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[NobleNerd]

One of my most favorite movies ever made has got to be Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, an obscure dieselpunk fiction based on an old 40s or 50s comic book making use of technicolor and very early sci-fi sound effects.



For those who haven't seen the movie, it includes a heavily modified (and amphibious) P-40 Warhawk, giant robots, robotic ornithopters, flying aircraft carriers, amphibious canard-style fighters, a world-ending rocket, and a lot more dieselpunkish stuff. Just about everything in this movie looks like it would be perfect alongside things like Jetman and the Paulus Dragonflies.

[Vampire_pilot]

Would it surprise you that I have thought about it?
A lot of crazy stuff can be done with all the fantasy and "46" material in BAT, in my opinion the magic's in building the settings and in the story telling.

(although -a flying aircraft carrier....)


and I put this into proper territory. This is not a proper "request" topic, it's better moved to to BAT lounge

[W0W66]

Fantastic plastic did a scale model.

http://fantastic-plastic.com/sky-captain-manta-fighter---retired.html

I liked Sky captain.  A bit hokey, but for me it was fun.

The flying carrier hmm.  As long as you do not damage too many main bits trying to land, you can slide off the forward part of the flight deck, build up speed, come round again.  No pesky ocean to swallow you up.

Manta carrier done in blender.
https://blenderartists.org/t/manta-station-from-sky-captain/483796/18

[NobleNerd]

I've been wondering if things like airships and flying aircraft carriers would be better based on a script similar to ships. You'd have the smooth movement and much better durability, as well as the more fitting "sinking" animation (albeit faster). Heck, you'd even have the functioning flight deck on carriers.