i can't figure out how to make the final picture look awesome so i'm going to stop here

this ship has also been mistaken for leaves and sea shells...................

Centre ship
https://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...52_3131471.jpg

Wing ship
https://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._1310653_n.jpg

small scale battle
https://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._4727452_n.jpg


inspired by Bahamut Retsu
https://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy...hamutRetsu.jpg
and Berserk Fury
https://www.zoidsevolution.net/new_ce...rserkFury3.jpg

Dango: the shield is just a wave texture and the wave was used as a bump map too, it did have refractions but even at 1.001 refraction the ship inside got screwed up pretty bad...