Illustration by the late great Edward Valigursky. Could be from the pulp story 'Barbarians of Space'. Unsure.
Ed Valigursky was a prolific pulp novel and magazine artist, together with being a respected illustrator of technical books and magazines. Besides his classic Man and Space paintings, most likely pointing to future SWORD and SPACEX toys, there are countless spaceships gracing his covers, many of which are very SWORDesque. I hope to feature more of them from time to time.
Reader Nyrath kindly pointed out this clearer version of the same picture shown above. From a Russian site. We can see now it's called the Empress of Mars.
Please do feature them, Woodsy. I'd like to see some of the more obscure ones.
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ReplyDeleteWow! So good to see that painting in more detail. Thanks, Nyrath.
ReplyDeleteOh, for a kit of the Empress of Mars, eh?