make the main body bigger and switch its wings with the landas, pulse slap a few laser cannons on the front and back and you got a well rounded shuttle, and a great looking one at that!
Roger D Norman
4 years ago
If you update this, I would add a nose turret for a gunner to clear the LZ.
Right? This is certainly more in line with the role of a long range/light duty executive or counsellor shuttle. And you could even fit in a couple of those purpose-built speeders for all your ridiculously convenient plot device needs.
Whereas the original Mu was basically a Lamda refit to remove the dorsal stabilizer and reconfigure the wings to limit downward traverse to a horizontal position and add a second folding mechanism in the wings (as Fractal’s done here) to reduce overall height even further. Which is what you’d expect from a manufacturer trying to compete on a galactic scale.
Don’t get me wrong, I think this is one of Fractal’s best original interpretations. I just think it’s more in line with Eta shuttles.
Anonymous
6 years ago
Since this light shuttle is use for ship’s hangers that are too small for both the Lamba class and Delta class what is the smallest star ship that can possibly carry one Lamba/Delta in it’s hanger?
Rebel Informant
6 years ago
It looks like the cockpit also acts as some form of escape pod of sorts, am I wrong or no?
This is a sweet model, much more compact than the Lambda while maintaining comparable storage capacity. But one thing I don’t understand, why did you decide to add the oval window to the cockpit? It disrupts the symmetry of the other windows.
I think the small oval window is to make landing the ship easier, since it allows for better visual contact with the ground than any of the other ships.
It kinda has the same design aesthetic as either a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, or the Heinkel He 111. Personally, I think that cockpit design looks great on both shuttlecraft and WW2 bombers.
Xorial
6 years ago
Looks like it could be a Corillian design.
Chris
7 years ago
Isn’t Mu already taken for a series of scout shuttles??
Since the official Mu-class basically seems to be a Lambda sans dorsal fin, your design might still take up less deck space. ‘Sides, it’s prettier & possibly more agile.
I know I spend a lot of time thinking about proportion, massing, and scale on your models. But this really shows that you do an exceptional job. The nose cone area on the shuttle could have gone wrong so many ways. Too long, it’d look like well you know. Too short and it’d look like a turtle head in its shell. You did a great job hitting the sweet spot on proportions.
Ooh, scale comparisons. Between the low-profile dorsal fin and those folding wings, this puppy seems roughly comparable to a TIE bomber’s volume at rest. Also digging the partially-blended upper engine pods & spacious rear door.
Mr Andrew
7 years ago
Wow spoke too soon, I checked the bbs star destroyer forum and had my questions answered 😀
Mr Andrew
7 years ago
Awesome work as always. So how does the Mu compare to the Lambda in role?
Lambdas are for high-ranking officials on Imperial-class and above, Mus are for people who are deployed on Victories and below without large hangar bays.
make the main body bigger and switch its wings with the landas, pulse slap a few laser cannons on the front and back and you got a well rounded shuttle, and a great looking one at that!
If you update this, I would add a nose turret for a gunner to clear the LZ.
It’s not an assault craft. It’s a utility shuttle to move people and supplies to and from small ships that can’t handle larger transports.
In a pinch, the wingroot guns can probably wiggle TIE-chin-laser style to strafe things (meant this as a reply to Roger).
This is a day (or several) late and a dollar short, but for what it’s worth, this is obviously a next gen Eta-class shuttle in my mind.
Down votes?!? What a pack of wankers!
Similar fuselage & cockpit-module motif=coherent-seeming design evolution theory in my book.
Right? This is certainly more in line with the role of a long range/light duty executive or counsellor shuttle. And you could even fit in a couple of those purpose-built speeders for all your ridiculously convenient plot device needs.
Whereas the original Mu was basically a Lamda refit to remove the dorsal stabilizer and reconfigure the wings to limit downward traverse to a horizontal position and add a second folding mechanism in the wings (as Fractal’s done here) to reduce overall height even further. Which is what you’d expect from a manufacturer trying to compete on a galactic scale.
Don’t get me wrong, I think this is one of Fractal’s best original interpretations. I just think it’s more in line with Eta shuttles.
Since this light shuttle is use for ship’s hangers that are too small for both the Lamba class and Delta class what is the smallest star ship that can possibly carry one Lamba/Delta in it’s hanger?
It looks like the cockpit also acts as some form of escape pod of sorts, am I wrong or no?
That would be one small escape pod…
This is a sweet model, much more compact than the Lambda while maintaining comparable storage capacity. But one thing I don’t understand, why did you decide to add the oval window to the cockpit? It disrupts the symmetry of the other windows.
I think the small oval window is to make landing the ship easier, since it allows for better visual contact with the ground than any of the other ships.
Real reason is it’s the bombardier’s window on a B-29
That’s a lot of small windows for a cockpit don’t you think?
No
Oh ok but why is the cockpit windows are like that anyway?
Because they look cool?
Eh fair enough i find it cool as well but i’m not sure about the oval window at the front tip of the cockpit.
It kinda has the same design aesthetic as either a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, or the Heinkel He 111. Personally, I think that cockpit design looks great on both shuttlecraft and WW2 bombers.
Looks like it could be a Corillian design.
Isn’t Mu already taken for a series of scout shuttles??
It’s all legends now muahahahaha!
Not anymore! The Mu-class shuttle has been canonized by its inclusion in the junior novel series “Advenures in Wild Space.” 😉 http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mu-class_shuttle/Canon
Oh well, tough! It went out of service after the Clone Wars and the designation was recycled :p
Since the official Mu-class basically seems to be a Lambda sans dorsal fin, your design might still take up less deck space. ‘Sides, it’s prettier & possibly more agile.
by the way it is the Nu-Class Shuttle in the Clone Wars, not the Mu-Class, which means it could be derived from it.
I am sorry, I misread all that and the link for Mu-class, you can delete these 2 comments if you want
Also could you do a version of the Nu-Class Shuttle from the Clone Wars? That would look sick, and even a Modified one would be kind of interesing.
I know I spend a lot of time thinking about proportion, massing, and scale on your models. But this really shows that you do an exceptional job. The nose cone area on the shuttle could have gone wrong so many ways. Too long, it’d look like well you know. Too short and it’d look like a turtle head in its shell. You did a great job hitting the sweet spot on proportions.
Noice
I love it, but…it’s not a VSD =D
Renderers gotta take a break from capital-ship greebling now & again.
B-but
I want my victory
The Vic cometh in its own time-they’re slower at sublight than Impstars anyhow.
you so funny….
Ooh, scale comparisons. Between the low-profile dorsal fin and those folding wings, this puppy seems roughly comparable to a TIE bomber’s volume at rest. Also digging the partially-blended upper engine pods & spacious rear door.
Wow spoke too soon, I checked the bbs star destroyer forum and had my questions answered 😀
Awesome work as always. So how does the Mu compare to the Lambda in role?
Lambdas are for high-ranking officials on Imperial-class and above, Mus are for people who are deployed on Victories and below without large hangar bays.