Aliens Colonial Marines (2013): Heavy-Lift Dropship, art by @lwoodesign
Lorin Wood: "We pretty much stuck like glue to [James] Cameron’s original influences that he drew from, so visually it felt a little more authentic to the [Aliens, 1986] film".
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@lwoodesign "Stick close to the real world and advance it from that foundation. The giant cargo/drop ship was designed to live in the same family as the movie ship."
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Design ideation by Lorin Wood:
@lwoodesign Lorin Wood: "I drew inspiration from the giant Sikorsky Sea Dragon helicopters and then scaled that monster up to the size of a small jumbo jet so it could carry its large cargo."
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@lwoodesign "The scenario I used was that the military division of Weyland-Yutani develops these designs to cover multiple functions, like real-world manufacturers."
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Thank you for answering my many questions, Lorin. 🖖
@lwoodesign Other threads devoted to vehicle design (Colonial Marines and many more) will be published after the holidays.
I have spent my last 6 months asking a lot of questions and I will be doing more threads like this. Please support this research work on my Patreon if you like it. <3
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