THE BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ART OF RALPH MCQUARRIE:
MISCELLANEOUS SCENES
A Ralph McQuarrie poster concept for Battlestar Galactica and not unlike one that was eventually used. Boxey and Muffit are featured; the closest man is probably Skyler/Apollo with Starbuck wearing a pilot’s helmet behind him; Cassiopiea is probably the busty blonde behind him; Adama comes next and over his shoulder is Athena. Costumes had obviously not been designed yet. The Ovions are prominent to the left.
The Council of Twelve meet aboard the Atlantia; McQuarrie has never been accused of being a portraitist.... This image is from the Dart Flipcards set and is cropped at the bottom.
I originally thought that this scene is of a city on the Colonies before the attack, but a comparison with the painting of Ovions being strafed suggests that this image is actually supposed to represent the casino area on Carillon. The red blob near the top of the image is from its appearance in Science Fantasy Film Classics #4, which had a title printed over part of the image.