I wanted to share some thoughts and ideas for station cosmetics beyond Interior overrides and solid colors for the whole rainbow:
For paintjobs, You can also pull from most of the selection for Fleet carriers and get some fantastic results, but I think another great source of inspiration are IRL murals people paint on buildings. Someone may have painted a bunch of flowers on the side of an ocellus or asteroid base for example, or maybe the local pirate faction painted a big shark or snake (Or ancient galleon) on theirs. This would be a great space to also show off some of the unique flora and fauna from Elite's universe! At minimum i think it'd be amazing to drop into a big orbis with birds painted on the side
Interior overrides are another obvious one, but i'd also like to toss out the idea of hybrid interiors. Top half of the station is lets say Agricultural, bottom half is Hightech. When you fly in and land on the agri side you can look up to see the city, or vice versa. These would fit wonderfully for hybrid economy stations like a gas giant's default Industrial/Hightech layout.
Getting a version for the contraband economy would also be quite fun, it could have little forts or layers of buildings built up on the inside, or a bunch of random junk half-blocking the landing pads
Finally, a ship kit equivalent for stations could be fun too! Science equipment or sensors on the outside, bits of thargoid hull glued to it, big metal spikes for a proper raider hideout. That kind of thing! It'd further help to customize your station and give it a distinct theme.
For paintjobs, You can also pull from most of the selection for Fleet carriers and get some fantastic results, but I think another great source of inspiration are IRL murals people paint on buildings. Someone may have painted a bunch of flowers on the side of an ocellus or asteroid base for example, or maybe the local pirate faction painted a big shark or snake (Or ancient galleon) on theirs. This would be a great space to also show off some of the unique flora and fauna from Elite's universe! At minimum i think it'd be amazing to drop into a big orbis with birds painted on the side
Interior overrides are another obvious one, but i'd also like to toss out the idea of hybrid interiors. Top half of the station is lets say Agricultural, bottom half is Hightech. When you fly in and land on the agri side you can look up to see the city, or vice versa. These would fit wonderfully for hybrid economy stations like a gas giant's default Industrial/Hightech layout.
Getting a version for the contraband economy would also be quite fun, it could have little forts or layers of buildings built up on the inside, or a bunch of random junk half-blocking the landing pads
Finally, a ship kit equivalent for stations could be fun too! Science equipment or sensors on the outside, bits of thargoid hull glued to it, big metal spikes for a proper raider hideout. That kind of thing! It'd further help to customize your station and give it a distinct theme.