Custom First Order TIE Bomber

[@Coridimus]

Personally, I completely bought this as being an official design.

[@vts0361]

Coridimus same.

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

It's offical if you want to make it legends :P

[@alem1655]

To me, all his ship designs are canon.

[@Sphendrana]

looks just like a wider silencer lol

[@logankreiger2597]

This ship is in the final episode of Star Wars resistance

[@Agonis100]

Awesome design! I'd love to see it made canon.

[@blueburger4938]

They used it in empire at war yoden mod

[@drakeredwingofficial]

hey, they just might at some point, the TIE Vector is now canon, renamed the TIE Dagger to make it a bit more threatening-sounding

[@moizism8348]

aannnd there's a canon First Order Bomber starwars.fandom.com/wiki/First_Order_TIE_bomber

[@parkedcar3411]

Looks better than what we got

[@jedig2560]

It's amazing how the fan designed ships of the "New Trilogy" era look so much cooler and creative than what Disney has made. This is a prime example of what Disney could have done with their designs, instead they recolored old ships or made giant flying pizzas of doom. Great model EC Henry, it's design and thought process is truly astounding.

[@StuartLugsden]

Disney did not make it. It was Lucasfilm.

[@xiaolitang150]

But Disney bought Lucasfilm so you can say that Disney made it.

[@ufukcangencoglu2279]

People still fall to this "fan designs are better so Disney sucks" fallacy. When you have a large enough fanbase (Which Star Wars definitely has) some fan designs are bound to be better than official designs. That doesn't prove anything about the officials designs being bad.

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

@@ufukcangencoglu2279 I beg to differ, at least when Disney took over

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

Disney has no creativity, most of the new ships you see in the recent films are taken from original concept art, for example the new x-wing design, is actually Ralph McQuarrie's original x-wing concept art.... some of the new books even have stolen art..... Though this is more on the fault of the licensee than Disney.

[@forrestpenrod2294]

That's hot. Close in resemblence to the orginal but extraordinarily differnt. Love it to death.

[@potatokilr7789]

Just as it should be

[@0rdmantell]

As Director Krennic would say, "It's beautiful!" There isn't a thing about your design that I don't like. I wouldn't mind adding a model of it to my collection. Well done!

[@4523167098]

This is why the TIE is my all-time favourite ship design - it allows for so much variation and creative enhancement while still maintaining the TIE look/feel.

[@thetruestarwarsnerd4684]

I love your custom-made starfighters

[@justagecko]

I love how the wings emulate the Y-wing's while remaining mostly identical to Kylo's. It fits that Star Wars design language of having a distinct look from others in its line while drawing on the TIE and Y-wing Bomber designs

[@knightofalleble9841]

DUDE. This might be my favorite TIE design ever, either official or fan-made. So beautiful, and meshes very well with what we have seen on-screen.

[@braderickson9996]

Nice design, like the way you approached it, comparing abilities to the B-25.

[@Fingeroo]

I was just thinking about the first order's lack of a dedicated bomber this morning. Creepy!

[@luminarimoon8635]

Love this design, Practical and robust, enabling it to play roles in anti-fighter, anti-corvette and anti-capital ship operations. A good answer the the B-Wing bomber and is likely cheaper than the Tie Defender which plays to the Empire/First order doctrine of quantity over quality (though in this case i'd say this model is quality).

[@RoRototo493]

Glad you did this. You gave it more life and logic than the ships in the movie. They all lasted 5 seconds, had little relevance and got poorly used in the plot. Thanks for your hard work. People like you keep the canon alive.

[@Jack_Stafford]

Just a friendly bit of feedback, you don't take things on yourself, you take things upon yourself. Great animations and information and conjecture! Excellent content as always!

[@Zeknif1]

I was thinking... with that empty space on the back end of the wings, couldn't you set a laser turret at the ends of the wing strut in a way that would allow them to shoot to the front (But not center), out to the sides, and then also to the rear through the gap to cover the bomber's 6 o'clock? Using computers to restrict fire to prevent it from hitting the solar panel strut at the wing tip?

[@chilichongoes9577]

It's crazy how much more creativity comes out of a fan than a whole crew of people hired and paid

[@FlipDarkFuture]

Fantastic work on the model man, I love how such small design choices lead to a wildly different look. It also kind of makes the First Order TIE Bomber to be a much more aggressive ship than the Empire's bomber, given that the First Order wants to re-conquer the galaxy, not just suppress it.

[@N0VA_ST0RM]

I would tilt the wings like 20 dagrees towards the top so the turret on the underside would have a better fireing arc from the two port/starbord sides so the wings arn't blocking the turret if that makes sence.

[@martok2112]

That is a sweet redesign, EC. Well done! Looking at your Rebel to Resistance designs, it seems you have kept the new canon philosophy of making the FO ships beefier than the Imperial ships, and the Resistance ships sleeker than the Rebel predecessors. (The latter is honestly something I'm not crazy about. I've never really cared for how the T-70 looks vs the T-65.) Regardless, keep up the great work, EC!

[@irmese06]

Beautiful as usual. If I may, I really think you should consider flipping the wings around. Like, rotate them 180 on the pylons so the gap is forward. Because your current design blocks all peripheral visibility for the pilot. That is what the gaps in Kylo Ren's fighter's wings address and fix. He can see to the sides out of his cockpit. Also, the little ion engines you have at the end of the pylons - those look like the exhaust would just melt that aft vertical piece of the wing right off as soon as they were fired up. Ion engines aren't just little red lights, as you know! They are essentially powerful particle beams! Like Iron Man's chest beam in the comics. The "rings" suspended aft of the exhaust on the Y-wings that inspired you are supposed to be magnetized flow directors, if I recall. They are supposed to change the shape of the exhaust and aid in steering. Your aft piece of wing doesn't have the articulated look like the rear of the Y-wing's engines have, that implies that. Currently, it just looks like part of the wing. A sad, scared, and doomed part of the wing! The only rule I have for fictional designs is -- make me feel like it works. Which is why your channel is one of my favorite subscriptions. Thanks for your carefully-considered designs.

[@jtek2259]

I love this design, you never really see absence of space in tie designs, and that’s some thing that really could’ve made them cooler

[@bleaklydriven2720]

PLEASE keep making these, your original designs are both thought-provoking and fun, adding to the appeal of Star Wars even if they're not canon (they should be though).

[@jamesholland7477]

I've always hated the look of the TIEs. All of them. Until now. Amazing work; this thing just screams badass.

[@odiouspariah]

The First Order bombers just got released

[@__tadpole__8195]

At least the real one isn’t just a recolored empire bomber

[@denvermiller5091]

I think the real one looks pretty slick, too, to be honest. First of the First Order ships that I actually liked the look of.

[@Tar-Numendil]

That is so badass! The only thing I would do differently is put two of those turrets on it. One where you put it and one directly above it on the top.

[@earnestbrown6524]

Love it.

[@lordgnk8695]

I help with maintenance of a B-25J near where I live in South Saint Paul. It’s the Miss Mitchell and it’s the most authentic and complete B-25J in the world if I am correct, all of it’s seats are original b25 seats (where as one in Texas has a bench in it and 2 airline seats from a 737). And if what I see when I google b25 it’s might be the most popular/well known. Although it isn’t the close air support variant like the 25H you base your design off of, it’s still cool seeing you utilize something I know very well mechanically. And it’d have to say you nailed it pretty well.

[@wgtgs5409]

1:54 may I ask why though? The in universe answer to why the interceptor and silencer wing has gaps like that is to expand the pilot’s peripheral vision from what he would otherwise have a harder time seeing in something like the standard LN

[@MorgensternX]

I like your design a lot and the wing evolution from the Silencer is excellent. That said I can't help but be remind that "The camel is a racehorse built by committee." You can't simultaneously say "I wanted to add small guns to shoot fighters" and "I put a turret on it because something that slow needs one." The turret makes sense. The heavy cannons to threaten corvette and fixed targets make sense. The chin and wing guns make no sense. Its "beefy" not nimble, so its not gonna be dogfighting. Their inclusion is pure weight drag and power drain to no effect and added cost that does not serve mission or likely deployment. I'd dump all six of the minor guns.

[@曾子齊-i6i]

The cutouts in the wings also made it finally possible to get a good firing arc for the rear facing cannons.

[@tolkien6666]

This is a great example of making a successor to a previous ship look different and yet still clearly based on the predecessor's design, unlike sequel trilogy's ties which just have a new paint job

[@thelegoguy7]

I really like so many things that you do with the time bomber, like the rear turret, the heavy laser cannons, and the shape and filled in middle that you did. The only thing I think is redundant is the wing mounted laser cannons. I think it has plenty of guns and armaments on your model and the wing ones are redundant. Love the videos man!

[@spaceonisorceress4406]

I would argue that the wingtip cannons are actually just fine, since they'd be for anti-starfighter use like the chin cannons. Since the TIE Bomber is likely going to be less maneuverable than any Starfighter it is shooting at, having a wider coverage on its smaller, faster weapons would be good; more chances of actually hitting the target without needing to out-turn it :)

[@genobreaker1054]

The one thing I think would improve this is putting the turret on top instead of under. Particularly on a bombing run in Star Wars, interceptors trying to shoot it down would likely be attacking from above, not below. That said, aesthetically, this is a work of art.

[@toriasdax2166]

I like it, it looks cool and it looks like something the First Order would use.

[@ImNtDead]

This design reminds me of WWII heavy fighter planes like the P-38 and the Mosquito. If the First Order had these in The Last Jedi those resistance bombers wouldn't have gotten anywhere near the dreadnought. Fantastic design I love it.

[@RedXlV]

2:54 The classic TIE Bomber's original shooting model clearly doesn't have any guns under the cockpit (the traditional TIE gun location), but I'd always assumed those two circles in the central hull section (connecting the cockpit and bomb bay sections) were firing ports for the laser cannons.

[@WatchVidsMakeLists]

Now that we finally have a canon FO bomber courtesy of Resistance (or the comics, idk which came first), it's cool to see the similarities and differences between your design and Lucasfilm's. Both bombers have beefier centers, wing-tip blaster cannons, and a more aerodynamic look than the Imperial TIE/sa. Your bomber is more sleek (though the inverted interceptor-style wings of the canon design come close) and has much more firepower. For what it's worth though, I love both designs. And considering their are 74,000 TIE variants between canon and legends, I have no problem imagining both bombers in the service of the First Order.

[@VicMorrowsGhost]

You did really well keeping the surface details visible when everything is coloured with shades of dark grey.

[@theangryMD]

i love that you know world war 2 aircraft and are staying true to GL's original vision of star wars being world war 2 in space in terms of combat mechanics.

[@Evelyn-qt3hi]

you need to be hired for some Star Wars show or upcoming movie(s) because your designs are incredible and worthy of official recognition

[@kirknay]

I can't help but look at those filled in wing tips, and immediately scream atmospheric YAW control.

[@P2501-y6u]

Gorgeous! The spaces in the wing remind me of the P-38 Lightening or even the Wright brothers' plane haha

[@ballisticm0use72]

The one change I would make is to extend the back of the ship a bit, and add a turret to this extension that could shoot through the holes in the wings to better defend the sides of the ship

[@rogelioquintela1089]

Amazing!!! I love your ship designs, please continue uploading more of this!!

[@TYNexus0717]

could you redesign the resistance bomber? i always thought that a bigger Y wing with bubble turrets and innner hallways would fit a B-17 better.

[@christaylor3236]

nexus8462 The Resistance bomber is absolutely stupid. How can you drop bombs in space?? Y-wings can at least fire torpedoes at its target and has a primary laser system to take out other starfighters. The Resistance bomber doesn't have that. It just seems like an outdated design to me.

[@alexboehm3919]

Chris Taylor the bombs in the resistance bomber are electromagnetically propelled out of the ship, that’s the official explanation. Even if they weren’t electromagnetically propelled they would still fall even though the ship is in space, due to their being gravity on board the bomber

[@georgeofhamilton]

+Chris Taylor First of all, it is somewhat of an outdated design, considering the status of the Resistance. Second of all, the MG-100 ("Resistance bomber") has a larger payload by at least an order of magnitude. And what do you mean by "primary laser system"?

[@bradhedgehog12]

Chris Taylor your right about having y wings or better bombers like the b wing or k wing. But for the bombs you say being dropped in space. Let me clear it up. Proton bombs are free fall bombs. So you can drop em even in space.

[@bradhedgehog12]

OptimalOptimus50 I agree for the y wing

[@RocketHarry865]

another advantage of opening up the backs of the solar panel wings is that now the swivel turret now has a greater firing arc so it can defend itself not just against fighters attacking directly from behind but also from a side angle

[@Aikarasu226]

This design makes more sense than the one we got, good stuff!

[@ToonamiT0M]

Looks great. Suggestion: make the cockpit more angled and square like Kylo Ren's personal TIE. That could give First Order versions a more distinct look from Imperial versions aside from a color change.

[@BoisegangGaming]

I love this! It's terrifying to think of the damage this could do against both New Republic structures on the ground and capital ships. I would have made it have at least an Ion Cannon or two along with its heavy cannons, but other than that, it's armed pretty much to the teeth and looks amazing. I love the wing cut-outs, since they give it a stark visual contrast to the otherwise meh-looking FO Tie Bomber(canon) and Tie Fighter. The only other suggestion I have is it should have had a second turret on the top to provide full coverage against incoming fighters. I could see this thing screeching across a star battlefield, ripping up smaller ships with its turret and pounding at enemy capital ships with its heavy cannons and bombs. It would be kind of funny if the heavy cannons were more or less the same found on AT-ATs or Star Destroyers, which would fit the B-52-style you were going for. I can see this being a "Special Forces" or "Heavy TIE bomber" like the TIE Punisher.

[@cmedtheuniverseofcmed8775]

One thing nice with the Star Wars Resistance show is that they are bringing in starfighters that we have not yet seen in the movies. This includes the T-85 X-Wing used by the New Republic, the First Order TIE Interceptor, and hopefully we will see other fighters like the First Order Bomber.

[@kris220b]

Yes there is guns on it, they are just all internal. If you look at the top section of the block joining up the 2 tubes of the TIE bomber, there is 2 rounded off squares, with a small hole in each, thats the cannons.

[@michaelhanson8296]

OMG thank you Ive been wracking my mind over what a FO tie bomber would look like

[@TadeoDOria]

An amazing design! The only thing I would change is to put the turret behind the hull rather than below it. The way it is now, there's a huge blind spot at the rear, and the ship's basically defenseless when engaging in ground bombing such as at the very beginning of the video. Even placing the turret on top would provide more coverage in that situation.

[@lordmortos979]

The center heavy guns are beautiful

[@sethyeates1530]

That's one of cools designs I have seen for a tie

[@TruePacifist201]

Holy shit... this is freakin' awesome! Nice job.

[@kairon156]

The controlls in the cockpit must be a bit overwhelming.

[@randomdude5558]

add a co-pilot

[@Cyarrick1]

If he is going with the Liberator/ WWII strat bomber philosophy I'd bet this thing has a crew of 3-4 (pilot, bombardier, navigator/comms, gunner )

[@KennyisLB]

aye in this config, seems you would need a pilot and gunner/bomber seating.

[@CzornyLisek]

Real live modern military planes and helis easily go with one person doing everything. Flying plane while simultaneously, fighting other planes, ground targets, firing countermeasures ect. No reason why sci fi ship could not do that.

[@KuraIthys]

That's what automation is for. Though flying an aircraft can be pretty overwhelming at the best of times (source: I fly light aircraft), it's usually pretty manageable, and I don't think this is going to be vastly more complex to fly than a fairly large number of real-world military craft. If a single pilot can handle an A-10 warthog, (have you SEEN the cockpit of one of those? 0_o), I'm sure they can manage one of these...

[@darkninjacorporation]

This definitely feels like a sort of heavy CAS ship, with so many front facing guns and cannons, along with the payload capacity for bombs, missiles, and rockets. Like a space-Warthog

[@P4Tri0t420]

I Love your Model, just like all of your Star Wars Models. *But* The only thing that i noticed is that your Model does not look like the Model seen in Episode 8. *But* That makes your Videos not Bad, your work is Great and i hope to see more ♡ First Order or Resistance Capital Ships Models would be breathtaking 😚

[@Tayvin4042]

TIE Devastator! That was the name that jumped out at me.

[@lucofparis4819]

Really cool looking and effective design, dude. I like it. It's kind of weird that the midsection guns can't really move, but if they happen to be anti capital ship cannons, that's perfect.

[@georgeofhamilton]

You mean the two guns right in between the two hulls?

[@lucofparis4819]

George Hamilton Yup

[@georgeofhamilton]

Well, he drew it from a real-life example of a stationary mounted gun, so I don't think it's much of a stretch of logic.

[@thesmashgamer4896]

In two days!! In only two!

[@roberthobson5005]

Mr. EC Henry, you were mentioned, featured actually, on IO9. Great job.

[@thomasmchugh1989]

We finally got to see the official and I've got to say... I like yours more!

[@doczolfer3523]

I wish you could send this idea to Disney and Lucasflim, I love it!

[@TheVeritas1]

I second you sending this to Disney.

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

No no no so much NO

[@Xindi71]

As a first year concept art student I really love this design and the thought process the and the beefier angular shape. it really does look like a well thought out formidable design

[@TheMegamaster44]

Awesome design and if you need an in universe reason rot the gaps in the side panels it's so the turret on the but can have a wider firing ark

[@VestedUTuber]

A space-faring tactical bomber inspired in part by my favorite Warbird, the B25? This is exactly what Star Wars needs. You never really see ships like this in the setting but there's a huge hole in pretty much everyone's fleets without it.

[@Linkman95]

Just discovered your channel, love the designs. Others have mentioned improvements to the rear facing turret, but I think the best improvement is to fully remove the central panel and move the turret to center of the bomber. That gives the turret a wide horizontal firing arc, and a wide vertical firing arc.

[@darrylsmith7871]

I love this design, and the tie-in with the B-25 antishipping mods. Now we need to see your take on the TIE Defender.

[@wyattvanthul8893]

Who needs disney’s designers when there’s people like you

[@maxbrandt6]

Awesome new TIE Bomber, looks like it could really stay in a fight.

[@ScareCrow43]

Thats so awesome man well done 👍

[@zenebean]

I love how smooth this ship looks. Less like a brick and more like a punisher

[@Tayvin4042]

Gorgeous. Love the additional firepower it has. Definitely would not want a squadron of these barreling down on my ship if I was a starship captain.

[@seajaye9540]

I love your designs and the backstories you create for them. They are well thought out backstories coupled with amazing designs. Honestly the only thing here I have concern with, the background colour on the screen. Lightening up the background around a very dark vehicle would let me see some of the details better. Outside of this, 100% loving the First Order Tie Bomber, dude ! 👍

[@TJtheBrickwright]

Hey, thanks for designing this, i built a Lego version of it, and i have you to thank for such a great idea! I'll try to send a pic on Instagram or something, but I'll have a video uploaded today showing it off:) again, way awesome design!

[@RexExLiberi]

Your designs are always ALWAYS ace

[@randomperson9448]

this ship seems like it whould be just as better in dogfights than the standard FO TIE, and that's not even its intended purpose!

[@vgames1543]

Cool, would like to see a making of, a tutorial or so. Watching you design and make something like this step by step.

[@xXxLegolas007xXx]

Should be canon ! Looks so awsome !

[@omarbaba9892]

The first order already has a tie bomber and tbh I like it better then this one

[@beholder9]

I really like the nod to the Legends Scimitar Assault Bombers.

[@Taron_HaiTar]

*For many of us, and especially for me, this and all other your designs SHOULD be put into Canon!* Also modded into all fitting Star Wars games, especially RTS ones, with Prime Example being Empire at War! Your designs are just *that* good! More than enough to be put into Canon! I like this TIE-Bomber design ALOT, it fills that void of First Order Bomber role perfectly!

[@ryanmeakins2993]

your work never fails to inspire

[@WolfeSaber]

Your design may yet be come canon

[@thebudgieadmiral5140]

Looks like it could perform close air support very well. This reminds me a bit of an A-10.

[@justinvanvolkenburg5298]

That is a nice design. I like it and want to see a LEGO Version.

[@vger9084]

The Y-wing esque solar panels are neat, but I'd have filled them in. I get that the cut outs around the cockpit are for expanded pilot visibility. Do the cut outs hamper a TIEs Maneuverability?

[@jooot_6850]

A+ on these comparisons to real world fighting vehicles man

[@jeremybuxman7555]

I like it. I'm actually wondering if you could put another weapons pod on the other side of the cockpit, to do a big B-2 style heavy bomber.

[@xknoewx]

This is down right gorgeous! Amazing work.

[@m4sherman340]

The B-25 you’re taking about is the PBJ-1H which also was equipped other offensive armament including 8 12.7mm (0.5in) M2 browning mg. 4 in the nose and 4 in the cheeks below the cockpit.

[@KuraIthys]

Interesting design. The wing arrangement really makes me think of the earliest aircraft made for some reason, but also some of the twin-tail designs. It's got visual elements vaguely reminiscent of the Wright flyer, certain kinds of box kites, and something like a p-38 (the comparison to twin hull/tail boom aircraft is of course also aided by the fact that the tie bomber design already had a twin hull arrangement anyway.) Certainly very distinct visually, so... Overall, yeah. Really impressive.

[@Bored_Kaga]

Looks very much like something that I would be making hundreds of in the future with the right technology and materials.

[@brandonorsini3396]

This man can make Star Wars good again with his design.

[@pantherapardus1398]

Well done my friend I believe I've seen your TIE design in fan/concept art for the ST.

[@squeakersquad3339]

love your designs always practical and beautiful

[@mrcyberpunk]

dude that looks awesome. I like this channel.

[@rciafardone]

Amazing design. Looks great. Suggestion: Since you left that space open on the wings, how about instead of a double cannon turret below, you add 2 independent single cannon turrets on the back, they would no longer b able to fire forward but could be used to defend the back and the sides.

[@sommerrachelle8369]

Him: said all negative spaces have been filled in, making more sturdy and robust. The ship: literally has giant rectangles in the wings