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USS Hephaestusby *MikeDoscher

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Sci-Fi

Floating silently above the closing Exposition, the U.S.S. Hephaestus embarks on her shakedown cruise. While the lead boat of a planned class of six, events overtook her and the U.S.S. Weyland was never completed. The remaining four vessels were canceled before construction began.

While very much of the prewar character, with her riveted steel hull and naval bearing, she was also the first US ship to be fitted with a gravity engine derived from Martian designs. Experience here would later translate into the advances embodied in the 'Nevada' class, as well as have significant implications for the colonization of Mars herself.

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~blacklion68 Mar 9, 2013

I wonder what would a steampunk version of the H.M.S. Argus would look like? Nicely done.

*MikeDoscher Mar 11, 2013 Professional General Artist

Thanks. The HMS Argus would be an interesting point of departure, but I'll probably be basing any sort of space carrier on something more like a seaplane tender.

~AshHaas Oct 24, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Amazing art, but I like the backstory stuff even better. I love creating worlds when I draw (albeit, not quite as well as you), and I love learning about artists that do the same.

Well done.