First Strike Forums — Awesome little dropship

Re: Awesome little dropship

2011-07-05T23:18:24Z

Solidworks eh? Is that any good as a 3d program? and can it export to .3ds? I need a new 3d program to make some test stormtrooper faceplates because Im gonna make star wars paintball gear (already done most of the preparation). If I cant get reasonable visibility with the stormtrooper armor Im gonna make Scout Trooper armor or something. Or maybe attach a wookie suit to a standard paintball facemask.

Re: Awesome little dropship

2011-07-05T17:38:03Z

Gwynzer wrote:

Talons advantage is that the thing has special suspension which imulates wobbly, bouncy hovercraft rides.

You forgot the other advantage, it produces R2 D2, C3p0 and darthvader noises on command.
Can you imagine the news post for this?
We have a great new piece of kit for Imperial players this week!
By pressing X, the Imperial pilot broadcasts Astromech noises, ensuring the rebels mistake his dropship for an approaching support trooper- until it is too late!
He then presses F to switch to recordings of Darth Vader, striking the fear of the Empire into the rebel scum as his stormtroopers deploy.

Oh and the rebels get this brand new ME speeder, its the old one reskinned to be Blue!

BTW, I love that that its based on an old toy- much like what was done in FS with the MLC3. Difference being that we were faithful to the original design and they turned it way up to 11 on the badass-o-meter.

I agree that its a bit more glowy modern Unreal Tournament scifi in parts than good ol starwars scifi. I still think its a nice transition between the MAAT and the DX9/ Lambda family.

Re: Awesome little dropship

2011-07-05T16:28:15Z

Not saying the thing makes sense, just showing you where the design comes from, I'm not a fan of either.

Re: Awesome little dropship

2011-07-05T16:17:28Z

Ach, talon and his ruddy toys again.

Got to say, the TFU thing makes more sense. Clone Gunship was a fantastic asset during the clone wars, it makes sense the Empire would continue with the technology, although the thing in TFU looks a bit too "sci-fi" with the blue lights and extra bits.

Talons toy makes no sense though. Transporting guys outside of the craft? Come on! Talons advantage is that the thing has special suspension which imulates wobbly, bouncy hovercraft rides.

Re: Awesome little dropship

2011-07-05T15:39:19Z

Not a big fan of it myself, kind of a fatherless child offspring of a Republic LAAT Gunship and more Imperial looking hardware, I'm sure it is actually loosely based off of an early Star Wars toy design actually, that never got made, an Imperial troop transporter type thing. Will have to look for pictures of the thing and post them.

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Here you go...

Awesome little dropship

2011-07-05T15:29:09Z

Just played through TFU1- little late to the party but it was still good fun.
I worry that i'll try to jump up and use force lightning next time I spot a walker in FS tho.

Anyway, Imperials were deploying using these:

Ingame, seems like it has a footprint about the same size as a firehawke or T1b. I like the way it keeps aesthetic with lambda and sentinel.
Might have a go at modelling this in solidworks.