Concept: Star-trans the Work-TIE

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-03-20 11:26am

It started off as a joke, a Road Crew in the starwars Galaxy clearing debris from primary Hyperspace exit points.

The work-tie is the familiar Tie fighter with no weapons, and manipulator arms equiped with fusion torches coming out of the main ball structure where the lasers would go.

they were also painted bright white (But pitted from numerous micro-meterorites & lousy maintenace) and had the orange "Star*Trans" logo (with the Republic/Imperial Sunburst where the asterisic is)

anyone want to try and render that?

Post by **Rob Wilson** » 2003-03-20 03:36pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:It started off as a joke, a Road Crew in the starwars Galaxy clearing debris from primary Hyperspace exit points.

The work-tie is the familiar Tie fighter with no weapons, and manipulator arms equiped with fusion torches coming out of the main ball structure where the lasers would go.

they were also painted bright white (But pitted from numerous micro-meterorites & lousy maintenace) and had the orange "Star*Trans" logo (with the Republic/Imperial Sunburst where the asterisic is)

anyone want to try and render that?

Like this? But manned and with TIE panels on the shoulder joints perhaps?

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-03-21 04:29am

Yeah that looks about right.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-03-25 07:39pm

Sounds a little like the Ball from Mobile Suit Gundam.

What started out as the SP-W03 Mobile Pod:

...was modified into the RB-79 Ball - of which ~1200 were built by the Earth Federation Space Force during the One Year War for the final assault on the Principality of Zeon's asteroid space fortress A Baoa Qu:

Baron Mordo · Post by **Baron Mordo** » 2003-03-25 09:27pm

Bah, they're both a ripoff of the classic.

Hello, HAL, do you read me?

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2003-03-25 09:31pm

No mention of the RX-76 Gunball?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-03-25 09:38pm

Heh, yeah, pretty much.

Anyway, since this Tie worker pod is just the reverse of the Ball concept (war to civilian rather than civilian to war) a better Gundam analogy would be this:

A Zaku Head construction mobile pod, from the manga Under the Gundam: Double Fake (which has unofficial status, BTW).

Basically take the head of an MS-06 Zaku II and convert the main camera housing into a cockpit, while adding thrusters and manipulator arms.

VF5SS: What the hell are you talking about? I'm a huge Gundam fan, and I've never heard of an "RX-76 Gunball"...

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2003-03-25 10:00pm

Way back on the Gundam Project BBS, I think Mark Simmons mentions that the RX-76 was a prototype ball with Luna-titainium and the whole shabang. Gunball was chosen as a pretty apt title for this unseen beast

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-03-25 10:05pm

Ah, I see.

You were on Gundam Project, too? Heh, small world.

drifter god · Post by **drifter god** » 2003-03-27 11:31pm

i really miss that site, it was one of my favorits, his art was great

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