Star fighter

Description Dug out another old pic (because I haven't done anything new lately .... blah blah blah). Couple of years back I was toying with the idea of picking up illustration work for RPG games. So I started putting together pieces to send off to Wizards of the Coast. They do D&D and also the Star Wars RPG. I drew this little one man starfighter to show that I could design new ships and still keep them "feeling" like they belong in the Star Wars universe. Did I succeed? Can't say for…

The TIE series, also known as the TIE-series, TIE line, or TIE family, was a series of starfighters and vehicles designed by Sienar Fleet Systems, consisting of several different designs. TIE series starfighters shared a general design form of a roughly spherical or cylindrical cockpit pod attached to a set of solar panels, with their overall shape resembling a bow tie (thus acting as a partial namesake).[1] This design form carried over to the non-starfighter products, with the standard...

For this personal project the focus was redesigning the famous X-Wing Star Fighter from Star Wars. The redesign was focused on adding more realistic elements such as: - Bubble canopy on the cockpit, to allow better pilot visibility which would assist in combat. - The addition of wheels on the landing gears to allow ease of relocation in hangars, if lift power failed. - Engine intakes with covers to help prevent debris from entering the engines. Eventually the project grew from just 3D…

An older competitor to the Raider Class Corvette segment.

TIE Fighter

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