Tbh, to me it looks more like "black patches scattered around the ship", and not so much armored.
Logically, if one were to armor the ship, you would put the armor around the most sensitive areas: Bridge, Impulse engines, Warp engines, underneath the stardrive (protect the warpcore), cargo bays, deflector area, and shuttlebays.
Don't really see the need for making the saucer as "armored" as you have it now. Less is more so to speak. Perhaps removing some of the armor from the saucer, making the entire nacelles armored would improve the look of the ship considerably. Also, I think you should try replicating the "solid" color armor that you have above the saucer impulse engines, as it in my opinion looks considerably better than the 2/3-tone armor you have elsewhere.
Lastly, in it's armored state, a big weakness at current is the arboretum. Need to use a bit of logic, when designing where to put the armor. That's all i'm saying. Not complaining about your work thus far, just trying to give some useful and constructive critisism on how to improve it further. As mentioned above, you are retexturing one of the greatest Galaxy models of this decade. A retexture needs to be pretty top notch as well
