Pirate Snub Fighter (For 3D Printing & CGI)

Somehow this model has overtaken my other projects and leapfrogged to the front of the queue and has been completed. Inspired by space vehicles that appeared in the Star Wars Disney+ show The Mandalorian Season 3, I wanted to fast track this model and get it out there while the last season of Mando was still fresh in people's minds. Appearing in a few key sequences and episodes of the show, this was the spacecraft used by the Pirate Raiders to terrorise Nevarro. Cool as they look, they were no match for Mando in his shiny new N-1 Starfighter.

Engaging in research to see if I could discover what ship the Pirate Snub Fighters were, because they looked somewhat familiar to me, I concluded that these were most likely a modern take on a space fighter that appeared in one of the old X-Wing PC games, the R-41 Starchaser. On gathering screenshots of the starfighter, and concept art of it from the end credits, I realised that with the research I'd done, I could probably pull off a pretty accurate model of the ship.

And so the work commenced. It would have been done earlier if not for the likes of Star Wars Celebration and a few other festivities over the month, but today I finally wrapped this up and could call it done. It is not necessarily entirely accurate to what you see on screen, but it is accurate as I could make it given the reference currently available, and I have taken a little creative licence in a few places. Nevertheless, I think you'll find this to be the most accurate depiction of this ship currently out there, and I hope you'll enjoy it on release.

Now, in a similar fashion to that Alien Hunter Shuriken Weapon model that is also being currently worked on, this project is leading with a version of the asset designed to be 3D printed. So it has been broken up into parts like a kit, and all the meshes are watertight so as to work in the real world. The asset design stage is now finished, and the parts have been sent off to be test printed so that tweaks can be made if necessary, parts can be further broken down if needed, to optimise the 3D printing process of the asset, and hopefully with a little luck this will soon be ready to go to market. I'm really excited about this one, and can't wait to see the first 3D parts roll off the production line. Once this is done I will work on a CGI version which will be optimised for CG use, but will most likely also gain some additional features such as landing gear, and perhaps a cockpit interior. So watch out for that as well as the 3D printable version.

Here's a couple of work in progress images for you to enjoy. Keep your eyes peeled for the release, and once again, many thanks to my partner on this project, who will be providing test prints to help prototype this model for market. Exciting times ahead people.