I like the original colors a lot more... I am not a fan of all-purple or all-grey or to much white in general (I don\'t mind purple for some parts)
You guys will have to add your own turrets, I don\'t like the idea of little tumors sticking off of our ship, maybe eventually we\'ll make turrets that look nice on the ship, but when the ship is released I don\'t think there will be turrets.
You could dock a few SHIPS which act as turrets. They have a limited firing arc - (somewhere between 2/3..1 PI)rad, or 60..90 deg.
You could have one facing front and one facing backwards ( on bottom+top - or left+right too?) + some small turrets or docked hull plates with weapons to cover the other angles.