I love this design. Even though it gives the impression that the body is devided into sections, it is not. The armor plating is actually used to slow/stop the ship in FTL drive. Cannon comes out the front. From top the design is elegant and simple which is important.
The only problem we are encountering is where to puth the brdige. In the story Captain Ford has access to the for and aft windows. In this rendering the bridge is under the front nose of the vessel. There is no Aft window.
This one looks like a shelfish combined with a blue whale. I like the design but the functionality looks as if it would be swimming through space. Instead of independantly moving parts, it needs to have one body. I am digging the arial view concept.
These designs are from Dustin Glauser who has graciously said yes to designing the box art and logo for the game. Above is concept art for both the Mayflower and the Andromeda. I have already chosen my two designs for the game.
More of Dustin's artwork can be found here: http://dustintheray.weebly.com/