Showcase: TIE Defender

By Force Majeure, in X-Wing Painting and Modification

Blamo! I love the TIE Defender. When I first started my collection I never thought I'd buy it because it wasn't in the movies. Well, so what that it's not? It's a great ship to fly and a pain to paint! (SO many panels) and is one of my favorites.

Lets get it going:

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Tie Defender Elite.

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Somehow, my only Defender repaint:

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Tie defender mod and repaint. It's kind of subtle, but the top wing on these two defenders have been lowered.

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Any particular reason for lowering the wing?

6 minutes ago, Force Majeure said:

Any particular reason for lowering the wing?

I used to think the triple wing looked dumb. I saw someone do this to their's and I thought it made the defender look more sleek. I've since grown to like the defender as is but I don't regret the mod, it still looks pretty cool.

Heavily Modified Tie Defender, My Sith Fighter used as a Defender.

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Thought I'd share my Defender here too! :)

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First Defender I have finished.

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Love it!

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https://imgur.com/KdCme5N

Edited by Poultrybane

TIE Defender Protoype, inspiration from "SW Rebels"

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I took some liberties on some details, as the FFG model and the "SW Rebels" render are not 1:1 identical. And I wanted to have a more "discrete" / "lean" appearance.

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Might as well throw these in here. Blue one still needs the silver highlights. I may also go back and use a brighter blue for the blue highlights.

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