DARK STAR BROUGHT TO LIGHT

After Woodsys post on the film Dark Star and the following picture of the Telsada Rocket ship, I was struck by the resemblance between the ships - both very 'boatlike' and minimal. Ron Cobb, one of the best illustrators and conceptual designers in the world, initially sketched the basis of the ship on a napkin during lunch with O'Bannon. Ron Cobb has had a hand in the design and production of many of the great sci-fi films and is also a prolific cartoonist. What I like about Cobb is his attention to real world, bolt-on detail. The few scrrenshots available of the DS dont give much away and the somewhat amateurish nature of production on the film doesnt hel to show the ship in any good light. Stargazer Models did briefly produce the Dark Star as a resin kit, but this is now sadly unavailable. It does however show the drive and rear portions of the ship a little more clearly. Its obviously missing the observation dome off the top where one of the crew watches the passage of a radiant meteor swarm.