 2020 00:27
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I would accept this premise if they attached a couple of arms to a giant floating space Manhattan to fling a smaller, obsolete space city colony at the enemy like it was a loving BeyBlade
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Jun 7, 2020 17:01
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Taintrunner posted:I would accept this premise if they attached a couple of arms to a giant floating space Manhattan to fling a smaller, obsolete space city colony at the enemy like it was a loving BeyBlade Residents of space Bronx look out the window like "you're loving kidding me, they threw us again"
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Jun 7, 2020 17:26
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Taintrunner posted:I would accept this premise if they attached a couple of arms to a giant floating space Manhattan to fling a smaller, obsolete space city colony at the enemy like it was a loving BeyBlade season six of stargate atlantis sounding great
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Jun 8, 2020 12:42
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Taintrunner posted:I would accept this premise if they attached a couple of arms to a giant floating space Manhattan to fling a smaller, obsolete space city colony at the enemy like it was a loving BeyBlade This is pretty much what happened in G Gundam: I'm terrible at links so: https://youtu.be/43LCg8F2T4k
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Jun 8, 2020 21:03
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One of my favorite classic (rock) spaceships.
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Jun 9, 2020 05:01
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Squizzle posted:season six of stargate atlantis sounding great The plan for season six of Atlantis actually sounded like a weird acid trip. The city was going to be sitting on Earth's moon until a self destruct starts. It turns out the city wasn't supposed to leave Andromeda ever again so the Ancients told it to explode if it did....eventually. So they use the star drive to go back to Andromeda. Only it conks out halfway there and they end up stuck in another galaxy. Some of the stuff that has come out included Sheppard using one of the asgard battle suits like Iron Man and a lot of time travel plots.
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Jun 9, 2020 17:22
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Homeworld will ever be close to my heart with its fantastic ship designs, though since they have all already been posted I will contribute three Homeworld inspired or reminiscent spaceships instead. Star Citizen Drake "Vulture"  Eve-Online Minmatar "Naglfar"  Eve-Online Minmatar "Thrasher"  And on that note, some more Minmatar stuff because there is nothing I love more in spaceship design than the haphazardly put together asymmetric junk aesthetic. Eve-Online Minmatar "Reaper"  Eve-Online Minmatar "Breacher"  Bonus favourite childhood videogame spaceship: 
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Jun 9, 2020 18:54
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rockinricky posted:One of my favorite classic (rock) spaceships. You have impeccable taste in music and spaceships.
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Jun 9, 2020 19:04
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I organize my albums by the radness of the spacecraft on the cover.  
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Jun 9, 2020 19:39
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:I organize my albums by the radness of the spacecraft on the cover. This is a good as hell album and sadly way better than their newest stuff
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Jun 9, 2020 19:46
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Sodomy Hussein posted:This is a good as hell album and sadly way better than their newest stuff My review of Apocryphon: It's OK but would be better with more 
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WilWheaton posted:speaking of which, how are we not talking about the roci It's cool, but I like the version in my head from the books better. CarlCX posted:
Those were so loving cool.  This was always the life goals ship for me in Privateer. Why does it look like a jet fighter? Who cares! It's was so awesome and expensive and you got that "I've arrived" feeling when you could finally afford one. Pirates and Retros beware.
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Jun 9, 2020 21:50
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Finger Prince posted:It's cool, but I like the version in my head from the books better. I always preferred the Orion:  Love a good booty. There's also the Galaxy:  But it's got a little pin-head. Looks weird, proportionally.
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Jun 9, 2020 23:33
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DrBouvenstein posted:I always preferred the Orion: That looks like an upgunned Gunstar.
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Jun 10, 2020 00:15
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Taintrunner posted:I would accept this premise if they attached a couple of arms to a giant floating space Manhattan to fling a smaller, obsolete space city colony at the enemy like it was a loving BeyBlade 
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I spent many many hours in this thing strafe-twisting around maps shooting missiles and lasers while my dad periodically walked in and got nauseous looking at the screen
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Jun 11, 2020 03:59
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Pacra posted:I spent many many hours in this thing strafe-twisting around maps shooting missiles and lasers while my dad periodically walked in and got nauseous looking at the screen Me at eight years old: very confused over name of "Vulcan Canon". Only Vulcan I know is Spock.
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Jun 11, 2020 04:43
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 The IDA Frigate wasn't as flashy as the Raven, the Thundeforge or any of the other big-ticket capital ships but it was tough and had enough cargo space to make a ship that could throw down with the best of them. It also had the unique advantage of having its turrets fire from the rear of the ship instead of the center, giving you a slight range advantage over other ships as long as you positioned it right.
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Jun 13, 2020 04:28
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Tochiazuma posted:John Berkley art on the cover of this book that I loved as a kid and still do: whoa I would've loved this book as a kid. I actually only came across this guy's spaceship concept art since getting a big ultrawide monitor and being on the hunt for cool new wallpapers (click for big):  Pacra posted:I spent many many hours in this thing strafe-twisting around maps shooting missiles and lasers while my dad periodically walked in and got nauseous looking at the screen  although I spent more hours probably watching my older brother play
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Jun 13, 2020 21:59
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:I organize my albums by the radness of the spacecraft on the cover. Here's another one to add to that: :format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-533373-1288662089.jpeg.jpg)
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I know nobody watches 2010, but the Alexei Leonov is sexy as hell in that clunky Omega kind of way rip 
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1000 Brown M and Ms posted:Here's another one to add to that: Just like my LEGO space stations, there's some dude pushing around a dome on a handle.
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Jostiband posted:I know nobody watches 2010, but the Alexei Leonov is sexy as hell in that clunky Omega kind of way Is that the Soviet Ship from 2010?
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