Well, I decided to go ahead and post a few of my ship designs. In mine, I'll try to make use of the new 1.1 Beta rotation and copy/paste tools to nice effect. I'll be using ImageShack for these, so I apologize if the URLs come out funny.
All of these ships are from the Drengin Empire, and so will have some distinctly...Klingon-esque names.
First, there's the Jhud'rkith 2-B, a constructor vessel in my way - a construction tool within a sort of open assembly bay.
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/3624/jhudrkith2b8cl.jpg
Next, there's the KRG-B Hyrg'tran'grar, a high-speed, high capacity troop transport capable of deploying 4 billion troops in its cavernous troop modules.
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/2751/krgbhyrgtrangrar2oh.jpg
Up next is the OIG81 Krath'shrag, a remarkably fast colony ship with 1 billion capacity - about mid-to-late game, roughly speaking, for those massive galaxies.
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/3240/oig81krathshrag1kg.jpg
Finally, there's the U-19 Thard'ra, a medium assault frigate sporting powerful weapons and a reasonable turn of speed.
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/5895/u19thardra2lf.jpg
Hope you enjoy these little ship designs!