Royal Guard / Imperial Guard Tie Interceptor

[mijob]

When I was browsing the internet I found this beauty.
The royal guard TIE interceptor.
Is it possible to change the colours from the pdf files of UHU's Tie interceptor?


This will become the first papercraft royal guard Tie interceptor

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

That looks very nice!!!
You can open the PDF file with PDFill PDF editor. Once you have done that, you can repaint it in GIMP, PHOTOSCAPE, or any other image editing software that you use.

 

[micahrogers]

Okay, this just looks way cool..

 

[Revell-Fan]

Of course it's possible.

 

[zathros]

That is cool looking!!!

 

[mijob]

I used the pdf editor and it works fine.
Next step is to change the colours.

THe colours are a bit off. But that's not a real problem.

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

Everything is looking good thus far!!!

 

[Revell-Fan]

You have run into the same issue like me. PDFill doesn't transform two layers and produces the result you have now. Gimp works better. Just drag and drop the *.pdf into the main window, choose 300 dpi for import and hit OK. This will give you the correct page with all layers transformed. I have attached the first page.

Please note: Use *.png for editing because it compresses losslessly. I was forced to upload a *.jpg because I got an error message saying the file was too big (2.33 MB).

 

[mijob]

Nice this works indeed much better. Thanks RF and also many thanks Rhaven.
Here some quick results. But first I have to finish the tie fighter wings

 

[Revell-Fan]

Not bad!

BTW, if you want to keep the shadings make use of the layers in Gimp.

Activate the select tool and click into the white background area of the page. Invert the selection. This will give you a quick and easy selection around the parts outline:



Create a new transparent layer in the layer dialogue box:



Choose your colour and bucket fill the selection or paint the desired parts with the paintbrush on the new layer:



Play around with the different layer modes and transparency settings till you have found a pleasing result. This is using "colour":



soft edges:



burn:



Since you are working on a new layer you may manipulate the painted areas further with the eraser and other tools without altering the base image. Then save as *.xcf file to keep all layers intact for future editing and export as *.png to flatten the image for printing.

 

[micahrogers]

Y'all has to be some kinda wizards, making all these funky programs work... I can't even keep a simple game running.

 

[zathros]

This is a great thread, and is now a "STICKY!.

 

[mijob]

RF I have to say you are realy gifted with the touch of Merlin.
Zathros thanks for the sticky.

 

[Revell-Fan]

Sticky threads are worth more than sticky fingers. Merlin has spoken.

 

[mijob]

And also an update on the royal guard tie fighter. Just a litle peek.....

 

[mijob]

Here's a new picture.

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

Those components look REALLY GOOD!!!

 

[zathros]

X2 on that!! It will be refreshing to see one bright like this.

 

[mijob]

Thank you both, looking forward to build this one

 

[mijob]

And a new tag for the stand.