aside the fact that some of the ships are known from other sci-fi universes, the quality of those models is VERY good - very good indeed. ( shame we cannot put something like that in )
for freelancer they d have to be "cleaned" a bit though... they show round edges and tons of polygons ( or the dx makes them appear to have round edges ) ... and freelancer is still an old game with an old engine....
about why we re still making ships. - now the official deadline was indeed 9th of october. - some ships can still be squeezed in - but thats just it. right now, we got more than 60 new ships in the next update ( many of them replaces - but a good deal are new )
we still haven t put in EVERY new ship yet - some have to be found in the endless mails so we can make a full package of new ships... others are still kind of buggy ... but thats another story..
all in all, your models are great, your texturing is stunning... make some custom ships for freelancer... your own ideas - i m sure you d do perfect there.