071305-02: defenders of the U

U as in Universe. Stuipd titlebar won't go far enough. Anyway, these are a selection of the ships from the venerable Gradius series, as well as a throwback to some of Konami's older titles. I'll be posting more of these warbirds, maybe even make a pic series out of them. Let's see where this goes...

FALSION BETA (from Gradius Gaiden, and a reference to an old Afterburner-style NES game of the same name, Falsion)
JADE KNIGHT (also from Gradius Gaiden, easily the best of the series, and this is comimg from Mr. Gradius V.)
ALPINIA II (my take on the third ship from the little known 3D arcade Gradius, Solar Assault.)

-CB