Modelling, texturing and animation - Part 1

Here is my latest work. I've been playing around building a ship model to animate. Here is a still of the finished model and ocean.

Now for the animation - THIS IS THE WORK IN PROGRESS
I had to mess around with loads of test renders to make sure the waves were ok and put in a wake of the ship (which is hardly noticable). I am still unhappy with the movement of the sails but will correct that in another render tonight (hopefully). I have corrected the colour balance and brightness /contrast in After Effects and then added some audio in using Premiere but the sound is not 100% right.

I have now had another go at correcting the sails and they are not perfect but better than before. I have also added a second sequence showing the camera onboard the ship but again this will need re-rendering soon as its not correct, the camera moves to quick in places and items on deck do not make sense.

I just had to put it in a bottle. After that I had the idea of taking the cork out and letting the water run out. An odd image but I like it.

Here is a short animation using the ship in a bottle model

The finished sequence will start with a long shot of the bottle with the camera panning in.
As it gets close you notice the ship in the bottle and the fact the bottle is dripping out water.
The the bottle disappears and we see the shots above of the real ship in a real ocean sailing toward the sun.
I then want a clunk and the sight fo the ship falling off the horizon before the camera pans back
to reveal the bottle (now virtually empty) and the ship (small once again) laying on the table in a small puddle.

Here are some more stills .