[MOC] TIE Interceptor

[Artizan]

This is my lego rendition of the famous imperial fighter from Sw: Rotj, which was used in great numbers by the empire in the battle of Endor. At first I was going to post it as a Sone freebuild, but since it belongs to a larger universe, I felt it should posted as a seperate moc. I hope you like it and feel free to leave comments and criticism!

[-Horizon-]

Nice Job! The whole thing looks well designed and sturdy, and the wings look great! Hope you build more TIE Variants soon.

[Bob De Quatre]

Looks very good! Is it swooshable?

I like your solution for the weapons

[Nom Carver]

It looks great! one of the best TIE interceptor I have seen, my only suggestion is to add a little more black on the "inside" of the panels, I also notice that the "wings/panels" are conected only with those clip bricks, you could try with friction ones too.

Edited June 1, 2014 by Nom Carver

[Mr Man]

Nice job . I've always loved the Interceptor, this is a well shaped and smooth representation of it.

[BEAVeR]

I've always loved TIEs, and have tried to build some myself (you can expect a TIE Bomber in my episode entry), so I know how to appreciate this model.

The ball shape of the cockpit is notorious to get right. Your solution does justice to it, but it doesn't look very realistic as pylon. Now, The cockpit ball and the pylons are one big mass, so you loose quite some detail there. I think working with SNOTted wedge plates would docthe model more right, because you can work with a more layered structure then. The rest of the pylon could use some more detail as wel.. You could replace the standard 2x2 brick with one with grooves, or you could use a stack of round plates to benefit from the gaps they have. Same goes for the connection of the pulon to the wing, which is a bit big and undetailed now. But maybe... all these changes aren't necessary, because you've made quite a believable fighter with some basic bricks, and that deserves some praise as well!

The general shape of the wings is well done, and I like the details you managed to portray here. The cannontips are nice, and those tile structures are very good. That round tile with the printing being off-center bugs me a bit though... But the details like those sticking out of the section are very nice and accurate! I'm a bit surprised that that wing stays in place with only one connection I can see. But I'm bot here to swoosh it around... One final remark goes to the inside of the pointed wings. I really like how you've created the grey borders, but at these insides the grey is a bit too much present for my taste. Widening the black area with one stud would make a big difference here.

Still, I hope you see my admiration for how you've recreated the sleek yet pointy feeling of the interceptor with some pretty basic bricks, and I like the sober details that are there. And great that you made that cool cockpit as well, because I always have trouble keeping enough room for our hero. Building TIE's is difficult, but you managed quite well!

[markus1984]

Looks great!

Can`t be an original Lego Set!

Great work!

markus

[CCOOK]

This looks prettty good - nice and lean and more like the real thing - only problem is the angle on the aft portions of the wings - LEGO needs to make a 2x1 wedge plate half in order to fix this.

[Ber Teh Unicern]

Awesome! Could you give instructions or an LXF? If you have time, of course.

[Ber Teh Unicern]

Awesome! Could you give instructions or an LXF? If you have time, of course.

Actually, never mind. It looks simple enough for me to build through the pictures.

[Davor]

Niceeeee!