Hello,
Thank you for the previews ! This mod looks promising !
I have a suggestion : could you change the lateral inclination of the ship ? The bow looks too much sunk into the water. The model should be turn 1,5° on the X axis.
Do you see what I mean ?
I guess that it will be necessary to rework a bit the UV map after that. About the texture, could it be possible to add a mask of the metallic slabs of the hull ? Like on this drawing :