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New
Ideas...017.04
Recently I aquired a copy of the Official Wing Commander Hand
book, the illustrated reference to the world of Wing Commander as
it appeared in the movie. I've leafed through it several times and
read several sections already. If you enjoyed the movie, I highly
recommend buying this book. However, it also gave me a new idea of
how to approach the layout for the ships.
Previously, I could fit between one and two
ship entries per page in a blocky layout. While this offered the
information in a single glance, it seemed very static to me and
didn't have the feel to it I'm looking for. In the Confederation
hand book, they covered the various ships in the Movie universe,
including the Rapier and Dralthi. The Layout for the Rapier seemed
more "Organic" to me and got my mind rolling. I have
recently developed a new layout for the ships that incorporated a
two page spread for each ship. Below is an example of the old
layout, and the new layout. By clicking on either layout, you can
see a full size version of that layout. However, they are fairly
large images. You need to give them some time to load.
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New
Steps... 007.04
Like
the Beta entries of the various fighters and capital ships already
in the downloads section, there are now additional Beta pieces of
the guide. The intro pages to the games section covering Wing
Commander IV: The Price of Freedom and Wing Commander Kilrathi
Saga. In truth, these pieces aren't even really beta. Pre-beta
perhaps. I haven't even spell checked them at this point, however
I decided to make them available for the purpose of getting feed
back.
I've also added a link to
the Fan Guide's forum, that the CIC hosts. I'll be popping in
there every few days and leaving messages about various things
from my plans for the guide to asking for help or opinions on
something.
For anyone interested in pictures, I've
re-organized the pictures section. I've also put up the various
titles I've made for the guide. Just remember, there is no guarantee
that these images will be the same ones used the final version of
the guide. An example of these titles is below.
Wing
Commander Guide Re-launch 364.03
Yes, that's right!
After an Unduly long time in suspended animation, Admiral Maverick
has returned to continue the work on this project. With a new
website up and going, and a renewed interest in the project, as
well as a re-designed plan of action, this Guide is taking off again.
As an example of the step this project will now run in, I've
worked up several entries and these are available in the Downloads
section of this page. Please note that they are in Microsoft
work format or Adobe Acrobat format and you will need the
respective program to read them (luckily I offer programs for
either format from the downloads section)
On a final note, as I was in the past, I am always
interested in help on this project. The sheer amount of
information is a staggering thought, and it will be a very long
time in coming with simply one person working on it. If you are
interested in helping with this project, please contact
me. I'm
always interested in artists to draw characters, ships, and/or
weapons and also people who are interested in writing sections on
anything in the series, books, movie or TV show.
The Webmaster
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