This is where Erlan meets the mortals for the first time on Suda space station. Early previz below.
Making a run for it
The Angels surround the Salaminia.
Demos Angel
This is the Angel, the main fighter of the Demos. Don’t be fooled, she’s big — over 30M long — with room for troops or cargo in a hold between the massive engines.
Gunship Work In Progress
The bad guys are coming! This is my current take on the Sojucul Gunships. The previous version was a little too much like a Dornier Do 31. The design was influenced by several other 60s-era aircraft and spacecraft. Its engines are powerful enough to push it into orbit and the nose is shaped so air […]
Starliner
This is the old starliner about to make its last flight before it becomes a museum piece on Suda.
Home Planet
The planet is all blue ocean flecked with cloud except below the station where the volcano Demos reaches into space, its continent-sized apron the only land in sight.
Another Day in the Office
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Caha Owl
In the sky above the sea, the space station is a daylight star. A mechanical caha owl…
Shuttle Salaminia
The shuttle Salaminia never enters the atmosphere so is not even slightly aerodynamic. It is covered in small passenger modules that act as cabins but double as escape capsules. There are also larger, spherical freight containers attached behind the passengers.
Wreck of the Pioneer
The professor leads the two thugs up to the shipwreck and through an open door. Erlan reaches the surface just in time to see them go in. The sun is setting and he is shivering, his lips blue with cold.
Forest at Sunset
There’s a forest in the story with a road cut into it. This set was built as practice for the real thing.