A Warship art commission done by Shimmering Sword.

[marauder648]

The great artist - http://shimmering-sword.deviantart.com/  took a pair of commissions off me and the first of these is below.

Now I like the 2750 art for Warships, I'm not a fan of the re-imagined 3057 art save in a few ships cases.  So I asked Shimmering Sword if he/she would be willing to draw a pair of ships that is based on the 2750 art but with a more modern slant on it, so it looks like something we'd build.

I give you the McKenna Class Battleship. 

http://i.imgur.com/HEscs0w.jpg

Not gonna show it here because its a HUGE image for some reason.  I hope you folks enjoy the picture, and i'll note that this is a 'sketch'.  If only I could sketch that good! Matchstick men are beyond me.

[Intermittent_Coherence]

It's clearly a McKenna. The 3057 version has kinda grown on me though. This one isn't really that much different from the original 2750 art. The biggest change is in the shape of the dorsal and ventral fins.

[Phobos]

Just to be clear, is that the final product or did you commission a "final" product so to say, meaning there is more to come in regards to that McKenna?

Do you mind telling us what the second commission was and why you commissioned them in the first place? Maybe there is some kind of fan-made product in the works? ;)

[marauder648]

Just to be clear, is that the final product or did you commission a "final" product so to say, meaning there is more to come in regards to that McKenna?

Do you mind telling us what the second commission was and why you commissioned them in the first place? Maybe there is some kind of fan-made product in the works? ;)

Thats the finished product, its a sketch and even that was a tad pricey, but you pay for the artists time and work and he or she is a busy person.  Its not for a fan work sadly, its just basically a take on the 2750 art to make it look more modern and perhaps like something we'd build.  Adding things like weapon mounts so you can see the turrets and weapon placements (the 2750 art had none) as well as launch bays and dropship docking collars etc. 

The 'why' is because I wanted to see these ships given the quality they deserve, for the most part i'm not a fan of the 3057 art, so wanted a modern artists take on the 2750 workings.  I don't view old art as sacrosanct, give me this - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/5/5e/Banshee_1E.jpg   over this - http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/5/58/3025_Banshee1.jpg  any day. 

The 3057 McKenna is nice, but I wish they'd had that one for the Nightlord's design, its just so radically different to the 2750 art that it looks like a completely different class. But then again all of the 3057 art does that. 

I like the 3057 Essex, Aegis, McKenna, Sovietski Soyuz, Liberator and Lola but..lets not get me started on the rest.

The other one is a Black Lion and should be finished soon and there's an unfinished preview below :)

http://i.imgur.com/QXN89Ov.jpg

Again its based in part on the old 2750 art, just made to look more modern and like a spaceship with weapons on it.  The main difference being that it's trimmed down so its not so dumpy looking and is more sleek as fitting her battlecruiser title.

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/e/e8/Black_Lion_I.jpg  - is the older design.

[Maingunnery]

Shame it is only a very good sketch. But it demonstrates that the 2750 art can significantly be improved.  Now lets hope that someday TPTB will review & update the aerotech material.

the Black Lion looks like a 'personal' thing that someone might hide in the top draw

That was my general opinion with the old 2750 art.  ;)

[marauder648]

Shame it is only a very good sketch. But it demonstrates that the 2750 art can significantly be improved.  Now lets hope that someday TPTB will review & update the aerotech material.
That was my general opinion with the old 2750 art.  ;)

We can dream eh :)

[Flieger]

I like it!  O0

[Intermittent_Coherence]

The 3057 McKenna is nice, but I wish they'd had that one for the Nightlord's design, its just so radically different to the 2750 art that it looks like a completely different class. But then again all of the 3057 art does that. 

I like the 3057 Essex, Aegis, McKenna, Sovietski Soyuz, Liberator and Lola but..lets not get me started on the rest.

The other one is a Black Lion and should be finished soon and there's an unfinished preview below :)

http://i.imgur.com/QXN89Ov.jpg

Again its based in part on the old 2750 art, just made to look more modern and like a spaceship with weapons on it.  The main difference being that it's trimmed down so its not so dumpy looking and is more sleek as fitting her battlecruiser title.

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/e/e8/Black_Lion_I.jpg  - is the older design.

I don't even like the Essex. My list goes much the same but I'd replace the Essex with the Cameron.

That Black Lion though.  O0
I'll be replacing my headcanon with that. Works as an intermediate design anyway.

Best officially published view of the 2750 McKenna is in p116 of Liberation of Terra II. Along with a really good view of a Monsoon, Potemkin, and Sovietskii Soyuz.

[beachhead1985]

These ar both great! Shimmering Sword does great work!

Not as sold on the Black Lion, as on the McKenna though :P

[marauder648]

These ar both great! Shimmering Sword does great work!

Not as sold on the Black Lion, as on the McKenna though :P

Glad ya approve, might get the Texas done next because the 3057 art for that....*incoherent snarling*

[Intermittent_Coherence]

This I'd love to see.

[beachhead1985]

Glad ya approve, might get the Texas done next because the 3057 art for that....*incoherent snarling*

Totally agreed on that one; yeesh!