TIE Fighter

[Soquili]

Brilliant, Mike. You get Xara3D to do things I never would have imagined it capable of doing.

[John Rayner]

"So... when do we get the Enterprise D" - AntonyF

here it is... It has been scrapped to build a new interstellar Fast food joint and travel agency...

[simsmj]

This year's models are environmentally friendly, using unleaded antimatter, and lasers fitted with catalytic converters. They are a tad narrower, thus making them a doddle to park in a crowded hanger bay, and remote central locking helps keep those rebel scums' hands off them.

Bill, Antony, thanks, and an Enterprise-X model is in quantum flux at the moment.

Mike

[John Rayner]

Hi Mike,

this years model is even neater. which would be easier, the Enterprise or the Millieum Falcon?

[stlewis]

Mike

Thanks for your advice on the ball.

Is your ball slightly flattened and with a slight dimple?

The texture here is lifted from http://understudy.net/images/eyeball.gif

[simsmj]

Nice eye, Simon.

My sphere will not be truly spherical, as the initial tiny shape was extruded to 20 to make big enough to use, so the Rounded Bevel's centre wasn't a point, but it still helped for it to be as small as possible. I judged its roundness and size by eye, and it was certainly good enough for the TIE-fighter.

I used the same gif you linked to and made a special EYE-Fighter for Gary, to keep an eye out for those pesky worms that keep infecting his pictures.

Mike

[John Rayner]

Gary should love that one! do you think it will work on typos also, or just the folks that point them out to him... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Melchior912]

Originally posted by Mike Sims:
I needed a rest from the skull! I happened across an image of a Star Wars TIE fighter while reading a magazine, and I realised that Xara3D could probably make a decent attempt at it, so naturally I had to prove it.

Mike

It's fantastic way out of my league in fact I want to try to do the little piston you use for you icon. Have you posted how you made this yet asssuming it is your handy work. If so please point me to tutorial.
thanks
john

[simsmj]

Hello, John,
engine was covered in Guest Tutorial 27 in Gary's XaraXone website. For a long time I used a small version of the tutorial animation as a signature animation, then redid it in its current format as an avatar.

Mike

[Melchior912]

Originally posted by Mike Sims:
Hello, John,
engine was covered in Guest Tutorial 27 in Gary's XaraXone website. For a long time I used a small version of the tutorial animation as a signature animation, then redid it in its current format as an avatar.

Mike

many thanks I going there now