FAPC: Space War Horse

[sparkart]

Space War Horse by SPARKART!, on Flickr.

[DraikNova]

Now that's ingenious! That tri-blaster looks pretty cool, partially because the connection to the horse's hooves look like complicated controls until you look closer.

Edited January 20, 2013 by DraikNova

[Bob De Quatre]

Very clever use of the horse, probably the most difficult animal to use. Great job

[sparkart]

Thanks for the kind words. When I was playing around with the new horse, and came up with the goofy Space War Horse concept, I was intending to just put a rocket pack and wings on it's back - like a futuristic Pegasus. But when I had the rearing horse in hand, it reminded me of an old 80s cartoon, BraveStarr. BraveStarr had a cyborg horse that often would walk around on two-legs.

With the more anthromorphic horse pose, I wanted to clad it in heavy armor, like a Warhammer 40K figure. I think it vibes with some Kow Yokayama Maschinen Krieger SF3D aesthetic. The orange and grey color scheme comes from District 9 and Halo 4 weapons.

The gun is supposed to be a rotating barrel weapon, a laser minigun, with the ribbed cylinder on the side suggesting an electric motor with cooling fins. I was trying to imply that it is a two "handed" weapon, and that the horse is holding it with one "hand" and controlling/adjusting/firing with the other "hand".

Edited January 20, 2013 by sparkart

[DraikNova]

Well, you succeeded with the two-handed effect.

[Jargo]

For me, what makes the design a win is the use of that particular cockpit bubble which echoes the shape of the horses head. And the cheese wedges on the side give a nice segmented armour effect.

[Si-MOCs]

Great entry! I agree with Jargo, the cockpit is just perfect!

Love the integration of horse