[MOC]First Order TIE-SF Heavy Bomber

[Lamborghini Waffle Sauce]

As a follow-up to my custom Z-95 Headhunter, I immediately built it a worthy adversary.

The First Order is seriously lacking TIE variants, most notably a bomber (that hologram shown by DJ in The Last Jedi doesn't… doesn't count.) The official First Order TIE bomber may be just rehash of the Imperial model, but I was inspired by YouTuber E.C. Henry's own take on the craft, along with a digital model he made here (video link). The only thing I changed is add a red Special Forces livery, as this is a heavy bomber with more guns. Perhaps the official TIE bombers are the all-black regular TIE bombers, just like the TIE-SF fighter is different from the First Order TIE fighter.

The cockpit module was inspired by Jerac's TIE Bomber MOC, and I also studied his TIE Advanced and TIE Interceptor for the building techniques on the solar wings. I am quite proud of the hexagonal parts and all the simple greebling on it.

There are more pics on the flickr album.

Lastly, here it is facing off against some Z-95 Headhunters who have discovered a huge secret...

Edited December 9, 2018 by Lamborghini Waffle Sauce

[Cylo]

That looks awesome! Your MOCs look fantastic, I'm sure many people would pay for instructions if you made them!

[Jerac]

Great looking ship! I like the new shape of panels, very fitting the new FO aesthetics, and the hole in rear part is super cool! I bet the hole is there so it doesn't tip to the rear? Clever!

One question though:
How did ship from pre-Yavin ear meet a ship from post-Yavin era? :D

Edited December 9, 2018 by Jerac

[m4st3rt3ch]

Cool ship, but the longer, pointy part of the wings going backwards gives me a super-awkward feeling. All Ties with asymetrical wing design i can remember have a forward-design. Looking at it my brain constantly cries "WRONG!". 

[Lamborghini Waffle Sauce]

7 hours ago, m4st3rt3ch said:

Cool ship, but the longer, pointy part of the wings going backwards gives me a super-awkward feeling. All Ties with asymetrical wing design i can remember have a forward-design. Looking at it my brain constantly cries "WRONG!". 

7 hours ago, Jerac said:

Great looking ship! I like the new shape of panels, very fitting the new FO aesthetics, and the hole in rear part is super cool! I bet the hole is there so it doesn't tip to the rear? Clever!

One question though:
How did ship from pre-Yavin ear meet a ship from post-Yavin era? :D

I didn't design the ship. That was all E.C. Henry on YouTube. I just built it in LEGO… A backwards-design may seem wrong because it's new and different. I quite like it, it gives the ship a new form of streamlined-ness.

And let's face it, common and sturdy pre-Yavin spacecraft such as the Z-95 may still be used for a long long time, especially by the galactic underworld and other, uh, commoners. I think of the Z-95 as the Honda Civic of the galaxy. When I built that Z-95 MOC, I imagined it as a newer, sequel era model, just like how the T-70 and T-85 is to the T-65 X-wing. (would that make that a Z-100 or Z-110 Headhunter?) 

[m4st3rt3ch]

18 minutes ago, Lamborghini Waffle Sauce said:

I didn't design the ship. That was all E.C. Henry on YouTube. I just built it in LEGO… A backwards-design may seem wrong because it's new and different. I quite like it, it gives the ship a new form of streamlined-ness.

I know, you did a perfect job. Maybe it's because it reminds me so much of Kylo Ren's Tie.

[DrMuttonchops]

Hot dang dude, this is stellar.  E.C. Henry did a great job designing it, and you did a fantastic job bringing it to life!  Color blocking looks nice, but the Special Forces regular TIE had the red on the opposite side, not that it matters a ton.  I love the holes in the wings, they really make the ship stand out.  The greebling also takes the cake, it simultaneously looks sleek and detailed.  

Edited December 9, 2018 by DrMuttonchops

[YodaSkate]

this is utter pure sex. good job!

[naugem]

Wow, awesome build! Very sleek.

[Veynom]

This is a very sleek, elegant, detailed and all-in-all wonderful design.

[Jody Meyer]

I think the bomber never gets enough attention, this is a great job, nice lines and colour scheme. 

[roadstermatt]

very nice I like the updated twist to the old tie bomber

[Lamborghini Waffle Sauce]

On 12/9/2018 at 1:32 PM, DrMuttonchops said:

Hot dang dude, this is stellar.  E.C. Henry did a great job designing it, and you did a fantastic job bringing it to life!  Color blocking looks nice, but the Special Forces regular TIE had the red on the opposite side, not that it matters a ton.  I love the holes in the wings, they really make the ship stand out.  The greebling also takes the cake, it simultaneously looks sleek and detailed.  

I wanted to put the red on the side where it should be, but it looked weird. I wanted to keep the middle gunnery module and the bomber module pure black.

On 12/12/2018 at 6:49 AM, Jody Meyer said:

I think the bomber never gets enough attention, this is a great job, nice lines and colour scheme. 

It's been 15 years since a proper TIE Bomber set, @TheLEGOGroup wyd? 

(also 13 years since a TIE Interceptor set)

[MAVERICK26]

Do you have a file for this?