This is an Imagine object of a Tie Interceptor, the attack
ships used by the Empire in Return of the Jedi.  The ship is
designed, in most respects, to the original Tie Fighter. 
However, the "wings" have been modified, giving it a more
streamline look.

The object was modelled from a $12.00 model set produced by
MPC ERTL.  Since there was no scale documented with the
model, I had to create one myself.  Thus, 1 millimeter of the
model equals 1 unit in Imagine.  I have seen several Imagine
objects in the Star Wars theme, but none impressed me;
mostly, they were very basic and had little or no detail. 
This created problems for me, since I need enough detail for
close-passes in my animations while keeping rendering time
under an eternity...I compromised.  The object contains
enough detail to impress people yet doesn't take forever to
render.  In addition, I searched through my collection of
objects and used a very simple humanoid object as a pilot.

The object is stored as a group.  The reason is twofold:
First, if you want to experiment, simply ungroup the object
and modify the colours/textures of the individual parts. 
Second, if you want to use Imagine's Fireworks(explode)
feature, the effect is great if you explode the individual
parts instead of the object as a whole.

The object is freeware.  You may do with it what you want in
terms of altering it and using it, as long as I am given
credit for the many hours of work I put into creating the
object.  However, I would like to hear from some of you who
like and/or use the object.  Send me a postcard or a disk
containing something you have created (an object, or an
animation even).

Send to:
Paul Thompson
301 - 345 Lonsdale Road
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
M5P 1R5


Look for the following objects which I am currently working
on:

Y-Wing Fighter
A-Wing Fighter
Imperial Star Destroyer
Imperial Death Star
Imperial A.T.A.T. Walker
Klingon Bird of Prey