[Min KSP: 1.12.2] Deep Space Exploration Vessels - Build NASA Inspired Ships In KSP

[Angelo Kerman]

Making progress on the new Homestead module:

This version is not as wide as the previous version, and I've cut the windows in and unwrapped the mesh. Now it's just a matter of texturing it. With luck I'll have it and the remaining parts done before 1.3.1 is released, but I'm running out of time.

[Angelo Kerman]

Exterior is nearly done:

[Bottle Rocketeer 500]

@Angel-125 What modelling software do you use?

[Angelo Kerman]

Just now, Bottle Rocketeer 500 said:

@Angel-125 What modelling software do you use?

3DS Max, Photoshop CS6, and Unity. Plus many years of practice...

[Bottle Rocketeer 500]

OK, got it.

[Kosmonaut]

How is it that literally everything you do is cool

[Sudragon]

2 hours ago, Kosmonaut said:

How is it that literally everything you do is cool

"Plus many years of practice"

[Just Jim]

14 minutes ago, Sudragon said:

"Plus many years of practice"

Yeah, it really shows!!!  

[Angelo Kerman]

Exterior: Done!

This is my first skinned mesh animation for KSP!

[Angelo Kerman]

Ok, not quite done:

Have to match the color scheme of the other station parts. Needs more tweaks but almost there.

[Krakatoa]

22 minutes ago, Angel-125 said:

Exterior: Done!

-snip-

This is my first skinned mesh animation for KSP!

These are lookin' brilliant! Which form factor is the connection on these?

[Angelo Kerman]

3 hours ago, Krakatoa said:

These are lookin' brilliant! Which form factor is the connection on these?

Thanks! Just a bit more to do... The end connections are 2.5m, same as the other station components.

[Angelo Kerman]

Almost there..

Edited October 1, 2017 by Angel-125

[Angelo Kerman]

Got the exterior of the new Homestead done:

This is the new Kopernicus reference design, based on NASA's Copernicus spacecraft.

Edited October 1, 2017 by Angel-125

[Kosmonaut]

I can't wait for this to be done, not only for this, but because the NAUTILUS-X is next

[Angelo Kerman]

Getting there, might not have the props done before 1.3.1 drops, but the IVA is mostly done:

Pilot's station:

Command deck's engineering station:

Science deck:

Hab Deck:

Those girders are needed to support the structure..

[Krakatoa]

21 minutes ago, Angel-125 said:

Getting there, might not have the props done before 1.3.1 drops, but the IVA is mostly done:

Pilot's station:

 

Command deck's engineering station:

 

Science deck:

 

Hab Deck:

 

Those girders are needed to support the structure..

I really like the industrial interiors. Would you consider giving the internal lights the same changeability of the GondOffice?

[Angelo Kerman]

Tried to consider its use as a set for stories by @JustJim and @adsii1970 when making the overlay:

The Homestead can be used as a command pod- it requires a crew of two- but it's not as sophisticated as a dedicated part like the Clydesdale Orbital Command Pod.

@Krakatoa There will be a conference phone in the hab deck.

[Angelo Kerman]

And finally, the props:

Stock:

ASET:

Secure ice cream eating communications mode:

[Just Jim]

2 hours ago, Angel-125 said:

Tried to consider its use as a set for stories by @JustJim and @adsii1970 when making the overlay:

Oh... wow... thank you! And I'm planning a major asteroid base rebuild... I am going to have so much fun with these!!!  

10 minutes ago, Angel-125 said:

And finally, the props:

Oh, man.... those ASET consoles are sweet!!!

[Abpilot]

Will the Hermes be implemented along your track because at one stage at the time the Martian was made it was going to be the means of transport for about a week then they scraped it.

dunno why but lol.

[Angelo Kerman]

2 minutes ago, Abpilot said:

Will the Hermes be implemented along your track because at one stage at the time the Martian was made it was going to be the means of transport for about a week then they scraped it.

dunno why but lol.

Wasn't planning on it, but you can sort of make it using existing parts and the almost complete Odyssey Two release. Odyssey Three will have most of what you need to make a kerbalized version of this:

 

That is NASA's NAUTILUS-X. I'm planning on making the hexagonal corridor (which also forms the hangars), adapter pieces, the radially attached command pod, and centrifuge with 2.5m core. Possibly the solar arrays and a big thruster plate as well (though you could just cluster tanks for that). No VASMIR engine though, it's thrust is too low for that. I'm looking at a different engine.. Here's my concept craft:

You don't really need the thruster plate , and that would reduce part bloat. Also, the D2 modules will have a mesh switch option to wrap them in hex panels to form that long corridor. The hex hangars will be just large enough to fit a 3.75m module...

 

[Abpilot]

1 minute ago, Angel-125 said:

Wasn't planning on it, but you can sort of make it using existing parts and the almost complete Odyssey Two release. Odyssey Three will have most of what you need to make a kerbalized version of this:

 

That is NASA's NAUTILUS-X. I'm planning on making the hexagonal corridor (which also forms the hangars), adapter pieces, the radially attached command pod, and centrifuge with 2.5m core. Possibly the solar arrays and a big thruster plate as well (though you could just cluster tanks for that). No VASMIR engine though, it's thrust is too low for that. I'm looking at a different engine.. Here's my concept craft:

You don't really need the thruster plate , and that would reduce part bloat. Also, the D2 modules will have a mesh switch option to wrap them in hex panels to form that long corridor. The hex hangars will be just large enough to fit a 3.75m module...

 

ok thx!

will it come with the robotic arm or do I have to get Infernal robotics?

[Angelo Kerman]

3 minutes ago, Abpilot said:

ok thx!

will it come with the robotic arm or do I have to get Infernal robotics?

You'll need Infernal Robotics.

[Abpilot]

Just now, Angel-125 said:

You'll need Infernal Robotics.

OK then thx!