The Flying Fortress

The Flying Fortress http://kevinconran.com/www.kevinconran.com/Stuff/Pages/The_Flying_Fortress.html The Flying Fortress was a lot of fun to design. Of course all you comic book lovers realize that I ripped off - I mean was inspired by - Nick Fury's Helicarrier, but then most of my best ideas come from my love of comics. Given the retro thing we were doing I wanted to detail the ship as if it were a seafaring vessel. All the details inside and out were done with that in mind. I love the industrial design of that era, chiefly the work of Raymond Loewy and Norman Bel Geddes. I tried to fold some of their influence in on these designs. Texture reference http://kevinconran.com/www.kevinconran.com/Stuff/Pages/The_Flying_Fortress.html#0 88c15846-13a3-4005-8328-c014fdc016c9 http://kevinconran.com/www.kevinconran.com/Stuff/Pages/The_Flying_Fortress_files/Media/FIX_Color/thumb.jpg http://kevinconran.com/www.kevinconran.com/Stuff/Pages/The_Flying_Fortress_files/Media/FIX_Color/micro.jpg

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