The visual appeal of Warhammer ships is separate from their engineering plausibility. An engineering-history reading of their many surfaces and structures draws attention to how much heat they would radiate. A crewed spacecraft must retain enough heat to remain habitable while shedding enough waste heat to avoid overheating. These fictional designs show how easily a dramatic silhouette can land on either the freezing-crew or incinerating-crew side of that balance.
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The thermal problem hidden by Warhammer starship aesthetics
Spectacular fictional hulls still face the spacecraft problem of retaining enough heat for a crew while rejecting enough to avoid cooking it.