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Offline flatpack

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Re: Made my own TIE fighters on the cheap!
« Reply #15 on: 06 July 2025, 10:57:32 PM »
You are very resourceful.
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Offline Freddy

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Re: Made my own TIE fighters on the cheap!
« Reply #16 on: 07 July 2025, 09:59:56 PM »
Wow, cool idea!

Offline Burgundavia

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Re: Made my own TIE fighters on the cheap!
« Reply #17 on: 08 July 2025, 12:14:19 AM »
Nice stuff. Good use of printing and scratch building.

Offline SgtSlag

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Re: Made my own TIE fighters on the cheap!
« Reply #18 on: 16 July 2025, 03:08:00 PM »
Absolutely brilliant!  It took me a while to figure out you scratch-built them -- I was just enjoying the images of the finished models, before I finally scrolled down.  lol  When I learned you built them, and how, I was blown away.

If you didn't tell me they were made by you, it would have taken me several minutes to figure that out.  Not a Star Wars gamer, so it would take me a while to notice ambiguities.

I am a huge fan of crafting terrain, figures, and such.  This is fantastic stuff!  Really well done.  I would happily game with these TIE Fighters on sticks.  I would particularly enjoy them because they are scratch-built, not something you bought, and unboxed, and put onto the tabletop -- anyone can do that...  Building such effective models, takes imagination, skill, and gumption.  That means more to me, than Daddy Warbuck's table covered in models he bought, paid someone else to paint and base for him.  Seeing a game and models someone poured their heart into, making genuine effort with, means far more to me, than just playing a good looking game.

Looking forward to photos and a bat-rep from the game...  Cheers!

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Re: Made my own TIE fighters on the cheap!
« Reply #19 on: 16 July 2025, 09:43:19 PM »
That is superb work, Mike.   :-*   :-*


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Re: Made my own TIE fighters on the cheap!
« Reply #20 on: 22 July 2025, 10:09:46 PM »
Thanks, guys -- I really appreciate everyone's comments. I was very close to not attempting these and am glad that I did. I supposed the odd TIE fighter may make a strafing run or something in one of our games. So, who knows? Maybe you will see them on sticks one day...  :D

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Offline mithril

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Re: Made my own TIE fighters on the cheap!
« Reply #21 on: 23 July 2025, 08:48:09 PM »
looks a lot like the TIE's as depicted in SWRebels (which had smaller panels), as does the base. so great job!

 

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