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Author Topic: A Hummer from 50's?  (Read 2328 times)

Alvarez

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A Hummer from 50's?
« on: February 09, 2011, 07:11:45 pm »

So, as you know, the current Hummer in game is taken from Tactics and isn't really a retrofuturistic looking, since first HMMWVs were first produced in 1985.

But, the american military in Fallout needed a versatile, maintenance-simple, powerful and fast vehicle such as a HMMWV, they needed a compromise between M38 and M880, perhaps even spaceful enough to carry 4 soldiers in Power Armors.

So, what do you think, how would such vehicle look like, if it should use easy-to-produce military parts (straight edges?) and look like it's from 50's with all the (small) retro design elements?

Perhaps like a Willys MB on steroids? Drawings and concepts are welcome.

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Re: A Hummer from 50's?
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2011, 07:24:12 am »

Perhaps like a Willys MB on steroids? Drawings and concepts are welcome.

It's a Dodge WC-51

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Re: A Hummer from 50's?
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2011, 01:51:35 pm »

Keep in mind, that Fallout's setting is not 50's, but 50's sci-fi future vision.
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Re: A Hummer from 50's?
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2011, 02:05:44 pm »

I think trucks from F3 is pretty nice example...
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Re: A Hummer from 50's?
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2011, 02:44:36 pm »

Yeah, retrofuturistic airflow design... That should be mixed up with rough simplicity of a cheap, massproduced military vehicle.
How would that look? The Dodge isn't that bad, but...

When i look on the front of a Hummer, i see a lot of straight edges, easy to manufacture and replace. Headlights, hidden in the middle, so they wouldn't broken by stuck-out branches and sharp terrain edges. The front axis is planted to the very front, so the car body edges won't bury themselves in the mud. And also a very high ground clearance.

Now, all these technical aspects should be considered by a designer from the 50's, who's into airflow, tailfins, massive roadcruiser aesthetics and heavy atomic drives.
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