Gunship Dragonfly [commercial]

Porsimo

Dragonfly is a heavily armed gunship / troop transport with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capabilty and can carry up to eight (8) troops in addition to the crew of two (gunner & pilot).

The set includes pilot, gunner, 1 left and 1 right side passenger poses for Genesis 3 Female, Genesis 3 Male, Victoria 7 and Michael 7.

Four different color schemes and separate material presets for all lights. Includes both Iray and 3Delight materials.

And it's out and ready to take-off!...

TraceSL

cool, looking forward to it

fastbike1

Oh Yeah!

Xenomorphine

At last, a modern Iray futuristic gunship transport!

Would have preferred the missiles to be more unique, so that it could just as easily be used for stories set well after the old Sidewinder and Hellfire have been retired from service, but this is really a trivial complaint.

Can the sensor ball be made to look dead ahead (or even a little upwards), instead of only at that slightly downward angle, so that it could mirror where the gunner is looking?

Porsimo

Xenomorphine said:

At last, a modern Iray futuristic gunship transport!

Would have preferred the missiles to be more unique, so that it could just as easily be used for stories set well after the old Sidewinder and Hellfire have been retired from service, but this is really a trivial complaint.

Can the sensor ball be made to look dead ahead (or even a little upwards), instead of only at that slightly downward angle, so that it could mirror where the gunner is looking?

I was thinking of somewhat more futuristic missiles but, I know guns better than missiles, so I used existing ones as models to make them more believable. Although, I didn't try to be very faithful to the source material for that particular reason you mentioned. Only the AT missile is relatively close to the Hellfire.

And yes, the sensor ball can turn straight ahead + about 30 deg. up from that (and same backwards).

hacsart

To which I would ammend to "At last a modern 3Delight futuristic gunship transport" --- thanks for remembering there are those of us who don;t use Iray... good stuff! 

Xenomorphine said:

At last, a modern Iray futuristic gunship transport!

Xenomorphine

Hey, at least some exist for 3Delight in the store; none in Iray until now. :) It's always a plus when both rendering types are catered for, though.

Excellent news on the sensor ball! Definitely sold. The more futuristic gunships, the better!

lenwilder

Cool almost looks like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw61gCe2oqI

Terrific feature of the aircraft is when the floor drops out and the passengers drop.

Tethered or parachutes. 

 Landing would take away from the value of course as it exposes the aircraft to more danger.

So having a bottom opening bay doors with tethered or parachute drop makes alot of sense.

The aircraft should be big enough to carry a large contingent of combat soldiers.

 

 

Xenomorphine

I think the aim of it is to be like a Hind helicopter gunship or the dropship from 'Aliens': If it's designed to carry a large number of soldiers, it won't be small/agile enough to be any good at combat. This way, it retains believable combat ability, while being able to carry a small squad of personnel, like special forces, mdical evacuation and so on.

The large number of weapons indicate the designer's priority was combat first, transportation second.

hacsart

Yeah.. seconded.. this one will be a getter for sure.. 

Xenomorphine said:

I think the aim of it is to be like a Hind helicopter gunship or the dropship from 'Aliens': If it's designed to carry a large number of soldiers, it won't be small/agile enough to be any good at combat. This way, it retains believable combat ability, while being able to carry a small squad of personnel, like special forces, mdical evacuation and so on.

The large number of weapons indicate the designer's priority was combat first, transportation second.

 

Porsimo

Yes, ideologically the closest modern day equivalent would indeed be Mi-24 Hind (I think  you can even see it in the design ). Main role for this aircraft is definitely combat and the ability to carry a small group of troops is an extra.

Sigurd

Awesome job! Definite buy for me.

It is like the Bradley IFV. A good hybrid of troop transport and support.

Xenomorphine

This is a really nice vehicle model. The grey texture is even wordless, for those who want an non-Army option. All it's really missing are restraints for the passenger seats. Was impressed to see there are on/off options for not only the cargo bay (which includes a red light possibility for night-themed art, which is an excellent idea), but landing lights, cockpit lights and red/green navigation lights!

Porsimo

Thank you! I'm glad you like it

Etrigan

An excellent model, well thought out and executed. I did note the influence of the Hind, but not enough to make it a copy. The troop/cargo hold is the right size for a 6 - 8 man squad (I might add a jump seat for the section commander) depending on the level of armor worn. This would look really great in animation as each Dragonfly swoops in, drops it's crew and lifts off to give ground support fire. 4 ships to a platoon, 4 platoons to a company; that's 16 precision drops for a fire fight, and a lot of firepower. Below is a small representation of what I mean. Click for full size. I'm going back to some more scenarios.  Thanks Porsimo!

Go Time! (DeviantArt Link)

The mercenaries were advancing quickly. The 551 Attack Battalion was prepared to meet them. At the forefront, the A-911 Dragonfly built by Porsimo Industries. 

Porsimo

Thank you, Steve! And you're welcome

As I said in your DA gallery, that's an awesome scene! It's actually pretty close to the vision I had in mind when I got my first ideas for this kind of vehicle some 2-3 years ago