Tie defender

mijob

mijob

Tie designer
Staff member
Moderator
Jul 5, 2020
4,018
7,087
95
55
Netherlands
I'm close to finish the Tie Raptor so its time to look for a new project.
And I will go for the Tie Defender. Lots of parts I can re-use from the Tie Interceptor.
Only parts to design are the wings, wing support and a new hyperdrive module.
There are a few different type's.
The standard Defender
Tie defender_18.jpg
The Royal guard Defender
Royal guard Tie defender 01.jpg
And the defender elite you can see this one in the animation series rebels.
Defender elite_01.jpg
I got lots of reference material to start with the standard looking defender and the best of all I got some 2d views that will help me a lot with drawing.
Tie defender drawing 06.jpgTie defender drawing 08.jpg
Yes these are pages from the Tie Fighter owners workshop manual.
But first I have to finish the Predator build and write the building instructions for the Havoc and the Predator.
Nice projects to start the new year with.
 
  • Like
  • Love
Reactions: Sky Seeker, lyter1958, zathros and 7 others
As you can see on the first posting there are a few different defender variants.
I will stay close to the lore and will build the standard version as shown in the Tie fighter owners workshop manual.
This means I can use some wing detail parts and the sphere from the Tie interceptor.

For this model I need to design the wings and the support at the rear side of the sphere.
I will start with designing the wings.
 
  • Like
Reactions: micahrogers
I just barely remember the TIE Defender, but I agree with starting with the basic model, then working thru variants.
 
  • Like
Reactions: mijob
I have been working on the wings for several day's and here are the first results of the outside wing.
Next up the inside of the wing. It will be a big template for the 3 wings I will laminated them up to eight layers.
I guess it will be 12 pages with only the wings.
Zealot defender_01.jpg
 
  • Like
  • Love
Reactions: Sky Seeker, Toutenkarton, Revell-Fan and 5 others
Walter2 said:
I may have overlooked it somewhere - which prog do you use for designing?
Click to expand...
I"m using inkscape for all my designs. Sometimes its hard to translate 3D to 2D but its a good exercize for the mind. And till now it went well.
Biggest challenge was to get a good sphere. Maybe In the future I will try to get Blender working.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Sky Seeker, micahrogers and Walter2
First test with the wing is ready it looks good for me. Its a lminated wing with eight layers of paper so its about 1.25 mm thick.
I can use a thin paperstrip around the wing to cover the 1.25 mm white. For the details and greeblungs I can re-use a lot of parts from the interceptor. Im not gone test fit these on the wing. Here some shots of the wing.
20250302_155545.jpg20250302_155602.jpg20250302_155619.jpg20250302_155637.jpg
My next step is test build the rear reactor with the wing pylons. So keep an eye on this thread there is more to come.
 
  • Like
  • Love
Reactions: Sky Seeker, zathros, Toutenkarton and 5 others
I"m using inkscape for all my designs. Sometimes its hard to translate 3D to 2D but its a good exercize for the mind. And till now it went well.
Biggest challenge was to get a good sphere. Maybe In the future I will try to get Blender working.

i own inkscape as well as blender, i have tried a few things with both, but as i said... the stamina is missing :OOPS:
 
  • Like
Reactions: Revell-Fan and mijob
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom