Croc on a Spaceship!

Ok, so in keeping with my promise to keep you guys up to date with more varied projects I'm working on, here are some previz renders of a ship I'm developing for a short film shot by Columbia film students. The story has a Christian religious theme so I'm working on creating a ship that channels some architectural elements from cathedrals and other religious structures- such as buttresses, spires, arches, etc. Even the cross shape was inspired by a classical layout of a cathedral. The quicktime is a test of the engine propulsion system and power generator. We tried to stay away from a classic, massive thruster engine, we even experimented with a solar sail concept (didn't work out). We wanted something more elegant.
The first image was the first previz render I made with annotations, which I emailed to the director. The next renders are successive iterations of the design.

And what about the Gator? Well, I'm going to revamp my Crocodile David model with displacement from Mudbox as well as a video background with HDR lighting. I wanted to make it look more impressive; I noticed that the projects I'm developing now will really outshine it and I wanted to make sure to keep it up to date. Because I like it.