I would kill for one of these. Seriously. Unfortunately it’s pie-in-the-sky speculation at the moment. But the day may come when I am asked to make a choice, and if your name comes up, sorry mate.
Posts Tagged ‘airships’
Aeolus Airship Design
Posted: 21 January 2009 in UncategorizedTags: aeolus, airships, blimps, concepts, design, murder, real sci-fi
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Manned Cloud
Posted: 31 March 2008 in UncategorizedTags: airships, glen cook, hotels, manned cloud, massaud, real sci-fi
Another cool airship just caught my attention, this one a concept vehicle in the form of a hotel in the sky. It looks a bit like how I imagined the flying manta cloud creatures from the Black Company books by Glen Cook.
Giant Robotic Spy Blimp
Posted: 5 February 2008 in UncategorizedTags: airships, blimps, darpa, military industrial complex, spy blimp, zeppelins
DARPA (the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency, see disclosure note below) is known for going out on a limb with some of its ideas. I am simultaneously intrigued by many of the ideas and research projects they propose (and fund), but also torn by the fact that they are an integral part of the military [...]
Airships are dreamy
Posted: 20 November 2007 in UncategorizedTags: airship ventures, airships, san francisco, steampunk, zeppelin luftschifftechnik, zeppelins
I have a secret love affair with airships. Ok, maybe not so secret. They are in a word, awesome. I wish airships from movies like Stardust or games like Final Fantasy were a reality. I’ve always thought they would be the coolest machines ever built. I have a special place in my heart for complex [...]
Game wishlist
Posted: 3 November 2007 in UncategorizedTags: airship, airships, art, digital art, fantasy, games, gaming, medieval, mmog, steampunk, wishlist
What I really want is a battlefield style game (such as Halo, Battlefield) but in a medieval/steampunk world. So weapons include slow-loading muskets, crossbows, swords, bows & arrows, daggers, clubs, etc. There would be stationary siege weapons like catapults, trebuchets and scorpions. For vehicles, there would be horses, possible fantasy creatures (but not dragons — [...]
