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Tales From The Intergalactic Railway #596 Designs 2

Abt_Nihil

on Oct. 19, 2010

Updates this week are on Mon/Wed/Fri.

Here are the individual "bike" designs for the three "Space Marshals". I tried to keep a somewhat horse-y shape – but not too much of it, because I didn't want them to look too over-the-top. Well, I know that the Galaxy Rangers AND the Star Sheriffs AND Brave Starr had mechanical horses, but those were the 80s, people! :P

I had to design individual bikes in the first place because Lizzie wears a skirt and can't ride the men's bikes, and it wouldn't sit well with me if she was the only one to get her own bike design…

You'll notice that these designs, as well as the actual appearances of the bikes are rather rough. That's because I'm not a tech nerd. Usually, I avoid drawing that stuff. Of course, the clichee is that boys have some sort of natural interest in cars and robots and engineering, but truth be told, if I hadn't watched "Giant Robo - The Animation" in my teens, I might still think that giant robots are stupid, and that drawing tech stuff is a waste of time. Well, some part of me still thinks that giant robots are stupid, but another (more dominant?) part does enjoy them too. :P

Okay, these aren't giant robots, but somewhat horse-shaped futuristic bikes… anyway.

Thanks for reading and commenting!


REPLIES:

sux: Yay, thanks a lot! ^_^

xmung: Thanks!

DAJB: Hah! Except… it doesn't transform :P And you're right, but in my defense: I did give an explanation for why you'll find giant robots in my comics! It would be impossible to deny that - after all, I was the one to introduce giant robots to the HU universe! :-)

Lemniskate: *schäm* Das war… improvisiert… ohne Referenzmaterial… *heul*

Peipei: Thank you very much! :-)

Lemniskate #2: Ich find Pferde aber tendenziell doof. Ich musste schon des öfteren für signifikat eins zeichnen (für dessen Darstellung ich mich übrigens weniger schäme als für das hier :P), und das hat mein inneres Feuer nicht wirklich angefacht.

raven37, Zephyrion, mmm bacon0, Jabali, man in black: Thanks!