MICA moment

the planecycle symbol omg

Nuclear Option's Tarantula is the closest I've got

Happy birthday!

MiGlike Mirage

I have this idea of making a Mirage but MiG-29, but for me that's a job better left for pencil and paper, the 3D modeling coming after I've figured out what the actual design is.

This one is just... plane

Ok, I think I'm gonna stop rambling now, this all started when, while making this sticker, I realized people who don't know the planesonas might confuse Harrier with Spitfire given they have the exact same camo pattern.

Then again, one is classy and the other has charisma.

I actually don't recall if I've added actual fins to a planesona before. Jaguar has them incorporated with their thigh-mounted flare pods.

As for why he has a knife, that's how it feels like to run in at mach with some Magic 2s. Similar playstyle to the Mirage F1, just less nimble.

Ifrit does have the chasseur cut on her shorts, she is great at air superiority. Revoker doesn't have the cut, and I'm questioning why I'm talking so much about a tiny little triangular gap in some shorts.

Sifting through old art for things to talk about, here's a Jaguar IS.

Reminds me, I still haven't made a design for the FS-20 Vortex. I haven't played it much yet, I should maybe get around to that.
Also Chicane, haven't really made a design for it yet, they're mostly obscured in the one sketch they appeared in.

Man I have been rambling a lot...

And yes, my thought process does hyperfocus, dead-end, then loop back on itself many times. I'm undiagnosed.

Speaking of looping back, a few things:
I DID put horns on a planesona, the Ifrit, purely because of her namesake.
ALso her bra and chestplate are very angular, given her design.

Then again, some of them wear bits of clothing just for the hell of it. M4K has his parade dress, Harrier and Medusa both wear jackets (one more than the other), Scimitar & Canberra wear goggles. And of course you have all the hats and headgear.

Back to clothing, and how they kinda double up the camo.
I don't always draw them with more than shorts, even when they're dueling, and the coats aren't necessary, it just feels a bit off to me if they're uncovered on 'active operations' (e.g. WarThunder random battles, Nuclear Option matches, etc.)

M4K's non-moving canards are very much not on the nose, and given they are beside the intake, the only place I could really think of putting them was the shoulder.

However, this means that they do tend to get covered by clothing, which is a slight downside.

EF2K's canards are very much on the nose, Rafale's canards aren't really on the nose but they don't really feel like they're on the shoulders, as the intake below them feel more like the shoulders, so I put them on the cheeks, which feels appropriate if you've ever seen a Rafale from the front.

For canards, compare EF2K/Rafale/M4K.
I do realize now that Rafale and M4K's canards are both in-line with the intake, but Rafale's are above the intake, while M4K's are right on the intake.
At the same time these aren't really hard rules or strict guidelines, most of the time I go by feel.