Wow! I posted on your welcome thread, wondering what you've been working on, before seeing this.
EsDoc - this ship is gorgeous! Fantastic! Other than repainting it, as if that were not enough, and the Cerberus on the bow, did you make other changes to it?
Maximus, I believe the figure is Cerberus - In Greek mythology, the three-headed watchdog who guards the entrance to the lower world, the Hades.