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Here is a new project I thought I would share. So after watching a youtube video by EC Henry about his custom Tie Fighter, the Tie Vector (If you haven't seen EC Henry and his 3D models on youtube then I suggest you go check out his stuff now, its fantastic.) I took up the challenge of coming up with my own Tie fighter variant. When considering how many Tie fighter variants have been designed whether it be canon or fandom, it almost feels like there is no room left to come up with a new design. I am really going to have to think this one through and for the most part I'm afraid I'm just gonna end up designing a completely different ship. So I did come up with a list of requirements or guidelines for myself to keep my design in line.
1. Central Pod Structure

2. Twin Ion Engine system

3. Wing Attachment Pylons

4. Solar Panel Arrays

5. Classic Tie View port
These guidelines are mainly for myself they not absolute rules for people to follow. You do you if you wanna design your own Tie variant of your own.

I was kinda thinking of coming up with some sort of experimental first strike assault fighter so following my guidelines for the most part I came up with five initial rough draft designs which I then code named.
1. Gungan: My first design I thought I'd get creative with the wing pylons by angling them back, then enlarging the central pod and gave it solar array's similar to the Advanced Tie. At first I thought it would be cool; but once I got it down on paper it looks like I'm trying to incorporate Star Trek Federation ship design into Star Wars.

2. Darth: My second design I went with the idea of a more robust Tie fighter.I gave it an elongated pod similar to the Tie Striker with wider wing pylon and the solar array's I kept very similar to the original Tie; but stretched one end to give it a more pointed look. It was at this point I was definitely thinking that the fighter should be hyperspace capable; but this design looks like I'm playing it safe and I also realized I didn't give it any more heavy armaments.

3. Yavin: My third design addresses some of the flaws I had with the second design. I gave it some heavy weapons pods in the wings to give it more variety of weapons. The solar array's do give it a look similar to the Tie/D; but I don't think that's a big deal. I was still thinking of a hyperspace capable Tie with this design and since I wanted my Tie to be apart of the Empire to fight against the Rebel Alliance I then felt that this design was too good and the Empire wouldn't want it. So I need to figure out something simple like the original Tie; but superior in its own way.

4. Aayla: My forth design I went back to the traditional central tie pod design, took away its hyperspace capability and tweaked the wings which unfortunately just made it look a modified Tie Interceptor. I even had put some laser cannons inside the wings. The solar arrays do look cool however as I inadvertently gave them a coffin shape.
5. Rancor: My fifth design I went back to the idea of a tie fighter that can take a hit or more and needed some heavy armaments. I gave it a sort of egg shaped central pod, reinforced pylons and some solar array's with a split in them that have some heavy laser cannons. I kinda broke one of my requirements by changing the view port; but if you were to look as this Tie from the front it would still look like the same view port.

When I look at my five designs I feel like the Rancor is just what I'm looking for. It may not be capable of hyperspace on its own; but I think I have an idea on how I am going to handle that as I work more on the design and fine tune it with a back story and information to go with it. I will not be keeping the name Rancor that's just a fun code name for the project. Not sure what name I will give it, I might even just stick with a model number.

Description

Here is a new project I thought I would share. So after watching a youtube video by EC Henry about his custom Tie Fighter, the Tie Vector (If you haven't seen EC Henry and his 3D models on youtube then I suggest you go check out his stuff now, its fantastic.) I took up the challenge of coming up with my own Tie fighter variant. When considering how many Tie fighter variants have been designed whether it be canon or fandom, it almost feels like there is no room left to come up with a new design. I am really going to have to think this one through and for the most part I'm afraid I'm just gonna end up designing a completely different ship. So I did come up with a list of requirements or guidelines for myself to keep my design in line.
1. Central Pod Structure

2. Twin Ion Engine system

3. Wing Attachment Pylons

4. Solar Panel Arrays

5. Classic Tie View port
These guidelines are mainly for myself they not absolute rules for people to follow. You do you if you wanna design your own Tie variant of your own.

I was kinda thinking of coming up with some sort of experimental first strike assault fighter so following my guidelines for the most part I came up with five initial rough draft designs which I then code named.
1. Gungan: My first design I thought I'd get creative with the wing pylons by angling them back, then enlarging the central pod and gave it solar array's similar to the Advanced Tie. At first I thought it would be cool; but once I got it down on paper it looks like I'm trying to incorporate Star Trek Federation ship design into Star Wars.

2. Darth: My second design I went with the idea of a more robust Tie fighter.I gave it an elongated pod similar to the Tie Striker with wider wing pylon and the solar array's I kept very similar to the original Tie; but stretched one end to give it a more pointed look. It was at this point I was definitely thinking that the fighter should be hyperspace capable; but this design looks like I'm playing it safe and I also realized I didn't give it any more heavy armaments.

3. Yavin: My third design addresses some of the flaws I had with the second design. I gave it some heavy weapons pods in the wings to give it more variety of weapons. The solar array's do give it a look similar to the Tie/D; but I don't think that's a big deal. I was still thinking of a hyperspace capable Tie with this design and since I wanted my Tie to be apart of the Empire to fight against the Rebel Alliance I then felt that this design was too good and the Empire wouldn't want it. So I need to figure out something simple like the original Tie; but superior in its own way.

4. Aayla: My forth design I went back to the traditional central tie pod design, took away its hyperspace capability and tweaked the wings which unfortunately just made it look a modified Tie Interceptor. I even had put some laser cannons inside the wings. The solar arrays do look cool however as I inadvertently gave them a coffin shape.
5. Rancor: My fifth design I went back to the idea of a tie fighter that can take a hit or more and needed some heavy armaments. I gave it a sort of egg shaped central pod, reinforced pylons and some solar array's with a split in them that have some heavy laser cannons. I kinda broke one of my requirements by changing the view port; but if you were to look as this Tie from the front it would still look like the same view port.

When I look at my five designs I feel like the Rancor is just what I'm looking for. It may not be capable of hyperspace on its own; but I think I have an idea on how I am going to handle that as I work more on the design and fine tune it with a back story and information to go with it. I will not be keeping the name Rancor that's just a fun code name for the project. Not sure what name I will give it, I might even just stick with a model number.