Overhaul Tier 1 and 2 buildings.

[Whirligig Girl]

Personally, I really don't like the Tier 1 and 2 space centers. Too much brown and blues. Doesn't really fit with the space center aesthetic that it should be going for. So the main styles I have here are as follows:

-Converted Industrial Farm (VAB is a grain elevator, maybe not the best idea. Coal mine facility might be better) The low-cost, cheap, but well put together style I was aiming for reflects the RT-5 and RT-10 SRBs. They don't look like junk, and neither should the VAB.

-Alternate Tier 0 (not pictured): Coal (or maybe Ore??) Mine facility repurposed as a space center. They would have all the machinery already there for construction, and some decently big buildings.

-Rocket Testing Grounds (Like Penemunde perhaps. Brown bricks are okay here, but grey concrete might look even better.) Looks entirely neato with the prototype-like liquid fueled rockets of Jeb's Junkyard.

-1950s Rocketpunk Spaceport (From the 1954 Disneyland Tomorrowland documentary Man In Space) Fits the part for the retro-looking Rockomax parts. I really liked the design when I saw it in Man-In-Space, and I figure it could be used as a VAB. In the top image above, you can see the Mission Control Center. It's a blockhouse, which is also seen in the Man-In-Space documentary. It was also designed to look good with the derelict island airport.

-Cape Canaveral space center with real-looking VAB. Looks great with Kerbodyne Saturn/SLS-like parts. No changes would be needed here, we already have the wonderfully brilliant design by Bac9.

There are a whole host of problems with the space centers we got. Texture holes, sub-par quality, Kerbals clipping through ground objects, floating paint lines, conflicting art style with stock parts, etc. It's not horrible, and its a heck of a lot better than the pictures we were shown of the Barn. But it really does feel like it was hastily made, a bit rushed, and not done with as much love and care as Bac9's Tier 3 Space Center from 0.21/22.

I realize it may seem to be a bit too late to redo an entire art asset like this, but it is possible, and I think it could be done a lot better.

Edited August 9, 2015 by GregroxMun

[Alshain]

Certainly nice drawings, I can't read your handwriting though. I too try to upgrade buildings in a new career first thing, not because I want the new abilities, but because I can't stand looking at the ugly Tier 1 and 2.

[Whirligig Girl]

Certainly nice drawings, I can't read your handwriting though.

Neither can I. Mostly just a literal description of what it is, so it's not really needed. It has mostly been described in better detail in the description in the OP.

[CaptainTurbomuffin]

I love that you match the builddings' style with the similar-tier rocket parts

[Borisbee]

The top tier buildings were done by B9 who does incredible work and it's why they look so amazing. The other tiers are rather ugly in comparison.

[JethroReading]

I'm pretty sure the devs have said that the tier 1 and 2 designs are by no means final- they are gonna bring back the barn, once they've improved it

Just an aside, did anyone else really dislike the Bac9 criticism of the designs when they came out? Like, he left the team, you can't then just go "Oh, your work's no where near as good as mine!"

[Whirligig Girl]

I'm pretty sure the devs have said that the tier 1 and 2 designs are by no means final- they are gonna bring back the barn, once they've improved it

Just an aside, did anyone else really dislike the Bac9 criticism of the designs when they came out? Like, he left the team, you can't then just go "Oh, your work's no where near as good as mine!"

I think they let him go.