arkSapiens: Remember the size of this thing - I don't think that the armoured shell will actually be a single armoured panel, no matter what it looks like at this distance.
Nice to see a deviation from the common-or-garden battlestars that have been floating around. Reminds me a lot of the construction (concept) of some of my ships from one of my RPG universes, though of course the ship-shape is totally different.
Nice start tan.j - how far along in completion is this thing?