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Sky Crawlers plane artwork - Lautern VICE

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The "choose a plane artwork" section gets another member with the Lautern Air Force´s VICE.

It´s the same old story yet again. Lack of sources was rage inducing and the usual mishaps are back yet again to the chagrin of my "artist-me" :frustrated: . Today on the top of the screw-up list is the fact that the VICE came out way too thin *sigh* there´s always something... Plus the engines don´t seen quite right in terms of placement... and the ever present perspective issues are also there... Oh well, I tried, I really did *shrugs*

So, onward:

Name (Codename): VICE

Operator: Lautern Air Force

Type: Heavy Fighter/Light Bomber

Overview: Following the Lautern Air Force´s long standing trend of large, twin engine aircraft, this double engine tractor plane, codenamed "VICE" by Rostock intel, is one of the LAF´s pilots´ house-favourites. Sturdy, stable, reliable, well-armed and with plenty of payload capacity, the VICE is something of a jack-of-all-trades, being equally adept at serving as a light bomber, fighter, point defender, recon craft, etc. While not as fast or agile as most of it´s Rostock opponents like the Suiga or the Shougu, the VICE is more armored than both and boasts enough firepower (nothing less than 5 cannons, all of which concentrated at the nose) to tear apart anything that stumbles into its gunsights without much of a problem, be it the lightest fighter or the heaviest bomber. It´s relatively slow speed makes it suited for the "attacker" role while that mated with its surprising low speed maneuvering capabiltiy makes it a good dogfighter for the more defensive pilots. Many a Rostock fighter got ripped to shreds after overshooting a VICE.

Notes:

- The VICE is thought to have been based on the Messerschmitt Bf 110 and the Petlyakov Pe-3.

- As with most Lautern planes in "Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces", no VICE´s are seen during the events of "The Sky Crawlers", leaving it likely that it was phased out when models like the RAINBOW entered service.

One more down, onto the next.

Stay awesome, DA ;D

Other Sky Crawlers plane artwork:

- Suiga - fav.me/d5mx5oy

- Skyly J2 - kenisi.deviantart.com/art/Sky-…

- Shougu - kenisi.deviantart.com/art/Sky-…

- Sanka Mk. B - fav.me/d5n8r69

- RAINBOW - kenisi.deviantart.com/art/Sky-…

- INCIDENT - fav.me/d5nftml

- FISSION - fav.me/d5o176m

- TULIP - fav.me/d5o3yfi

(more coming soon)
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Date Taken
Dec 4, 2012, 10:26:44 PM
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