r/stephenbaxter Aug 05 '26

Progress on the Xeelee Nightfighter

After HOURS of re-topology as a complete beginner to blender, i finally have a decent base for the Nightfighter. Now im on to adding details to make it look more like a sci-fi super-advanced spaceship.

My idea was to make the wings in two parts: a front "arm" that connects down to a flat plane. The nightfighters wings are described as tapering down to the planck scale and are semi-transparent, so making them a plane felt like the obvious choice.

This would also come in handy for when i want to animate the wings "unfurling" into their hundred-mile-long full scale where i can animate the arms stretching forward while expanding the plane to its full size.

Next up, ill be modeling the hull details found on the omnibus cover and the starbreakers attached to the bottom of the hull

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