Mothership design questions

[Chebar]

ok here is two side vents, I can decide if I want to keep the poles or remove them. I have to keep in mind my poly count. So if I remove the poles that frees up some polys for somewhere else on my ship.The poles look alittle funny, but thats because I didn't put a texture on them.

[SolCommand]

You could use both on different parts of the ship.

[Chebar]

ok, i got a mothership ready for texturing, but can anyone tell me how I'm going to put detail in the red box below,That is the side of my ship, so its a big area. When I shrink something down it gets lost from gimp to blender. Its just to small. So If anyone has any hints or tips, please let me know. Thanks

[SolCommand]

I'm sorry m8, I can't help you with blender.Can we see a pic of the ship before the texturing starts ?