TIE Striker - Royal Guard Escort Fighter

[Andy Moore]

 

 

This is Bandai's little 1/144 Striker, from the U-Wing/TIE box set. It's designed along the same lines as their Vehicle Model series, with only a few parts and no clear moulding for the canopy, but it's still highly detailed, being essentially a scaled-down version of the 72nd kit.

I finished this one in a scheme heavily influenced by the red TIE Interceptors used by the Royal Guard in various EU comics. Paint was my usual steel-over-black recipe for the panels, while the red was Gunze red over Gunze russet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking

 

Andy

[Carts]

Thats awesome,what a beauty.

[Steve Coombs]

The Kilrathi demand to know who stole their Dralthi I plans.

And they'll be having a stern word with the Cylons afterwards.

Seriously, that's a smart bit of modelling there.

[Will Vale]

12 hours ago, Steve Coombs said:

The Kilrathi demand to know who stole their Dralthi I plans.

Dralthis are round though

 

Nice one Andy, the red really suits it - very menacing.

 

Cheers,

 

Will

[Pete in Lincs]

Several light years (or is it parsecs?) the other side of well smart.

[Bugle07]

Very smart little Red (Dwarf) Striker there! Excellent paintwork. 

 

On that note, wonder if you could call it a Tie Smeg fighter?

 

Geoff 

[Harry Callahan]

Excellent and oustanding work, as always by you

[Andy Moore]

Thanks for all the comments everyone.

 

Andy

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Wow she looks good in Red. ... Ive been thinking of doing a group of 4 Tie fighters in red with slightly different patterns on the vertical wings? Of course it will take me a while to gather up the four models so don't look for it anytime soon. 

[Mindmax]

Hi Andy,

This looks phantastic! Your painting is phenomenal, outstanding as always! 

I also love your artwork with the main picture you make for every of your models, top!👌

Best,

Mark

[Andy Moore]

On 29/05/2019 at 18:25, Corsairfoxfouruncle said:

Ive been thinking of doing a group of 4 Tie fighters in red with slightly different patterns on the vertical wings? Of course it will take me a while to gather up the four models so don't look for it anytime soon. 

I look forward to seeing the results when you get around to doing them Dennis. It sounds like a great idea. I always love seeing Star Wars ships in custom schemes.

 

On 30/05/2019 at 06:26, Mindmax said:

Hi Andy,

This looks phantastic! Your painting is phenomenal, outstanding as always! 

Thanks Mark, much appreciated.

 

Do you think you'll ever do a 1/10 TIE to go with the Snowspeeders?

 

[Mindmax]

8 minutes ago, AndyRM101 said:

I look forward to seeing the results when you get around to doing them Dennis. It sounds like a great idea. I always love seeing Star Wars ships in custom schemes.

 

Thanks Mark, much appreciated.

 

Do you think you'll ever do a 1/10 TIE to go with the Snowspeeders?

 

Very welcome Andy!

A 1/10 Tie would be great. I really have thought about that but hesitate because I have no idea how to replicate and build all these parts. Especially the round cockpit and the wings plated with cool shade or fridge material seems very complicated to me. The Snowspeeder was much easier I think.

Best,

Mark

[AaronKSJ]

Absolutely cracking! I concur that it looks pretty striking in red.