I now there is another tutorial on making Battlestar style ribs and armor in here, but I thought I would post mine. I looked at the way the other was done and had to tweak it a bit to work with the meshes I make. So I put if together and made this:
Armor and ribs- quick and easy by *Dorsaispirit on deviantART
It actually took me longer to put that together than it did for me to make the final image with the Bluestar. So, enjoy!