Joining the Hunt

The USS Orca is one of the most complicated yet exciting models I've been making.

New cover art advertising "Agents: Operation: Skytide."

It showcases the Cloud Vanisher along with 2 new fighter jets I plan to draw for the story: The Dassault Rafale and the SU-33. In addition, these aircraft will get their own submarine/aircraft carrier hybrids that will rival the USS Orca; based off of French Navy subs and carriers and Russian Navy subs and carriers respectively.

Additionally, I've managed to finish my model of the AH-1 Cobra helicopter.

Besides that, I've also started making other vehicles the USS Orca carries. Both drawn and modeled. This is the Gazami. Named after the crab, this submersible is capable of walking on land, albeit not moving as fast as it does on land as it does in the water. Regardless, the Gazami is used for recovering dropped external fuel tanks for Agents' aircraft. While this may be a waste of time, it's still worth it because Agents' drop tanks are unique. They are specialized to handle water pressures while being carried on the Orca while underwater. To aid in the search, each drop tank is equipped with a tracking device so the Agents operating the Gazami know where to find it. After picking up the tank or tanks with its claws, the Gazami will head back to the Orca with the recovered aircraft component.

Operator: Agents

Performance: 1,000HP

Top Speed: 15 knots (surface), 10 knots (submerged), 5mph on land

Extra Features: Twin Turbine Engines built onto Ball and Socket Joints, Eye Stalk Cameras, Bulletproof Pressurized Hull.

Type: Custom

Besides the Gazami, I've been modeling more of the USS Orca's weapons. This includes the Sobek Torpedo. Named after the Egyptian god of the Nile, this munition is designed as one of the sub's primary armaments. The Sobek Torpedo is loaded into a tube like any other torpedo on any other submarine.

And with all that being said, besides the goal to someday make a game out of the assets I made, the goal is to finish the USS Orca's interior so that the overall model is finished. Then I can move onto other ideas I have for pictures and models. Additionally, I have a goal to learn the ucupaint extension of Blender.