Cool looking little ship. Strap a pair of fixed forward guns near the engines or on the wings and you’d get some cool parallax action shots if it was ever used in motion (like x-wings bringing s-foils to attack position). That would also mean that when the boom is swept back the fighter would still be able to fire at things in front of it. Plus the turrets could cover a huge portion of space that the forward guns can’t hit. Someone tries to attack from above/below/behind or launch missiles at the ship the turrets could chew them up.
Brohan
3 years ago
If I didn’t know any better, the engine style that you have for this ship is the same, or at least a template, for the Razor Crest from The Mandalorian. Did someone “borrow” some ideas from you again, or are these engines relatively common?
AdmiralWar
4 years ago
Contrary to mandalorian capital ships, their star fighters have a more curved design (spare the star viper) while still equally sleek and amazing
Vaes Beumaryn
5 years ago
I’m curious as to why it features motifs of Kuat’s Firespray ship like the Slave I. The Mandalorians wouldn’t have contracted with Kuat
MandalMotors probably copied elements of Slave I because of the popularity of Mand’alor Boba and Jengo Fett.
Soren
6 years ago
What is this fighter intended for? From it’s looks and seemingly light armament, I would assume it is a anti-fighter ship, designed to keep enemy fighters off it’s mothership.
In the novels, it was a multi-purpose fighter/bomber, similar to the X-wing. What set the Beskad apart from regular fighters though, was that it’s hull was made from beskar, Mandalorian Iron. Though the Mandalorians’ Beskads were made from pure beskar, the commercially available version sold by MandalMotors actually used a weaker beskar-duraseel alloy.
Nope, it’s not. What he’s referring to is actually the Bes’uliik starfighter which entered service in about 40 ABY in the Legends continuity. I’m not sure if this model is supposed to be the Bes’uliik with a misremembered name (since it may match the physical description given in the books), or if it’s an original design.
I would fly one of those if I was in the Star Wars universe
Spartan919
6 years ago
It looks a little undergunned. Could it be modified to carry more
Ioan
6 years ago
Looks awesome! Though, I never understood the Mandalorians’ penchant for putting their small crafts’ main guns so far below the line of sight, even if they are on the same axis. Still a great looking design though.
Kaul of Keldabe
7 years ago
Fascinating. Looks as though Mandal Motors has created a scaled down B-wing.
Nate
7 years ago
Looks great! With all the recent Mandalorian craft, could the Bes’uliik starfighter be in the plans for the future? Description from the books: The spaceframe measured fifteen meters long, with a wingspan of a little over half its length. The hull was a plain, clean-lined “V”-shape with a squared-off tail and a dark gray finish with high-tech baffled exhausts to enhance its stealth capabilities. The four blasters and two additional weapons mountings were all located on the underside of the fuselage. The cockpit hatch hinged at the top for entry and the bottom edges for ejection, but there were also side hatches, and on the prototype, these bore the mythosaur logo stenciled in a lighter gray color.
Arbite
7 years ago
I would have personally made the hinge go further forward so it could land with the flat side of the long part down instead of the rounded front. But it’s a pretty great combo of Slave 1, the Duchess’s ship from TCW, and other things all in one.
Cool looking little ship. Strap a pair of fixed forward guns near the engines or on the wings and you’d get some cool parallax action shots if it was ever used in motion (like x-wings bringing s-foils to attack position). That would also mean that when the boom is swept back the fighter would still be able to fire at things in front of it. Plus the turrets could cover a huge portion of space that the forward guns can’t hit. Someone tries to attack from above/below/behind or launch missiles at the ship the turrets could chew them up.
If I didn’t know any better, the engine style that you have for this ship is the same, or at least a template, for the Razor Crest from The Mandalorian. Did someone “borrow” some ideas from you again, or are these engines relatively common?
Contrary to mandalorian capital ships, their star fighters have a more curved design (spare the star viper) while still equally sleek and amazing
I’m curious as to why it features motifs of Kuat’s Firespray ship like the Slave I. The Mandalorians wouldn’t have contracted with Kuat
MandalMotors probably copied elements of Slave I because of the popularity of Mand’alor Boba and Jengo Fett.
What is this fighter intended for? From it’s looks and seemingly light armament, I would assume it is a anti-fighter ship, designed to keep enemy fighters off it’s mothership.
In the novels, it was a multi-purpose fighter/bomber, similar to the X-wing. What set the Beskad apart from regular fighters though, was that it’s hull was made from beskar, Mandalorian Iron. Though the Mandalorians’ Beskads were made from pure beskar, the commercially available version sold by MandalMotors actually used a weaker beskar-duraseel alloy.
It’s not in the novels.
Nope, it’s not. What he’s referring to is actually the Bes’uliik starfighter which entered service in about 40 ABY in the Legends continuity. I’m not sure if this model is supposed to be the Bes’uliik with a misremembered name (since it may match the physical description given in the books), or if it’s an original design.
This one is an original design.
Was this in the comics or is it your original work?
Original
I would fly one of those if I was in the Star Wars universe
It looks a little undergunned. Could it be modified to carry more
Looks awesome! Though, I never understood the Mandalorians’ penchant for putting their small crafts’ main guns so far below the line of sight, even if they are on the same axis. Still a great looking design though.
Fascinating. Looks as though Mandal Motors has created a scaled down B-wing.
Looks great! With all the recent Mandalorian craft, could the Bes’uliik starfighter be in the plans for the future? Description from the books: The spaceframe measured fifteen meters long, with a wingspan of a little over half its length. The hull was a plain, clean-lined “V”-shape with a squared-off tail and a dark gray finish with high-tech baffled exhausts to enhance its stealth capabilities. The four blasters and two additional weapons mountings were all located on the underside of the fuselage. The cockpit hatch hinged at the top for entry and the bottom edges for ejection, but there were also side hatches, and on the prototype, these bore the mythosaur logo stenciled in a lighter gray color.
I would have personally made the hinge go further forward so it could land with the flat side of the long part down instead of the rounded front. But it’s a pretty great combo of Slave 1, the Duchess’s ship from TCW, and other things all in one.
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