Captain's Log #38 cover

[Icy_Penguigo]

This is the cover for Captain's Log issue #38. This is the project that painting I made was for. The image is of a Lyran ship fighting an unknown alien vessel after it gets pulled through a vortex into an unfamiliar region of space. Check it out:

 

[Icy_Penguigo]

Edit: In the first render I uploaded, the specularity map on the Lyran ship was showing up correctly for some reason, and I didn't notice it. So I re-rendered and posted the ACTUAL image.

 

[MarianLH]

Are you planning to add the ship it's firing at?


Marian

 

[Nerroth]

I wonder if it's meant to be the Lyran ship which ended up in Aurora in Y173, or one which contacted the Koligahr via wormhole in Y211?

(the former ship was listed as being a CL, though - and neither seem likely to have done too much shooting in both cases)

 

[Relayer]

I like your "painted" background cover better than the renders with Hubble and NASA images. Strictly from a marketing point of view this will grab peoples attention better, IMO.

 

[largo]

Are you planning to add the ship it's firing at?

it's attacking the darkness!

 

[jolau]

Interesting how you redesigned the Lyran warp nacelle.

 

[Icy_Penguigo]

I like your "painted" background cover better than the renders with Hubble and NASA images. Strictly from a marketing point of view this will grab peoples attention better, IMO.

Yeah...I like how it turned out too. I might try to do this more often(if I have time).

Are you planning to add the ship it's firing at?

Nope. That's part of the mystery of the story that this cover goes with. Besides, they're fighting at tens of thousands of kilometers anyway, so it'd be hard to see them.

Interesting how you redesigned the Lyran warp nacelle.

Actually, the smaller Lyran ships have always had cylindrical engines. The larger ships still have slab-shaped engines.

Thanks everyone!

 

[Psion]

Interesting how you redesigned the Lyran warp nacelle.

Actually, the smaller Lyran ships have always had cylindrical engines. The larger ships still have slab-shaped engines.

Huh! Like Jolau, I'm surprised about this. But then the last Lyran miniature I built and painted is nestled in a swath of cotton in a box that's been sealed for twenty years.