Chris Smith · Lead Vehicle Artist

Well, Chris and I had some email discussions before we started the redesign, and it was always sort of the idea that we would take it and make it more sleek. Because for me personally, even though the original Hornet is very cool and iconic, there were always some issues as far as the form and everything that kind of put me off a little bit, and I was like, I could just make that a little bit better. And so the idea was then to basically make it the same difference as when BMW would make a new version of their car. The new one was sort of boxy, but still cool. And then from the 2000s and up, they were a little bit more rounded, but you could still tell it was a BMW. So the idea was to definitely keep the spirit, and you should still be able to tell it's a Hornet or an Anvil ship from a distance. And also from the top view, it looks like a star, which I always thought was cool. So I wanted to keep that, but just make it a little bit more streamlined.