Research: Spaceship designs

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/145956main_NTR_borowskii.jpg

The first picture I have taken is over a spaceship from the NASA website. The long slender bodywork is a generic design for a spaceship and therefore, I feel that it would be a good idea to incorporate this shape into the board game counters because a large amount of the general public will be familiar with this design of a spaceship.

                     

                            http://www.templates.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/spaceship-by-joel-carlo.jpg

I have saved this picture for research purposes because the plane's sharp edges on the wings and the angled tails suggest the plane is 'dangerous' and 'evil'. The dark colouring also suggests the plane's 'evilness' because dark colours often connotate to 'villainous'.

                          

                    http://allcretansareliars.wikispaces.com/file/view/spaceship.jpg/32185801/spaceship.jpg

I feel that this spaceship design could be used as part of the counter designs because you can see turrets for the spaceship's weaponry. These designs could be taken and developed for our counter designs because we are planning on incorporating spaceship weaponry into our board game.

http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/03/29/lynx-rocket_5965.jpg

I also researched 'space planes' which designs are often similar to typical modern-day aeroplanes yet combine these with typical spaceship features such as weaponry. I feel that this space plane design could be used in our counter designs because the general public will instantly recognise the design as a way of air travel.